Artist Monograph

Ai Weiwei, Chinese

Chinese, born 1957

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Screenprint	24	66.7%
Photography	7	19.4%
Other Media	5	13.9%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	29	80.6%
Photography	7	19.4%

Production by Decade

1990s

2000s

2020s

Classification Types

Print — 24
Photograph — 7
Illustrated Book — 4
Multiple — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	28	77.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	8	22.2%

Range: 17.0 cm → 70.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
2008	8
2011	4
2020	24

Chinese Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 36 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
The Black Cover Book Illustrated Book Acc. 960.2011	1994	Artist's book	page (each): 9 x 7" (22.9 x 17.8 cm); overall (closed): 9 x 7 3/16 x 3/8" (22.9 x 18.2 x 1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Study of Perspective – Berne Photograph Acc. 352.2008	1995-2003	Gelatin silver print	15 5/16 × 23 1/4" (38.9 × 59 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of the Photography Council and the Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art
Study of Perspective – Eiffel Tower Photograph Acc. 353.2008	1995-2003	Gelatin silver print	15 5/16 × 23 1/4" (38.9 × 59 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of the Photography Council and the Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art
Study of Perspective – Hong Kong Photograph Acc. 354.2008	1995-2003	Gelatin silver print	19 11/16 × 27 9/16" (50 × 70 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of the Photography Council and the Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art
Study of Perspective – Mona Lisa Photograph Acc. 355.2008	1995-2003	Gelatin silver print	15 5/16 × 23 1/4" (38.9 × 59 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of the Photography Council and the Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art
Study of Perspective – San Marco Photograph Acc. 356.2008	1995-2003	Gelatin silver print	15 5/16 × 23 1/4" (38.9 × 59 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of the Photography Council and the Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art
Study of Perspective – Tiananmen Square Photograph Acc. 357.2008	1995-2003	Gelatin silver print	15 5/16 × 23 1/4" (38.9 × 59 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of the Photography Council and the Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art
Study of Perspective – White House Photograph Acc. 358.2008	1995-2003	Gelatin silver print	15 5/16 × 23 1/4" (38.9 × 59 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of the Photography Council and the Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art
The White Cover Book Illustrated Book Acc. 961.2011	1995	Artist's book	page (each): 9 x 7" (22.9 x 17.8 cm); overall (closed): 9 x 7 3/16 x 1/2" (22.9 x 18.2 x 1.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Grey Cover Book Illustrated Book Acc. 962.2011	1997	Artist's book	page (each): 9 x 6 7/8" (22.8 x 17.5 cm); overall (closed): 9 x 7 x 7/16" (22.8 x 17.8 x 1.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Fuck Off Illustrated Book Acc. 963.2011	2000	Exhibition catalogue	page (each): 9 3/4 x 8 3/16" (24.8 x 20.8 cm); overall (closed): 9 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 11/16" (24.8 x 21 x 1.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Swatter (for Parkett no. 81) Multiple Acc. 1190.2008	2007	Multiple of gilded brass	overall (irreg.): 21 1/4 x 4 5/16 x 3/16" (54 x 11 x 0.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund
Bird from the Free Speech Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 366.2020.1	2020	One from a series of four from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	Each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Buddha from the Finger Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 365.2020.1	2020	One from a series of four from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	Each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Chuniao from the Shanghajing Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 367.2020.1	2020	One from a series of four from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	Each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Colosseum, Rome, Italy, 2003 from the Study of Perspective Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 364.2020.5	2020	One from a series of seven from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	Each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Crab from the Free Speech Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 366.2020.2	2020	One from a series of four from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	Each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, 1999 from the Study of Perspective Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 364.2020.4	2020	One from a series of seven from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	Each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Feishu from the Shanghajing Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 367.2020.2	2020	One from a series of four from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	Each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Finger Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 365.2020.1-4	2020	Series of four from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Free Speech Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 366.2020.1-4	2020	Series of four from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Ghost from the Finger Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 365.2020.2	2020	One from a series of four from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	Each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Hand with Gesture from the Finger Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 365.2020.3	2020	One from a series of four from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	Each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Handcuffs from the Free Speech Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 366.2020.3	2020	One from a series of four from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	Each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Heluoyu from the Shanghajing Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 367.2020.3	2020	One from a series of four from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	Each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Houses of Parliament, London, UK, 2005 from the Study of Perspective Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 364.2020.6	2020	One from a series of seven from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	Each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Lu from the Shanghajing Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 367.2020.4	2020	One from a series of four from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	Each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Mask with Middle Finger from the Finger Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 365.2020.4	2020	One from a series of four from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	Each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Reichstag, Berlin, Germany, 1999 from the Study of Perspective Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 364.2020.3	2020	One from a series of seven from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	Each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Shanghajing Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 367.2020.1-4	2020	Series of four from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Study of Perspective Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 364.2020.1-7	2020	Series of seven from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Sunflower Seeds from Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 363.2020	2020	One from a collection of twenty screenprints on polypropylene fabric face masks	each (without elastic ): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Surveillance from the Free Speech Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 366.2020.4	2020	One from a series of four from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	Each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Tiananmen, Beijing, China, 1995 from the Study of Perspective Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 364.2020.1	2020	One from a series of seven from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	Each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Valle de los Caidos, Madrid, Spain, 2009 from the Study of Perspective Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 364.2020.7	2020	One from a series of seven from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	Each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
White House, Washington, D.C.,1995 from the Study of Perspective Series from the collection Ai Weiwei MASK Print Acc. 364.2020.2	2020	One from a series of seven from a collection of twenty screenprints each on a polypropylene fabric face mask	Each (without elastic): 3 3/4 × 6 11/16" (9.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund