Artist Monograph

Alan Saret, American

American, born 1944

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	8	80%
Textile	1	10%
Other Media	1	10%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	9	90%
Painting & Sculpture	1	10%

Production by Decade

2

1960s

3

1970s

5

1980s

Classification Types

Drawing — 8
Multiple — 1
Sculpture — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	40%
Large (1–3 m)	6	60%

Range: 56.0 cm → 220.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1974	3
1984	2
2001	1
2005	2
2014	1
2015	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 10 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Folding Glade Sculpture Acc. 131.1974	1969	Vinyl-coated hexagonal wire netting	7' 2 3/4" x 49" x 41 5/8" (220.3 x 124.5 x 105.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Dorothy and Sidney Singer Foundation Fund
Untitled from 7 Objects/69 Multiple Acc. 1100.2014.5	1969	Multiple of nylon mesh fabric	irreg.: 22 1/16 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/8" (56 x 19 x 8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired from The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection through the Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 120.1974	1970	Colored pencil on paper	24 x 37 7/8" (61.2 x 96.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired with matching funds from an anonymous donor and the National Endowment for the Arts
Untitled Drawing Acc. 121.1974	1970	Colored pencil and pencil on paper	24 x 37 7/8" (61 x 96.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired with matching funds from an anonymous donor and the National Endowment for the Arts
Wild Harvest Ensoulment Drawing Acc. 2978.2005	1970	Colored pencil and pencil on paper	24 x 38" (61 x 96.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
Jack Common Spring Entering Drawing Acc. 396.1984	1983	Colored pencil and pencil on paper	30 3/8 x 42 1/2" (77.2 x 108.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Louis and Bessie Adler Foundation, Seymour M. Klein, President
Mild Thunder Entering Drawing Acc. 397.1984	1983	Pencil and colored pencil on paper	30 3/8 x 42 1/2" (77.1 x 108.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Louis and Bessie Adler Foundation, Seymour M. Klein, President
Ivaron Ensoulment Drawing Acc. 2979.2005	1988	Colored pencil and pencil on paper	30 x 43 1/4" (76.2 x 109.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Starpath: DREC.PAS Drawing Acc. 1148.2014	1988	Ink on transparentized paper	50 1/2 x 36 1/8" (128.3 x 91.8 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
Violet Brace Ensoulment Drawing Acc. 2594.2001	1989	Pencil and colored pencil on paper	30 1/2 x 44" (77.5 x 111.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky