Artist Monograph

Albert Oehlen, German

German, born 1954

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	13	30.2%
Woodcut	8	18.6%
Drawing	6	14%
Gouache	6	14%
Printmaking	4	9.3%
Oil Painting	2	4.7%
Photography	2	4.7%
Screenprint	1	2.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	42	97.7%
Painting & Sculpture	1	2.3%

Production by Decade

1980s

1990s

2000s

Classification Types

Print — 25
Drawing — 16
Painting — 1
Periodical — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	21	51.2%
Medium (30–100 cm)	13	31.7%
Large (1–3 m)	7	17.1%

Range: 18.1 cm → 241.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1986	8
1989	11
2005	5
2007	2
2011	1
2013	2
2021	14

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 2, 203" — 1

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 43 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2566.2005.a-q	1983	Crayon on seventeen pieces of paper	Each: 8 1/4 x 5 7/8" (21 x 14.9 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
Untitled Print Acc. 13.1986.1-7	1985	Portfolio of seven woodcuts	composition (each approx.): 11 1/16 × 11" (28.1 × 27.9 cm); sheet (each approx.): 19 × 12 1/2" (48.3 × 31.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Untitled Print Acc. 13.1986.1	1985	One from a portfolio of seven woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 8 7/8 × 8 11/16" (22.6 × 22 cm); sheet (irreg.): 19 3/16 × 12 3/8" (48.8 × 31.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Untitled Print Acc. 13.1986.2	1985	One from a portfolio of seven woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 10 3/16 × 9 1/2" (25.8 × 24.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 7/8 × 12 9/16" (47.9 × 31.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Untitled Print Acc. 13.1986.3	1985	One from a portfolio of seven woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 14 9/16 × 11 5/16" (37 × 28.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 19 1/16 × 12 3/4" (48.4 × 32.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Untitled Print Acc. 13.1986.4	1985	One from a portfolio of seven woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 13 5/8 × 9 9/16" (34.6 × 24.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 7/8 × 12 1/2" (47.9 × 31.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Untitled Print Acc. 13.1986.5	1985	One from a portfolio of seven woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 11 1/16 × 11" (28.1 × 27.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 3/4 × 12 7/16" (47.6 × 31.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Untitled Print Acc. 13.1986.6	1985	One from a portfolio of seven woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 14 5/16 × 10" (36.4 × 25.4 cm); sheet (irreg.): 19 × 12 1/2" (48.3 × 31.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Untitled Print Acc. 13.1986.7	1985	One from a portfolio of seven woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 5 15/16 × 8 3/4" (15.1 × 22.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 19 3/16 × 12 5/8" (48.8 × 32.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Alles Andere Print Acc. 279.1989.a-b	1987	Linoleum cut and slipcase	Cover (.a): 19 13/16 x 19 13/16" (50.3 x 50.3 cm) Sheet (.b): 57 1/2 x 39 1/16" (146 x 99.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Richard A. Epstein Fund
Design for Tannhäuser Drawing Acc. 327.1989.1	1987	Cut-and-pasted printed paper with ballpoint pen on card	11 1/2 x 8 3/4" (29.2 x 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of R.L.B. Tobin
Design for Tannhäuser Drawing Acc. 327.1989.2	1987	Cut-and-pasted printed paper with pencil, ballpoint pen, gouache, and staple on card	11 1/2 x 8 3/4" (29.2 x 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of R.L.B. Tobin
Design for Tannhäuser Drawing Acc. 327.1989.3	1987	Cut-and-pasted printed paper with pencil, ballpoint pen, and gouache on card	11 1/2 x 8 3/4" (29.2 x 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of R.L.B. Tobin
Design for Tannhäuser Drawing Acc. 327.1989.4	1987	Cut-and-pasted printed paper with pencil on card	11 1/2 x 8 3/4" (29.2 x 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of R.L.B. Tobin
Design for Tannhäuser Drawing Acc. 327.1989.5	1987	Cut-and-pasted printed paper with pencil, ballpoint pen, and gouache on card	11 1/2 x 8 3/4" (29.2 x 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of R.L.B. Tobin
Design for Tannhäuser Drawing Acc. 327.1989.6	1987	Cut-and-pasted printed paper with pencil, ballpoint pen, and correction fluid on card	11 1/2 x 8 3/4" (29.2 x 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of R.L.B. Tobin
Design for Tannhäuser Drawing Acc. 327.1989.7	1987	Cut-and-pasted printed paper with pencil and ballpoint pen on card	11 1/2 x 8 3/4" (29.2 x 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of R.L.B. Tobin
Design for Tannhäuser Drawing Acc. 327.1989.8	1987	Cut-and-pasted printed paper with pencil, ballpoint pen, and gouache on card	11 1/2 x 8 3/4" (29.2 x 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of R.L.B. Tobin
Designs for Tannhäuser Drawing Acc. 327.1989.1-8	1987	Cut-and-pasted printed paper with, pencil, ballpoint pen, and gouache on card	11 1/2 x 8 3/4" (29.2 x 22.2 cm) each ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of R.L.B. Tobin
Object (Dinge) Print Acc. 280.1989.a-b	1987	Linoleum cut, folded and housed in linoleum cut slipcase	Sheet (.a): 50 x 39" (127 x 99.1 cm) Sheet (.b): 19 11/16 x 19 5/8" (50 x 49.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Miles O.Epstein and Richard A. Epstein Funds
Untitled (Albert himself with horse) Drawing Acc. 2567.2005	1987	Oil and pencil on paper	66 1/8 x 48 1/2" (168 x 123.2 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
Untitled Painting Acc. 858.2011	1989	Oil and enamel on canvas	7' 10 1/2" x 6' 6 3/4" (240 x 200 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds
Untitled Drawing Acc. 7.2013	1990	Ballpoint pen, crayon, and ink on paper	12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Morris Orden
Untitled Drawing Acc. 8.2013	1990	Ballpoint pen and crayon on notebook paper	12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Morris Orden
Bubble in Halls Print Acc. 544.2021.9a-dd	1995	29 newspaper clippings	Largest: 9 5/8 × 8 3/8" (24.4 × 21.3 cm) Smallest: 1 5/8 × 3 3/8" (4.1 × 8.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of George H. Waterman III
Criticize the Bourgeois Nuclear Family (Die Buergerliche Kleinfamilie Kritisieren) and Psycho Chicken Print Acc. 544.2021.5a-c	1995	Color poster and booklet	Other (poster): 16 9/16 × 11 11/16" (42 × 29.7 cm) Other (small book): 6 11/16 × 4 1/2" (17 × 11.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of George H. Waterman III
Duchamp Print Acc. 544.2021.2a-b	1995	Photocopy with highlighter additions	46 3/4 × 35 3/4" (118.7 × 90.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of George H. Waterman III
Imaginary Museum Print Acc. 544.2021.12a-g	1995	Poster and 5 computer prints	Poster: 61 1/2 × 86 1/8" (156.2 × 218.8 cm) Prints: 16 7/16 × 11 3/4" (41.8 × 29.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of George H. Waterman III
Monolog im Malerhauptquartier, Fortsetzung Print Acc. 544.2021.3a-b	1995	86-page booklet	8 1/8 × 5 3/4 × 3/16" (20.6 × 14.6 × 0.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of George H. Waterman III
New Politics (Please cease forbidding other people certain things, and feeling fantastic doing so) Print Acc. 544.2021.7a-d	1995	Poster, color print, photocopied notes	Other (Poster): 35 7/8 × 23 7/8" (91.1 × 60.6 cm) Other (color print): 11 × 8 1/2" (27.9 × 21.6 cm) Other (notes): 8 9/16 × 11" (21.7 × 28 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of George H. Waterman III
New Politics II Print Acc. 544.2021.10a-e	1995	Screenprint	each: 12 1/8 × 12 1/8" (30.8 × 30.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of George H. Waterman III
Oblivious – Discomfort – Round Balls (Vergessen – Unmut – Runde Kugeln) Print Acc. 544.2021.1-13	1995	Series of thirteen record album covers each containing various materials such as posters, prints, books, photographs, and a VHS tape	Dimensions vary ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of George H. Waterman III
Oven (Hinein Damit!) Print Acc. 544.2021.11a-c	1995	Color photocopy and blueprint	Other (photocopy): 16 13/16 × 21 7/16" (42.7 × 54.4 cm) Other (Blueprint): 16 9/16 × 20 1/16" (42 × 51 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of George H. Waterman III
Pennant (Wimpel) Print Acc. 544.2021.1a-b	1995	Nylon and cotton embroidery	7 1/2 × 10 1/2" (19.1 × 26.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of George H. Waterman III
Picture Print Acc. 544.2021.13a-b	1995	Photocopy of a painting on two sheets	86 × 61 1/2" (218.4 × 156.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of George H. Waterman III
Red Crayola Print Acc. 544.2021.4a-f	1995	7” vinyl single disc, two posters, and one photocopy	Other (disc envelope): 7 1/8 × 7 1/8" (18.1 × 18.1 cm) Other (poster 1): 33 × 23 1/4" (83.8 × 59.1 cm) Other (poster 2): 16 1/2 × 23 1/4" (41.9 × 59.1 cm) Other (photocopy ): 59 3/4 × 35 1/2" (151.8 × 90.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of George H. Waterman III
The problem of the author is always also the problem of the reader (to a certain extent) Print Acc. 544.2021.6a-b	1995	Matted color photograph	11 × 11" (27.9 × 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of George H. Waterman III
X Video NR Print Acc. 544.2021.8a-b	1995	VHS tape	7 3/8 × 4 × 1" (18.7 × 10.2 × 2.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of George H. Waterman III
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2568.2005	1996	Felt-tip pen, paint, and gouache on printed paper	53 1/4 x 35 1/2" (135.3 x 90.2 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
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2569.2005	2003	Pencil and ink on paper	23 3/8 x 16 1/2" (59.4 x 41.9 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
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2570.2005	2003	Pencil and ink on paper	23 3/8 x 16 1/2" (59.4 x 41.9 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
L.P.A. (for Parkett no. 79) Print Acc. 1085.2007	2007	Etching with ink additions	sheet: 20 7/8 x 26 3/16" (53 x 66.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund
Parkett no. 79 Periodical Acc. 1111.2007.x1-x2	2007	Journal	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Parkett