Artist Monograph

Aldo Rossi, Italian

Italian, 1931–1997

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	7	46.7%
Other Media	4	26.7%
Oil Painting	3	20%
Watercolor	1	6.7%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	9	60%
Large (1–3 m)	6	40%

Range: 35.9 cm → 177.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1980	1
1999	1
2000	8
2001	2
2011	1
2018	1
2020	1

Italian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 15 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Cemetery of San Cataldo, Modena, Italy, Aerial perspective Architecture Acc. 1287.2000	1971	Crayon and graphite on sepia diazotype	24 x 49 3/4" (61 x 126.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation
Cemetery of San Cataldo, Modena, Italy, Elevation study Architecture Acc. 1288.2000	1971	Ink and graphite on tracing paper	11 x 30 5/8" (27.9 x 77.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation
Cemetery of San Cataldo, Modena, Italy, Plan Architecture Acc. 1282.2000	1971	Ink, color ink, and graphite on tracing paper	23 1/2 x 29 3/4" (59.7 x 75.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation
Cemetery of San Cataldo, Modena, Italy, Plan study Architecture Acc. 1289.2000	1971	Graphite, colored pencil, and dry transfer film on tracing paper	23 1/2 x 29 3/4" (59.7 x 75.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation
Cemetery of San Cataldo, Modena, Italy, Plan study Architecture Acc. 1283.2000	1972	Color ink and graphite on tracing paper	10 x 14 3/4" (25.4 x 37.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation
Cemetery of San Cataldo, Modena, Italy, Plan study Architecture Acc. 1284.2000	1972	Color ink and graphite on tracing paper	11 x 15 3/4" (27.9 x 40 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation
Regional Administrative Center, project "Trieste e una Donna." , Trieste, Italy, Competition design: Elevation and section Architecture Acc. 28.1980	1974	Rubbed ink and pastel on whiteprint	28 1/2 x 36" (72.4 x 91.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Philip Johnson Fund
Housing Project, Setubal, Portugal (Elevation) Architecture Acc. 1285.2000	1976	Colored pencil, graphite, and felt-tipped pen on tracing paper	18 x 57 1/2" (45.7 x 146.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation
Housing Project, Setubal, Portugal (Elevation) Architecture Acc. 1286.2000	1976	Crayon, graphite, and felt-tipped pen on tracing paper	15 x 65 1/2" (38.1 x 166.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation
Project for public housing Architecture Acc. 224.2020	1976	Diazotype with crayon, marker, ball point pen and cut and pasted paper mounted on board	21 3/4 × 29" (55.2 × 73.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Pierre Apraxine
Urban Architecture, project, Perspective Architecture Acc. 274.1999	1976	Oil pastel, ballpoint pen, ink, and felt-tip marker on paper with tape	14 1/8 x 10 1/8" (35.9 x 25.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Barbara Jakobson Purchase Fund
Constructing the City, project Architecture Acc. 1391.2001	1978	Oil and crayon on canvas	51 3/16 x 35 7/16" (130 x 90 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Architecture and Design Committee in honor of Marshall Cogan
Urban Construction, project Architecture Acc. 1392.2001	1978	Oil and crayon on canvas	51 3/16 x 35 7/16" (130 x 90 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Architecture and Design Committee in honor of Marshall Cogan
Fragmento (NY Studio) Architecture Acc. 757.2011	1987	Ink and watercolor on paper	17 x 11" (43.2 x 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchased with funds given by the Helena Rubinstein Foundation
'Parigi' armchair Design Acc. 1288.2018	1989	Painted steel and polyurethane foam	34 × 29 3/8 × 38" (86.4 × 100 × 96.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the George R. Kravis II Collection