Artist Monograph

Alfredo Jaar, Chilean

Chilean, born 1956

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	4	50%
Screenprint	1	12.5%
Photography	1	12.5%
Mixed Media	1	12.5%
Lithography	1	12.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	3	37.5%
Painting & Sculpture	3	37.5%
Photography	2	25%

Production by Decade

1

1980s

5

1990s

2

2000s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 2
Photograph — 2
Sculpture — 2
Installation — 1
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	33.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	1	16.7%
Large (1–3 m)	3	50%

Range: 19.6 cm → 182.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1995	1
1997	2
2010	2
2017	1
2022	2

Chilean Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 8 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Opus 1981/Andante Desesperato Sculpture Acc. 389.2010	1981	Standard definition video (color, sound), photograph by Susan Meiselas ("Sandinista Barricade", 1979), and photograph of original video cassette	Overall dimensions variable; video duration 4:05 min; framed photographs (from left to right) 6 1/2 x 9 x 1 1/4"; 14 5/8 x 20 5/8 x 1 1/2" ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Evelyne Meynard
He Ram Sculpture Acc. 561.2017	1991	Screenprint ink on mirror	96 1/16 x 96 1/16 x 3/16" (244 x 244 x 0.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund in honor of Guillermo A. Cisneros Phelps
Walking on Water Photograph Acc. 546.2022	1992	Six color transparencies in double-sided light boxes, with thirty framed mirrors	Overall approx. 3.89 ft × 37.01 ft × 2.33 ft (118.5 × 1128 × 71 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Lucille and Ron Neeley
Rwanda, Rwanda Print Acc. 724.1995	1994	Photolithograph	composition: 62 1/4 x 43 3/4" (158.1 x 111.1 cm); sheet: 68 7/8 x 46 5/8" (175 x 118.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Linda Barth Goldstein
The Eyes of Gutete Emerita Illustrated Book Acc. 551.1997	1996	Artist's book	page 7 3/4 x 7 3/4" (19 x 19.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
August 29, 1994 Illustrated Book Acc. 552.1997	September, 1997	Artist's book	page 8 x 5" (20 x 12.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Six Seconds Photograph Acc. 547.2022.1-3	2000	Two color transparencies in double-sided light boxes	Each 72 × 48" (182.9 × 121.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Lucille and Ron Neeley
Lament of the Images Installation Acc. 390.2010	2002	Plexiglass text panels (texts by David Levi Strauss), light wall, and mixed media	Each text panel 23 x 20" (58.4 x 50.8 cm), light wall 6 x 12' (182.9 x 365.8 cm). Overall dimensions variable ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Latin American and Caribbean Fund