Artist Monograph

Allan Kaprow, American

American, 1927–2006

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	6	40%
Other Media	3	20%
Etching	2	13.3%
Printmaking	1	6.7%
Oil Painting	1	6.7%
Sculpture	1	6.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	13	86.7%
Fluxus Collection	2	13.3%

Classification Types

Print — 5
Illustrated Book — 5
Multiple — 2
Audio — 1
Installation — 1
(not assigned) — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	5	41.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	7	58.3%

Range: 8.7 cm → 71.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1964	1
1967	2
1984	1
1986	2
2007	1
2008	6
2013	1
2022	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 15 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Nail Piece (not assigned) Acc. FC2347			Envelope: 8 11/16 x 11 1/4" (22 x 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Fluxus Collection	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Stockroom from Fluxshop Installation Acc. 2980.2008.40	1961	104 copies of print on paper	sheet (each): 8 3/16 x 7 11/16" (20.8 x 19.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Stockroom from Fluxus 1 Illustrated Book Acc. 2183.2008.21	1961, assembled c. 1976	Double-sided offset	book: 7 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 1 15/16" (19.1 × 21 × 5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Volume 5: America Discovered (Anthologia internazionale dell'incisione contemporanea: L'Avanguardia internazionale: Volume 5: Scoperta dell'America) Illustrated Book Acc. 324.1967.1-20	1962–64, published 1964	Album of 16 etchings (one with aquatint, one with drypoint, one with pencil additions), three photogravures (two with etching), and one relief halftone	various print dimensions; page (each approx.): 11 13/16 x 9 7/16" (30 x 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Deitsch Gallery
Double page in-text plate (pages 100 and 101) from 1¢ Life Illustrated Book Acc. 1164.1964.37	1964	Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions	composition: 13 1/8 × 21 1/2" (33.3 × 54.6 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 22 13/16" (41 × 58 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the author, Walasse Ting, the editor, Sam Francis, and the publisher, E. W. Kornfeld
Untitled (plate 10) from The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Volume 5: America Discovered (Anthologia internazionale dell'incisione contemporanea: L'Avanguardia internazionale: Volume 5: Scoperta dell'America) Illustrated Book Acc. 324.1967.10	1964	Etching from an album of 16 etchings (one with aquatint, one with drypoint, one with pencil additions), three photogravures (two with etching), and one relief halftone	plate: 5 13/16 x 4 7/16" (14.8 x 11.3cm); page: 11 3/4 x 9 7/16" (29.8 x 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Deitsch Gallery
Untitled (Calling) Print Acc. 321.1986	(1965)	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 24 3/16 x 18 1/8" (61.4 x 46 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 5/16" (76 x 56.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Untitled (Tree) Print Acc. 322.1986	(1965)	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 24 1/4 x 18 1/4" (61.6 x 46.3 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 1/4" (76 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
How to Make a Happening Audio Acc. 854.2013.146	1966	12-inch vinyl record	cover: 12 1/4 × 12 1/4" (31.1 × 31.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Prototype for Calling Illustrated Book Acc. 3136.2008	1966	Artist's book of cardboard and string, containing 273 sheets of paper with rubberstamp and metallic foil endpaper	sheet (each): 3 x 2 5/8" (7.6 x 6.7 cm); overall: 2 5/8 x 3 7/16 x 7 13/16" (6.7 x 8.7 x 19.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Calling Multiple Acc. FC1462	1967	confirm	19 15/16 x 23 3/4 x 9/16" (50.7 x 60.3 x 1.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Fluxus Collection	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Cocktail Table Multiple Acc. 297.2008.a-g	1967	Multiple of "Assemblage, Environments, and Happenings" by Allan Kaprow, wooden legs, bottle and glass	overall: 28 x 15 x 15 1/4" (71.1 x 38.1 cm, 15 1/4"); component (book): 12 3/4 x 12 3/8 x 2 1/8" (32.4 x 31.4 x 5.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
Pose, March 22, 1969 Continued 1970 – from Artists & Photographs Print Acc. 261.1984.7.a-h	1969–70, published 1970	Offset envelope, containing seven offset lithographs, from a portfolio of nineteen printed objects	sheet (each): 10 13/16 × 7 7/8" (27.4 × 20 cm); envelope: 12 × 8 7/8" (30.5 × 22.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kynaston McShine
Pose, March 22, 1969 Continued 1970 from Artists & Photographs Print Acc. 1103.2007.7.a-h	1969, published 1970	Seven offset lithographs from a portfolio of 19 printed objects	sheet (each): 10 13/16 x 7 7/8" (27.4 x 20 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Pose: Carrying Chairs through the City, Sitting Down Here and There, Photographed, Pix Left on Spot, Going On from Artists & Photographs Print Acc. 525.2022.7	1969–70, published 1970	Offset envelope, containing seven offset lithographs, from a portfolio of nineteen printed objects	sheet (each): 10 13/16 × 7 7/8" (27.4 × 20 cm); envelope: 12 × 8 7/8" (30.5 × 22.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Helen and Sam Zell