Artist Monograph

Allen Ruppersberg, American

American, born 1944

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	17	37%
Drawing	12	26.1%
Other Media	8	17.4%
Screenprint	5	10.9%
Printmaking	4	8.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	41	89.1%
Photography	3	6.5%
Painting & Sculpture	2	4.3%

Production by Decade

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Classification Types

Print — 23
Drawing — 14
Photograph — 3
Illustrated Book — 3
Painting — 1
Sculpture — 1
Audio — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	11	25%
Medium (30–100 cm)	30	68.2%
Large (1–3 m)	3	6.8%

Range: 22.9 cm → 182.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1988	11
1992	1
1993	1
1996	1
1998	1
2005	11
2007	12
2008	3
2009	1
2012	1
2013	1
2014	1
2015	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 46 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Al's Grand Hotel Print Acc. 1088.2007.a	1971	Lithograph, offset printed, certificate, and collage on paper	composition and sheet (.a): 9 x 8" (22.9 x 20.3 cm); composition and sheet (.b): 10 1/2 x 7 3/16" (26.7 x 18.3 cm); composition (.c, irreg.): 13 1/4 x 17 3/4" (33.7 x 45.1 cm); sheet (.c): 15 1/16 x 19 15/16" (38.3 x 50.6 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
Al's Grand Hotel Print Acc. 1088.2007.b	1971	Lithograph, offset printed, certificate, and collage on paper	composition and sheet (.a): 9 x 8" (22.9 x 20.3 cm); composition and sheet (.b): 10 1/2 x 7 3/16" (26.7 x 18.3 cm); composition (.c, irreg.): 13 1/4 x 17 3/4" (33.7 x 45.1 cm); sheet (.c): 15 1/16 x 19 15/16" (38.3 x 50.6 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
Al's Grand Hotel Print Acc. 1088.2007.c	1971	Lithograph, offset printed, certificate, and collage on paper	composition and sheet (.a): 9 x 8" (22.9 x 20.3 cm); composition and sheet (.b): 10 1/2 x 7 3/16" (26.7 x 18.3 cm); composition (.c, irreg.): 13 1/4 x 17 3/4" (33.7 x 45.1 cm); sheet (.c): 15 1/16 x 19 15/16" (38.3 x 50.6 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
Al's Grand Hotel Print Acc. 1088.2007.a-c	1971	Lithograph, offset printed, certificate, and collage on paper	composition and sheet (.a): 9 x 8" (22.9 x 20.3 cm); composition and sheet (.b): 10 1/2 x 7 3/16" (26.7 x 18.3 cm); composition (.c, irreg.): 13 1/4 x 17 3/4" (33.7 x 45.1 cm); sheet (.c): 15 1/16 x 19 15/16" (38.3 x 50.6 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
From the South Forty to the Bunkhouse Print Acc. 1089.2007.a-c	1972	Xerox on three sheets	composition (.a): 9 1/2 x 6 7/16" (24.2 x 16.3 cm); composition (.b): 9 1/4 x 6 3/8" (23.5 x 16.2 cm); composition (.c): 7 3/16 x 6 3/8" (18.3 x 16.2 cm); sheet (each): 11 x 8 1/2" (28 x 21.6 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
Here and Now / Seeing and Believing Photograph Acc. 195.2008.a-r	1972	Chromogenic prints with two typewritten sheets	Each 3 7/16 × 3 7/16" (8.8 × 8.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Muscles on the Run Photograph Acc. 196.2008.a-n	1972	Chromogenic color prints with seven typewritten sheets	each image: 7 5/8 × 7 5/8" (19.3 × 19.3 cm) each sheet: 11 1/4 × 8 1/2" (28.6 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Thank You, Mr. Duchamp Drawing Acc. 556.2007.a-c	1972	Typewriting and ink on paper	11 x 8 1/2" (28 x 21.6 cm) (each) ⌀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
Art & Project Bulletin #67 Print Acc. 1099.2007.67	1973	Offset lithograph on folded sheet	sheet (folded): 11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.6 × 21 cm); sheet (unfolded): 11 5/8 × 16 9/16" (29.6 × 42 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
Between the Scenes Photograph Acc. 197.2008.a-r	1973	Chromogenic color prints with nine typewritten sheets	each image 6 1/2 × 9 11/16" (16.5 × 24.6 cm) each sheet 11 × 8 1/2" (28 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
The Picture of Dorian Gray Painting Acc. 1786.2012.a-t	1974	Marker on canvas, 20 parts	Each panel 72 x 72" (182.9 x 182.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Partial gift of Stuart and Judy Spence and purchased with funds provided by Edward Joseph Gallagher 3rd Memorial Fund and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Robins, Jr. (both by exchange)
Untitled (Is it a…?) Print Acc. 1090.2007.x1-x2	1974	Screenprint and one duplicate copy	composition (irreg.): 19 1/2 x 18 7/8" (49.5 x 48 cm); sheet: 19 11/16 x 18 7/8" (50 x 48 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
A Novel that Writes Itself: A Proposal to Friends and Supporters from Allen Ruppersberg Drawing Acc. 557.2007.a-d	1978	Artist's book	11 7/8 x 9 1/2" (30.2 x 24.1 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
A Private Reading Print Acc. 478.1992.a-c	1978	Lithograph on three sheets	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Art & Project Bulletin #105 Print Acc. 1099.2007.105	1978	One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy	sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 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
Drawn from Life Drawing Acc. 594.1998	1981	Pencil and paint on board on velvet in artist's frame	46 x 51 1/2" (116.8 x 130.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Judy and Stuart Spence
Illustration for the Novel that Writes Itself Print Acc. 1091.2007	1983	Screenprint, with pencil additions	composition (irreg.): 9 13/16 x 15 3/8" (25 x 39 cm); sheet: 18 1/8 x 25 3/16" (46 x 64 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
The Novel that Writes Itself / Progress Report Print Acc. 1092.2007	1983	Screenprinted poster with ink additions	composition: 10 1/4 x 7 13/16" (26 x 19.8 cm); sheet: 11 x 8 1/2" (28 x 21.6 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
Adults Only from Preview Print Acc. 373.1988.h	1988	One from a series of ten lithographs	composition 21 5/16 x 13 3/16" (54.1 x 33.5 cm); sheet 22 1/16 x 13 13/16" (56 x 35.1 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
Are You Crying? from Preview Print Acc. 373.1988.b	1988	One from a series of ten lithographs	composition 21 5/16 x 13 3/16" (54.1 x 33.5 cm); sheet 22 1/16 x 13 13/16" (56 x 35.1 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
Everything is Over from Preview Print Acc. 373.1988.g	1988	One from a series of ten lithographs	composition 21 5/16 x 13 3/16" (54.1 x 33.5 cm); sheet 22 1/16 x 13 13/16" (56 x 35.1 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
Good Luck from Preview Print Acc. 373.1988.e	1988	One from a series of ten lithographs	composition 21 5/16 x 13 3/16" (54.1 x 33.5 cm); sheet 22 1/16 x 13 13/16" (56 x 35.1 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
It's Not Art (That Counts Now) from Preview Print Acc. 373.1988.a	1988	One from a series of ten lithographs	composition: 21 5/16 x 13 1/4" (54.2 x 33.6 cm); sheet: 22 1/8 x 13 7/8" (56.2 x 35.3 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
No I've Got Something in My Eye from Preview Print Acc. 373.1988.i	1988	One from a series of ten lithographs	composition: 21 5/16 × 13 3/16" (54.1 × 33.5 cm); sheet: 22 1/16 × 13 13/16" (56 × 35.1 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
Nostalgia 24 Hours a Day from Preview Print Acc. 373.1988.d	1988	One from a series of ten lithographs	composition: 21 5/16 x 13 1/4" (54.2 x 33.6 cm); sheet: 22 1/8 x 14 1/16" (56.2 x 35.7 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
Nothing – Nobody from Preview Print Acc. 373.1988.f	1988	One from a series of ten lithographs	composition 21 5/16 x 13 3/16" (54.1 x 33.5 cm); sheet 22 1/16 x 13 13/16" (56 x 35.1 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
Poster Object (Progress Not Adventure/Adventure Not Progress) Print Acc. 295.2015	1988	Screenprint on linen	sheet: 22 1/8 x 14" (56.2 x 35.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Anonymous gift
Preview Print Acc. 373.1988.a-j	1988	Series of ten lithographs	composition (each): 21 5/16 x 13 3/16" (54.1 x 33.5 cm); sheet (each) 22 1/16 x 13 13/16" (56 x 35.1 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
What Should I Do? from Preview Print Acc. 373.1988.c	1988	One from a series of ten lithographs	composition 21 5/16 x 13 3/16" (54.1 x 33.5 cm); sheet 22 1/16 x 13 13/16" (56 x 35.1 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
Who's Afraid of the New Now? from Preview Print Acc. 373.1988.j	1988	One from a series of ten lithographs	composition 21 5/16 x 13 3/16" (54.1 x 33.5 cm); sheet 22 1/16 x 13 13/16" (56 x 35.1 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
Remainders: Novel, Sculpture, Film Sculpture Acc. 474.1996	1991	Self-published books, oak table, and cardboard boxes	45 x 47 1/2 x 29 7/8" (114.4 x 120.6 x 75.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Stop Traveler (Siste Viator) Illustrated Book Acc. 712.1993.a-t	1993	Reproductions of twenty books by various authors	installation (irreg., with bookends): 10 1/16 x 29 5/8 x 7 9/16" (25.5 x 75.2 x 19.2 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
Honey, I rearranged the collection according to two categories: Nice and Not Nice. Drawing Acc. 2926.2005.1-10	2000	Pencil, silkscreen on paper	Sheet: 22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 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
Honey, I rearranged the collection according to two categories: Nice and Not Nice. Drawing Acc. 2926.2005.1	2000	Pencil on printed paper	22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 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
Honey, I rearranged the collection because I miss NY, Paris, Rome, Berlin, London, Milan and the Cape. Drawing Acc. 2926.2005.10	2000	Pastel and pencil on printed paper	22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 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
Honey, I rearranged the collection because sometimes artists bug me. One came to the door today completely unannounced. Drawing Acc. 2926.2005.2	2000	Pastel, crayon, and pencil on printed paper	22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 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
Honey, I rearranged the collection using only artists with three letters in their last name. Drawing Acc. 2926.2005.3	2000	Pastel and pencil on printed paper	22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 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
Honey, I rearranged the collection as an excuse to stay away from CHELSEA. It scares me. Drawing Acc. 2926.2005.4	2001	Pressure-sensitive labels and pencil on printed paper	22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 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
Honey, I rearranged the collection because I think it's fun. Remember the Fun Gallery in the East Village? Fun counts! Drawing Acc. 2926.2005.5	2001	Pressure-sensitive labels and pencil on printed paper	22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 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
Honey, I rearranged the collection to see if we got our money's worth. Drawing Acc. 2926.2005.6	2001	Transfer type, colored pencil, and pencil on printed paper	22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 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
Honey, I rearranged the collection using artists whom we know virtually nothing about. Drawing Acc. 2926.2005.7	2001	Pencil on printed paper	22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 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
Honey, I rearranged the collection with artists we only say "hello" to. Drawing Acc. 2926.2005.8	2001	Transfer type, colored pencil, and pencil on printed paper	22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 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
Honey, I rearranged the collection with artists who knew each other, but were different ages; artists who knew each other but worked differently; and artists who were influenced by artists who were soon forgotten. Drawing Acc. 2926.2005.9	2001	Pressure-sensitive labels, transfer type, and pencil on printed paper	22 x 25" (55.9 x 63.5 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
Art, and Therefore, Ourselves (Songs, Recipes, and the Old People) Audio Acc. 854.2013.240	2009	12-inch vinyl record	cover: 12 3/8 × 12 3/8" (31.4 × 31.4 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
Chapter VI Illustrated Book Acc. 1388.2009	2009	Artist's book with poster	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
The Novel That Writes Itself Illustrated Book Acc. 1094.2014	2014	Artist's book	page (each): 11 7/8 x 9 3/4" (30.1 x 24.7 cm); overall (closed): 13 1/16 x 11 13/16 x 4 5/16" (33.2 x 30 x 11 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