Artist Monograph

Andreas Gursky, German

German, born 1955

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Printmaking	10	83.3%
Drawing	1	8.3%
Sculpture	1	8.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Photography	11	91.7%
Drawings & Prints	1	8.3%

Production by Decade

2

1980s

7

1990s

2

2000s

1

2010s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	3	25%
Large (1–3 m)	4	33.3%
Monumental (> 3 m)	5	41.7%

Range: 59.4 cm → 508.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1995	1
1996	2
1997	1
1998	1
2000	1
2002	2
2005	1
2007	1
2016	1
2018	1

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 12 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Ratingen Swimming Pool Photograph Acc. 284.1996	1987	Chromogenic print	19 1/16 × 23 3/8" (48.4 × 59.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Werner and Elaine Dannheisser
New Year's Day Swimmers Photograph Acc. 285.1996	1988	Chromogenic print	22 7/8 × 30 5/8" (58.1 × 77.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Werner and Elaine Dannheisser
Sha Tin Photograph Acc. 76.1995	1994	Chromogenic print	70 7/8 × 92 1/2" (180 × 235 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel
Athens Photograph Acc. 1802.2015.a-b	1995	Chromogenic prints (diptych)	Each 72 1/2 × 73" (184.2 × 185.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Ninah and Michael Lynne
Centre Georges Pompidou (for Parkett no. 44) Print Acc. 69.1998	1995	Chromogenic print in wooden frame	composition 21 1/4 x 27 9/16" (54 x 70 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, Lily Auchincloss Fund, and Gift of Parkett
Untitled III Photograph Acc. 9.2005	1996	Chromogenic print	7' × 8 25/32' (213.4 × 267.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Times Square, New York Photograph Acc. 622.1997	1997	Chromogenic print	6' 1 1/4" × 8' 2 5/8" (186 × 250.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Family of Man Fund
Rhine II Photograph Acc. 416.2002	1999	Chromogenic print	61 1/4" × 10' 1 1/2" (155.6 × 308.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Thomas W. Weisel
Toys "R" Us Photograph Acc. 202.2000	1999	Chromogenic print	6' 9 1/2" × 11' 5/8" (207 × 336.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
Tote Hosen Photograph Acc. 178.2002	2000	Chromogenic print	6' 10" × 16' 8" (208.3 × 508 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Ninah and Michael Lynne
Bahrain I Photograph Acc. 617.2007	2005	Chromogenic print	9' 10 7/8" × 7' 2 1/2" (301.9 × 219.7) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired in honor of Robert B. Menschel through the generosity of Agnes Gund, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Ronald S. and Jo Carole Lauder, and the Speyer Family Foundation
Bangkok V Photograph Acc. 963.2018	2011	Inkjet print	120 7/8 × 89 3/8" (307 × 227 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Brett and Daniel Sundheim