Artist Monograph

Arata Isozaki, Japanese

Japanese, born 1931

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Printmaking	7	31.8%
Drawing	5	22.7%
Screenprint	3	13.6%
Woodcut	3	13.6%
Etching	1	4.5%
Photography	1	4.5%
Other Media	1	4.5%
Sculpture	1	4.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Architecture & Design	21	95.5%
Drawings & Prints	1	4.5%

Production by Decade

1960s

1980s

1990s

Classification Types

Architecture — 20
Print — 1
Design — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	10	50%
Large (1–3 m)	9	45%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	5%

Range: 49.5 cm → 307.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1981	1
1985	1
1993	12
1996	2
2000	2
2004	1
2020	3

Japanese Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 22 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Joint Core System, project, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan (Elevation) Architecture Acc. 1204.2000	1960	Ink and color pencil on paper	20 7/8 x 33 3/4" (53 x 85.7 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
Re-ruined Hiroshima, project, Hiroshima, Japan (Perspective) Architecture Acc. 1205.2000	1968	Ink and gouache with cut-and-pasted gelatin silver print on gelatin silver print	13 7/8 x 36 7/8" (35.2 x 93.7 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
"AIKO MIYAWAKI/1960-1980" Design Acc. 261.1981	1980	Silkscreen on silver paper	34 7/16 x 24 3/8" (87.5 x 62 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Moca #4, #5 Print Acc. 303.1985.1-2	1983	Portfolio with two etchings	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Thatched Hut Folly project Architecture Acc. 237.2020	1984	Woodcut	22 × 30" (55.9 × 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Barbara Jakobson
Thatched Hut Folly project (Aerial perspective) Architecture Acc. 235.2020	1984	Woodcut	22 × 30" (55.9 × 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Barbara Jakobson
Thatched Hut Folly project (Interior perspective) Architecture Acc. 236.2020	1984	Woodcut	22 × 30" (55.9 × 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Barbara Jakobson
JR Ueno Railway Station Redevelopment, project, Tokyo, Japan Architecture Acc. 487.2004	1988-95	Ho tree, brass and plywood	62 3/4 x 94 1/2 x 70 7/8" (159.4 x 240 x 180 cm) Scale 1:200 ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Incubation Process, Perspective Architecture Acc. 358.1996	1990	1990 Silkscreen (of 1962 drawing)	41 x 34 3/8" (104.1 x 87.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect in honor of Philip Johnson
Re-ruined Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan (Perspective) Architecture Acc. 359.1996	1990	Silkscreen after a photo collage original	34 3/4 x 117" (88.3 x 297.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect in honor of Philip Johnson
Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, Exterior perspective Architecture Acc. 142.1993	1992	Computer-generated print	21 x 23" (53.3 x 58.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, Exterior perspective Architecture Acc. 147.1993	1992	Synthetic polymer paint on computer-generated print	21 3/4 x 37 1/4" (55.2 x 94.6 cm) (comp.) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, Interior perpsective of lobby Architecture Acc. 144.1993	1992	Computer-generated print	21 1/2 x 32 7/8" (54.6 x 83.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, Interior perspective of concert hall Architecture Acc. 148.1993	1992	Computer-generated print. print	21 3/4 x 32 3/4" (55.2 x 83.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, Interior perspective of main hall Architecture Acc. 145.1993	1992	Computer-generated print	21 1/2 x 32 3/4" (54.6 x 83.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, Perspective sketches for plaza and entrance lobby Architecture Acc. 152.1993	1992	Color ink on tracing paper	12 x 19 5/8" (30.5 x 49.9 cm) (comp.) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, Preliminary sketches Architecture Acc. 153.1993	1992	Ink on tracing paper	12 x 33 1/2" (30.5 x 85.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, Site-plan sketch Architecture Acc. 151.1993	1992	Ink on tracing paper	12 x 19 1/2" (30.5 x 49.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, Sketches for main hall Architecture Acc. 150.1993	1992	Felt-tipped pen on tracing paper	12 x 33 1/4" (30.5 x 84.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, Sketches of main hall Architecture Acc. 149.1993	1992	Ink on tracing paper	12 x 33 1/8" (30.5 x 84.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, South elevation Architecture Acc. 143.1993	1992	Computer-generated print	21 5/8 x 37 3/8" (54.9 x 94.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, West elevation Architecture Acc. 146.1993	1992	Computer-generated print	21 1/2 x 37 3/8" (54.6 x 94.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect