Artist Monograph

Bernar Venet, French

French, born 1941

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Screenprint	11	57.9%
Printmaking	4	21.1%
Other Media	2	10.5%
Drawing	1	5.3%
Photography	1	5.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	17	89.5%
Painting & Sculpture	2	10.5%

Production by Decade

3

1960s

14

1970s

1

1980s

1

2000s

Classification Types

Print — 11
Illustrated Book — 3
Drawing — 2
Painting — 2
Multiple — 1

Physical Scale

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

Range: 18.2 cm → 182.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1968	1
1977	1
1979	11
1984	1
1985	1
2007	1
2018	2
2022	1

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 19 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Time Spectrum of Coincidences Between Electrons and Gamma Rays Painting Acc. 1524.1968	March 1967	Synthetic polymer paint on canvas	71 5/8 x 71 7/8" (181.9 x 182.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Paul Schupf
Astrophysics from S.M.S. No. 6 Multiple Acc. 460.1977.6g	December 1968	Multiple of LP in offset printed sleeve	Folder: 7 x 8 1/8" (17.8 x 20.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Carol O. Selle
Exploited Subjects from Artists & Photographs Illustrated Book Acc. 1103.2007.18	1968, published 1970	Artist's book, offset printed, from a portfolio of 19 printed objects	page: 7 3/16 x 7 3/16" (18.2 x 18.2 cm); overall: 7 3/16 x 7 3/16 x 9/16" (18.2 x 18.2 x 1.5 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
Exploited Subjects from Artists & Photographs Illustrated Book Acc. 261.1984.18	1970	Artist's book, offset printed, from a portfolio of nineteen printed objects	page (each): 7 1/8 × 7 3/16" (18.1 × 18.2 cm); overall (closed): 7 1/8 × 7 3/16 × 9/16" (18.1 × 18.2 × 1.5 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
Exploited Subjects from Artists & Photographs Illustrated Book Acc. 525.2022.18	1970	Artist's book, offset printed, from a portfolio of nineteen printed objects	page (each): 7 1/8 × 7 3/16" (18.1 × 18.2 cm); overall (closed): 7 1/8 × 7 3/16 × 9/16" (18.1 × 18.2 × 1.5 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
1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 Print Acc. 1097.1979.1	(1972)	One from a portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Donald Karshan
1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 Print Acc. 1097.1979.2	(1972)	One from a portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Donald Karshan
1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 Print Acc. 1097.1979.3	(1972)	One from a portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Donald Karshan
1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 Print Acc. 1097.1979.4	(1972)	One from a portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Donald Karshan
1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 Print Acc. 1097.1979.5	(1972)	One from a portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Donald Karshan
1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 Print Acc. 1097.1979.6	(1972)	One from a portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Donald Karshan
1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 Print Acc. 1097.1979.7	(1972)	One from a portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Donald Karshan
1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 Print Acc. 1097.1979.8	(1972)	One from a portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Donald Karshan
1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 Print Acc. 1097.1979.9	(1972)	One from a portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Donald Karshan
1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 Print Acc. 1097.1979.10	(1972)	One from a portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Donald Karshan
1966, 1967, 1969, 1970 Print Acc. 1097.1979.1-10	1972	Portfolio of ten offsets and screenprints	Various dimensions ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Donald Karshan
Positions of Two Arcs of 203.5° and 226.5° Painting Acc. 1081.1983.a-b	1978	Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, in two parts	62 3/4" (159.5 cm) in diameter and 43 3/4" (110.8 cm) in diameter ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 159.40 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
6 Grand Arc de 66.50 (Project for the Diamede Island) Drawing Acc. 1603.2018	1989	Gelatin silver print, ink, and felt-tip pen on paper	11 × 14" (27.9 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Study for Le Repos de l’arme Drawing Acc. 1604.2018	2000	Ink on photo reproduction	22 1/2 × 25 3/8" (57.2 × 64.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit