Artist Monograph

Carlos Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan

Venezuelan, 1923–2019

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Screenprint	11	73.3%
Sculpture	4	26.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	11	73.3%
Painting & Sculpture	4	26.7%

Production by Decade

1

1950s

4

1960s

10

1970s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	6.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	11	73.3%
Large (1–3 m)	3	20%

Range: 18.9 cm → 142.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1965	1
1968	1
1972	9
1974	1
2016	3

Venezuelan Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 15 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Project for an Exterior Wall Painting Acc. 801.2016	1954-1965	Painted dowels and synthetic polymer paint on wood	15 3/4 × 21 3/4 × 2 1/2" (40 × 55.2 × 6.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund in honor of Carolina Rodríguez-Cisneros
Physichromy 21 Painting Acc. 802.2016	Paris, 1960	Casein on cardboard over wood	28 3/4 x 29 15/16" (73 x 76 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Physichromy 114 Painting Acc. 284.1965	Paris, March 1964	Synthetic polymer paint on wood panel and on cardboard strips interleaved with projecting plastic strips (or blades)	28 x 56 1/4" (71.1 x 142.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Inter-American Fund
Transchromies Print Acc. 37.1968.1-5	1965	Portfolio of five screenprints	composition (approx): 7 7/16 x 7 7/16" (18.9 x 18.9 cm); sheet (approx.): 10 1/2 x 11 1/2" (26.7 x 29.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Physichromy 467 Painting Acc. 803.2016	1969	Casein on PVC and acetate sheets over wood	24 3/16 × 48 1/8 × 2 9/16" (61.5 × 122.3 × 6.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Color Additives (Aditivos de Color) Print Acc. 294.1972.1-8	1970, published 1971	Portfolio of eight screenprints	composition (each): 23 5/8 × 23 5/8" (60 × 60 cm); sheet (each): 29 1/2 × 29 1/2" (75 × 75 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Alfredo Boulton
Untitled from Color Additives (Aditivos de Color) Print Acc. 294.1972.1	1970, published 1971	One from a portfolio of eight screenprints	composition: 23 5/8 × 23 5/8" (60 × 60 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 29 1/2" (75 × 75 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Alfredo Boulton
Untitled from Color Additives (Aditivos de Color) Print Acc. 294.1972.2	1970, published 1971	One from a portfolio of eight screenprints	composition: 23 5/8 × 23 5/8" (60 × 60 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 29 1/2" (75 × 75 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Alfredo Boulton
Untitled from Color Additives (Aditivos de Color) Print Acc. 294.1972.3	1970, published 1971	One from a portfolio of eight screenprints	composition: 23 5/8 × 23 5/8" (60 × 60 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 29 1/2" (75 × 75 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Alfredo Boulton
Untitled from Color Additives (Aditivos de Color) Print Acc. 294.1972.4	1970, published 1971	One from a portfolio of eight screenprints	composition: 23 5/8 × 23 5/8" (60 × 60 cm); sheet: 29 1/2" (75 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Alfredo Boulton
Untitled from Color Additives (Aditivos de Color) Print Acc. 294.1972.5	1970, published 1971	One from a portfolio of eight screenprints	composition: 23 5/8 × 23 5/8" (60 × 60 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 29 1/2" (75 × 75 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Alfredo Boulton
Untitled from Color Additives (Aditivos de Color) Print Acc. 294.1972.6	1970, published 1971	One from a portfolio of eight screenprints	composition: 23 5/8 × 23 5/8" (60 × 60 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 29 1/2" (75 × 75 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Alfredo Boulton
Untitled from Color Additives (Aditivos de Color) Print Acc. 294.1972.7	1970, published 1971	One from a portfolio of eight screenprints	composition: 23 5/8 × 23 5/8" (60 × 60 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 29 1/2" (75 × 75 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Alfredo Boulton
Untitled from Color Additives (Aditivos de Color) Print Acc. 294.1972.8	1970, published 1971	One from a portfolio of eight screenprints	composition: 23 5/8 × 23 5/8" (60 × 60 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 29 1/2" (75 × 75 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Alfredo Boulton
Chromo-Interference (Cromo Interferencia) from AGPA 73: Pan American Graphic Arts (AGPA 73: Artes gráficas panamericanas) Print Acc. 366.1974.18	1973	Screenprint from a portfolio of 11 screenprints (one with embossing), seven etchings (three with aquatint, one with embossing), six lithographs (one with etching), five linoleum cuts (one with embossing), one engraving, and one intaglio with embossing	composition (irreg.): 16 15/16 × 16 3/4" (43 × 42.5 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 × 22 1/16" (76 × 56.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Cartón y Papel de México, S. A.