Artist Monograph

Charles Ray, American

American, born 1953

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	3	50%
Sculpture	1	16.7%
Printmaking	1	16.7%
Photography	1	16.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	3	50%
Painting & Sculpture	2	33.3%
Photography	1	16.7%

Production by Decade

2

1970s

3

1990s

1

2000s

Classification Types

Sculpture — 2
Periodical — 1
Drawing — 1
Print — 1
Photograph — 1

Physical Scale

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

Range: 15.0 cm → 304.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1993	2
1998	2
2001	1
2005	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 6 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Plank Piece I and II Photograph Acc. 93.1993.a-b	1973	Two gelatin silver prints, printed 1992	30 × 40" (76.3 × 101.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Samuel J. Wagstaff, Jr. Fund and Purchase
Bench Sculpture Acc. 2477.2001	1974	Wood	11 1/2" x 10' x 1 1/2" (29.2 x 304.8 x 3.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Hudson, Feature Inc., New York
Family romance Sculpture Acc. 281.1993	1993	Painted fiberglass and hair	53" x 7' 1" x 11" (134.6 x 215.9 x 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 97.98 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Peter Norton Family Foundation
Parkett no. 37 Periodical Acc. 109.1998.2×1-x2	1993	Journal	composition 10 x 8 1/4" (25.5 x 21 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
The Most Beautiful Women in the World (for Parkett no. 37) Print Acc. 109.1998.1a-i	1993	Nine chromogenic color prints	composition 3 15/16 x 5 7/8" (10 x 15 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 Drawing Acc. 2857.2005	2003	Felt-tip pen on paper	25 3/4 x 41" (65.4 x 104.1 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