Artist Monograph

Chris Burden, American

American,1946–2015

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Etching 37 66.1%
Photography 4 7.1%
Drawing 4 7.1%
Printmaking 3 5.4%
Sculpture 2 3.6%
Lithography 2 3.6%
Other Media 1 1.8%
Watercolor 1 1.8%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 51 91.1%
Painting & Sculpture 3 5.4%
Media and Performance 2 3.6%

Production by Decade

13
1970s
2
1980s
3
1990s
38
2000s

Classification Types

  • Print — 40
  • Drawing — 11
  • Sculpture — 2
  • Video — 1
  • Illustrated Book — 1
  • Installation — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)4177.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)611.3%
Large (1–3 m)611.3%

Range: 22.3 cm → 215.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19751
19791
19871
19891
19912
19941
20001
20051
20061
20081
201143
20182

American Contemporaries

  1. 16315 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  2. 3358 Louise Bourgeois
  3. 2199 Ellsworth Kelly
  4. 1338 Lee Friedlander
  5. 932 George Maciunas