Artist Monograph

Chris Ofili, British

British, born 1968

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	24	55.8%
Watercolor	9	20.9%
Oil Painting	5	11.6%
Drawing	3	7%
Woodcut	1	2.3%
Gouache	1	2.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	39	90.7%
Painting & Sculpture	4	9.3%

Production by Decade

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Classification Types

Print — 25
Drawing — 14
Painting — 4

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	20	46.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)	19	44.2%
Large (1–3 m)	3	7%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	2.3%

Range: 24.1 cm → 311.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1999	22
2004	1
2005	2
2015	1
2016	13
2017	1
2018	1
2019	1
2023	1

British Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 43 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Blaenau Ffestiniog from North Wales Print Acc. 433.1999.3	1996	One from a portfolio of ten etchings	plate: 9 3/4 x 7 11/16" (24.7 x 19.6 cm); sheet: 14 7/8 x 11 1/4" (37.8 x 28.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Young Print Collectors of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
Castle Harlech from North Wales Print Acc. 433.1999.7	1996	One from a portfolio of ten etchings	plate: 9 3/4 x 7 11/16" (24.8 x 19.6 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 11 5/16" (38 x 28.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Young Print Collectors of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
Llanbedr from North Wales Print Acc. 433.1999.4	1996	One from a portfolio of ten etchings	plate: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4" (24.7 x 19.7 cm); sheet: 15 x 11 1/4" (38.1 x 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Young Print Collectors of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
Llanberis from North Wales Print Acc. 433.1999.10	1996	One from a portfolio of ten etchings	plate: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4" (24.7 x 19.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 11 1/4" (37.9 x 28.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Young Print Collectors of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
Llwyn Hwleyn from North Wales Print Acc. 433.1999.5	1996	One from a portfolio of ten etchings	plate: 9 11/16 x 7 3/4" (24.6 x 19.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 11 1/4" (38 x 28.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Young Print Collectors of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
North Wales Print Acc. 433.1999.1-10	1996	Portfolio of ten etchings	plate (each): 9 13/16 × 7 13/16" (24.9 × 19.9 cm); sheet (each): 14 15/16 × 11 5/16" (38 × 28.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Young Print Collectors of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
Penrhyndeudraeth from North Wales Print Acc. 433.1999.8	1996	One from a portfolio of ten etchings	plate: 9 5/8 x 7 11/16" (24.5 x 19.6 cm); sheet: 14 13/16 x 11 1/4" (37.7 x 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Young Print Collectors of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
Porthmadog from North Wales Print Acc. 433.1999.6	1996	One from a portfolio of ten etchings	plate: 9 5/8 x 7 11/16" (24.5 x 19.5 cm); sheet: 14 13/16 x 11 5/16" (37.7 x 28.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Young Print Collectors of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
Portmeirion from North Wales Print Acc. 433.1999.1	1996	One from a portfolio of ten etchings	plate: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4" (24.8 x 19.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 11 1/4" (37.9 x 28.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Young Print Collectors of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
Snowdon from North Wales Print Acc. 433.1999.9	1996	One from a portfolio of ten etchings	plate: 9 5/8 x 7 11/16" (24.5 x 19.6 cm); sheet: 14 13/16 x 11 1/4" (37.7 x 28.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Young Print Collectors of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
The Holy Virgin Mary Painting Acc. 211.2018.a-c	1996	Acrylic, oil, polyester resin, paper collage, glitter, map pins, and elephant dung on canvas	96 × 72" (243.8 × 182.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Steven and Alexandra Cohen
Twynitywod Morfaharlech from North Wales Print Acc. 433.1999.2	1996	One from a portfolio of ten etchings	plate: 9 3/4 x 7 3/4" (24.8 x 19.7 cm); sheet: 14 7/8 x 11 1/8" (37.8 x 28.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Young Print Collectors of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
Untitled Drawing Acc. 16.1999.1-8	1998	Watercolor and pencil on paper	9 1/2 x 6 1/8" (24 x 16 cm) each ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg
Untitled Drawing Acc. 16.1999.1	1998	Watercolor and pencil on paper	9 1/2 x 6 1/8" (24 x 16 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg
Untitled Drawing Acc. 16.1999.2	1998	Watercolor and pencil on paper	9 1/2 x 6 1/8" (24 x 16 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg
Untitled Drawing Acc. 16.1999.3	1998	Watercolor and pencil on paper	9 1/2 x 6 1/8" (24 x 16 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg
Untitled Drawing Acc. 16.1999.4	1998	Watercolor and pencil on paper	9 1/2 x 6 1/8" (24 x 16 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg
Untitled Drawing Acc. 16.1999.5	1998	Watercolor and pencil on paper	9 1/2 x 6 1/8" (24 x 16 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg
Untitled Drawing Acc. 16.1999.6	1998	Watercolor and pencil on paper	9 1/2 x 6 1/8" (24 x 16 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg
Untitled Drawing Acc. 16.1999.7	1998	Watercolor and pencil on paper	9 1/2 x 6 1/8" (24 x 16 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg
Untitled Drawing Acc. 16.1999.8	1998	Watercolor and pencil on paper	9 1/2 x 6 1/8" (24 x 16 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg
Prince amongst Thieves Painting Acc. 1259.1999.a-c	1999	Oil, paper collage, glitter, polyester resin, map pins, and elephant dung on canvas	8 x 6' (243.8 x 182.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mimi and Peter Haas Fund
Prince Amongst Thieves with Flowers Drawing Acc. 393.1999	1999	Pencil on paper	29 3/4 x 22 1/4" (75.6 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of David Teiger and the Friends of Contemporary Drawing
Brooklyn Drawing Acc. 9.2004	2000	Pencil on paper	22 1/2 x 30 1/8" (57.2 x 76.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Fractional and promised gift of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg
Black Cinema Drawing Acc. 2571.2005	2003	Pencil on paper	22 1/2 x 30" (57.2 x 76.2 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
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2572.2005	2003	Gouache, gold leaf, and pastel on paper	12 1/4 x 9 3/8" (31.1 x 23.8 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
The Agony in the Garden Print Acc. 290.2015.a-k	2007	Portfolio of eleven etchings with aquatint	plate (each): 15 3/4 x 11 3/4" (40 x 29.8 cm); sheet (each): 20 7/8 x 16 7/8" (53 x 42.8 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
The Raising of Lazarus Painting Acc. 9.2016	2007	Oil and charcoal on canvas	109 3/4 × 79" (278.8 × 200.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Hillman Periodicals Fund (by exchange)
Black Shunga Print Acc. 24.2016.1-11	2008–15	Portfolio of eleven etchings with gravure on pigmented paper	plate: 18 5/16 × 10 3/8" (46.5 × 26.3 cm); sheet: 26 3/8 × 17 1/2" (67 × 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Endowment
Title page from Black Shunga Print Acc. 24.2016.1	2008–15	One from a portfolio of eleven etchings with gravure on pigmented paper	plate: 18 5/16 × 10 3/8" (46.5 × 26.3 cm); sheet: 26 3/8 × 17 1/2" (67 × 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Endowment
Untitled from Black Shunga Print Acc. 24.2016.2	2008–15	One from a portfolio of eleven etchings with gravure on pigmented paper	plate: 18 5/16 × 10 3/8" (46.5 × 26.3 cm); sheet: 26 3/8 × 17 1/2" (67 × 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Endowment
Untitled from Black Shunga Print Acc. 24.2016.3	2008–15	One from a portfolio of eleven etchings with gravure on pigmented paper	plate: 18 5/16 × 10 3/8" (46.5 × 26.3 cm); sheet: 26 3/8 × 17 1/2" (67 × 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Endowment
Untitled from Black Shunga Print Acc. 24.2016.4	2008–15	One from a portfolio of eleven etchings with gravure on pigmented paper	plate: 18 5/16 × 10 3/8" (46.5 × 26.3 cm); sheet: 26 3/8 × 17 1/2" (67 × 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Endowment
Untitled from Black Shunga Print Acc. 24.2016.5	2008–15	One from a portfolio of eleven etchings with gravure on pigmented paper	plate: 18 5/16 × 10 3/8" (46.5 × 26.3 cm); sheet: 26 3/8 × 17 1/2" (67 × 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Endowment
Untitled from Black Shunga Print Acc. 24.2016.6	2008–15	One from a portfolio of eleven etchings with gravure on pigmented paper	plate: 18 5/16 × 10 3/8" (46.5 × 26.3 cm); sheet: 26 3/8 × 17 1/2" (67 × 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Endowment
Untitled from Black Shunga Print Acc. 24.2016.7	2008–15	One from a portfolio of eleven etchings with gravure on pigmented paper	plate: 18 5/16 × 10 3/8" (46.5 × 26.3 cm); sheet: 26 3/8 × 17 1/2" (67 × 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Endowment
Untitled from Black Shunga Print Acc. 24.2016.8	2008–15	One from a portfolio of eleven etchings with gravure on pigmented paper	plate: 18 5/16 × 10 3/8" (46.5 × 26.3 cm); sheet: 26 3/8 × 17 1/2" (67 × 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Endowment
Untitled from Black Shunga Print Acc. 24.2016.9	2008–15	One from a portfolio of eleven etchings with gravure on pigmented paper	plate: 18 5/16 × 10 3/8" (46.5 × 26.3 cm); sheet: 26 3/8 × 17 1/2" (67 × 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Endowment
Untitled from Black Shunga Print Acc. 24.2016.10	2008–15	One from a portfolio of eleven etchings with gravure on pigmented paper	plate: 18 5/16 × 10 3/8" (46.5 × 26.3 cm); sheet: 26 3/8 × 17 1/2" (67 × 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Endowment
Untitled from Black Shunga Print Acc. 24.2016.11	2008–15	One from a portfolio of eleven etchings with gravure on pigmented paper	plate: 18 5/16 × 10 3/8" (46.5 × 26.3 cm); sheet: 26 3/8 × 17 1/2" (67 × 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Endowment
Embah Painting Acc. 787.2017	2017	Oil and charcoal on canvas	122 3/4 × 79" (311.8 × 200.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mimi Haas, and Lisa and Steven Tananbaum, in honor of Kynaston McShine
Nymph Dive (Rainbow) Drawing Acc. 749.2019	2019	Watercolor, oil pastel, gold leaf, and charcoal on paper	15 1/2 × 10 1/4" (39.4 × 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Ronnie Heyman in memory of Donald B. Marron
All-seeing eye Print Acc. 207.2023	2021	Woodcut monoprint with pastel and gold leaf	22 3/4 × 32 3/4" (57.8 × 83.2 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