Artist Monograph

Daniel Buren, French

French, born 1938

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	5	9.4%
Photography	4	7.5%
Printmaking	4	7.5%
Acrylic Painting	4	7.5%
Lithography	3	5.7%
Screenprint	1	1.9%
Textile	1	1.9%
Gouache	1	1.9%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	48	90.6%
Painting & Sculpture	4	7.5%
Media and Performance	1	1.9%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

2000s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 38
Print — 8
Painting — 4
Multiple — 2
Video — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	8	15.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	38	74.5%
Large (1–3 m)	5	9.8%

Range: 11.5 cm → 255.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1974	1
1977	1
1978	1
1981	1
1982	1
1985	31
1987	1
2003	1
2005	1
2006	2
2007	6
2009	1
2011	3
2022	2

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 53 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
White acrylic painting on white and anthracite gray striped fabric Painting Acc. 161.2007	1966	Acrylic on striped cotton fabric	7' 5 3/4" x 6' 5 5/8" (228 x 197 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Bequest and the Philip L. Goodwin Collection Funds (both by exchange)
One Painting in Four Elements for One Wall Painting Acc. 231.1978.a-d	1969-77	Synthetic polymer paint on striped cotton fabric, in four parts	Overall dimensions variable ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Kay Sage Tanguy Fund
Untitled Print Acc. 247.2006.6	1969-1974	Photograph	composition: 6 9/16 x 8 7/8" (16.7 x 22.5 cm); sheet: 6 11/16 x 8 5/8" (17 x 21.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Associates Fund
Untitled (Wide White Space Gallery Announcements) Print Acc. 247.2006.1-6	1969–74	Five folded double-sided lithographs	sheet (each): various dimensions ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Associates Fund
Black and white striped fabric. External white bands covered over with white paint, recto-verso Painting Acc. 574.2009	1970	Acrylic on striped cotton fabric	6' 2 3/16" x 55 1/8" (188.4 x 140 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift and gift of the artist
Box catalogue for the exhibition DANIEL BUREN [Vertical Colored and White Stripes – Shown Simultaneously in Aachen, Dortmund, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Hannover, Cologne, Krefeld, Leverkusen, Mönchengladbach, Münster, Saarbrücken, Saarlouis, Stuttgart: A Manifestation by Daniel Buren] at the Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach, Germany, January 28 – March 7, 1971 Illustrated Book Acc. 524.2022.11	1970	Cardboard box containing title page and two booklets	Box: 7 15/16 × 6 1/8 × 13/16" (20.2 × 15.5 × 2 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
No Art & Project Bulletin #24 was produced. "For space between 23 and 25 see catalogue documenta 5, page 17.31 – A18" Print Acc. 1099.2007.24	1970	One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy	sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 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
Striped cotton fabric with vertical white and colored bands of 8,7cm (+/- 0,3 cm) each. The two external white bands covered over with acrylic white paint recto-verso Painting Acc. 615.2011.a-l	1970	Acrylic on striped cotton fabric, 12 works	Overall dimensions variable ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Herman J. Daled
Art & Project Bulletin #40 Print Acc. 1099.2007.40	1971	One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy	sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 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
Recouvrement – Effacement (Dusseldorf, September 1971/Venice, July 1972) Video Acc. 743.2011	1971-72	Video (black and white, sound)	14:17 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Partial gift of the Daled Collection and partial purchase through the generosity of Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Agnes Gund, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, and Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley
Passage Illustrated Book Acc. 388.1974.A-G	1972	Illustrated book with two hundred and fifteen offset lithographs, six volumes	page 20 1/2 x 20 1/2" (52 x 52 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Passage Illustrated Book Acc. 686.2011.a-h	1972	Illustrated book with offset lithographs, seven volumes	overall (slipcase): 21 3/16 x 20 7/8 x 2 9/16" (53.8 x 53 x 6.5 cm); volume (each): 20 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 5/16" (52.1 x 52 x 0.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Partial gift of the Daled Collection and partial purchase through the generosity of Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Agnes Gund, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, and Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley
Demultiple Multiple Acc. 997.2007	1973	Multiple of acrylic on printed cloth	other (textile): 4 1/8 x 82 13/16" (10.4 x 210.3 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
Legend I/Légend I/Bildtext I and Legend II/Légende II/Bildtext II Illustrated Book Acc. 18.1982.A-B	1973. (Reproduced photographs executed 1970).	410 photolithographic reproductions after photographs taken by Michel Cenet of Buren installations in Paris Metro stations	page 8 1/4 x 11 5/8" (21 x 29.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Weber
Art & Project Bulletin #75 Print Acc. 1099.2007.75	1974	One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy	sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 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
Art & Project Bulletin #76 Print Acc. 1099.2007.76	1974	One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy	sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 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
Box catalogue for the exhibition DANIEL BUREN [Episode Two From Then On] at the Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach, Germany, November 12 – December 14, 1975 Illustrated Book Acc. 524.2022.26	1975	Cardboard box containing typescript, title page, and three booklets	Box: 7 15/16 × 6 1/4 × 1" (20.2 × 15.8 × 2.6 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
1000 Placements from the Rubber Stamp Portfolio Print Acc. 181.1977.3	1977	One from a portfolio of thirteen rubber stamps	composition and sheet: 8 x 8" (20.3 x 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Parasol Press, Ltd. and the Publications Department of The Museum of Modern Art
Framed/Exploded/Defaced Print Acc. 120.1987.a-y	1978–79	Twenty-five aquatints	sheet (each approx., framed): 8 x 8" (20.3 x 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Crown Point Press in celebration of its 25th anniversary
Photo/Souvenir from The Archives: Art Information Centre Peter Van Beveren Illustrated Book Acc. 414.1981.7	1981	Offset lithograph from an artist's book, offset printed with collage, stamp, gouache, pencil, and ink additions	composition: 4 1/2 × 3 11/16" (11.5 × 9.3 cm); page: 11 7/16 × 8 1/4" (29 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John R. Jakobson Foundation Fund
13 1/2 BLEECKER STREET, NEW YORK CITY, plate 3 (double page plate, folios 9 and 10) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.3	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 33 7/16" (35 x 85 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
140 PARISIAN METRO STATIONS, plate 2 (double page plate, folios 7 and 8) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.2	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 33 7/16" (35 x 85 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
3 PASSAGES, plate 7 (double page plate, folios 17 and 18) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.7	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 33 7/16" (35 x 85 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
7 BALLETS IN MANHATTAN, plate 15 (double page plate, folios 33 and 34) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.15	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 33 7/16" (35 x 85 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
AROUND A BLOCK, plate 25 (double page plate, folios 53 and 54) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.25	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 33 7/16" (35 x 85 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
BACKGROUND/FORM, plate 16 (double page plate, folios 35 and 36) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.16	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 32 11/16" (35 x 83 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
D'une impression l'autre Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.1-30	1983. (Photographs of installation executed 1968-1982).	Illustrated book with 30 color photographs and 30 screenprints	Book: 13 15/16 x 20 11/16 x 1 1/4" (35.4 x 52.5 x 3.1 cm); page: 13 3/4 x 20 1/2" (35 x 52cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
EXHIBITION OF AN EXHIBITION, plate 6 (double page plate, folios 15 and 16) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.6	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 33 7/16" (35 x 85 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
EXHIBITION/DIFFUSION, plate 30 (double page plate, folios 63 and 64) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.30	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 33 7/16" (35 x 85 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
FROM ARCHITECTURE TO COLOR, plate 24 (double page plate, folios 51 and 52) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.24	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 33 7/16" (35 x 85 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
IN SITU, plate 19 (double page plate, folios 41 and 42) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.19	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 33 7/16" (35 x 85 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
IN THE LABYRINTH, plate 28 (double page plate, folios 59 and 60) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.28	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 33 7/16" (35 x 85 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
ON THE HANG UP, plate 10 (double page plate, folios 23 and 24) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.10	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 32 11/16" (35 x 83 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
ON THE HANG UP, plate 11 (double page plate, folios 25 and 26) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.11	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 32 11/16" (35 x 83 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
ON THE HANG UP, plate 12 (double page plate, folios 27 and 28) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.12	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 32 11/16" (35 x 83 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
ON THE HANG UP, plate 13 (double page plate, folios 29 and 30) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.13	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 32 11/16" (35 x 83 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
ON THE HANG UP, plate 14 (double page plate, folios 31 and 32) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.14	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 33 7/16" (35 x 85 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
ON THE HANG UP, plate 8 (double page plate, folios 19 and 20) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.8	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 33 7/16" (35 x 85 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
ON THE HANG UP, plate 9 (double page plate, folios 21 and 22) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.9	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 32 11/16" (35 x 83 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate 1 (double page plate, folios 5 and 6) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.1	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 32 11/16" (35 x 83 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate 20 (double page plate, folios 43 and 44) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.20	1983	Mounted color photograph and screenprint, printed in black	irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 33 7/16" (35 x 85 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate 26 (double page plate, folios 55 and 56) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.26	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 33 7/16" (35 x 85 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
POSITION/PROPOSITION, plate 4 (double page plate, folios 11 and 12) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.4	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 33 7/16" (35 x 85 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
STALAGTITE, STALAGMITE, plate 22 (double page plate, folios 47 and 48) from D'UN IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.22	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 32 11/16" (35 x 83 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
TO THE OTHER, plate 29 (double page plate, folios 61 and 62) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.29	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 32 11/16" (35 x 83 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
TO TRANSGRESS, plate 18 (double page plate, folios 39 and 40) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.18	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 32 11/16" (35 x 83 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
UP AND DOWN, IN AND OUT, STEP BY STEP, plate 21 (double page plate, folios 45 and 46) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.21	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 32 11/16" (35 x 83 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
UP SIDE DOWN, plate 23 (double page plate, folios 49 and 50) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.23	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 33 7/16" (35 x 85 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
WATCH THE DOORS PLEASE, plate 27 (double page plate, folios 57 and 58) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.27	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 33 7/16" (35 x 85 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
YESTERDAY, plate 17 (double page plate, folios 37 and 38) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.17	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 32 11/16" (35 x 83 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEE A PAINTING COMPOSED OF THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS, plate 5 (double page plate, folios 13 and 14) from D'UNE IMPRESSION L'AUTRE Illustrated Book Acc. 174.1985.5	1983		irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 33 7/16" (35 x 85 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Unique Tablecloth with Laser-Cut Lace (Object to Be Situated on Table) (for Parkett no. 66) Multiple Acc. 340.2003	2002	Multiple of laser-cut tablecloth	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Carol and Morton H. Rapp Fund
Cahier d'un retour au pays natal Illustrated Book Acc. 195.2005	2004	Illustrated book with fifty-eight screenprints	sheet: 20 1/2 x 13 11/16" (52.1 x 34.7 cm); overall: 14 1/16 x 20 13/16 x 1 5/8" (35.7 x 52.9 x 4.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund