Artist Monograph

David Byrne, American

American, born 1952

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	2	40%
Screenprint	1	20%
Other Media	1	20%
Video	1	20%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	2	40%
Architecture & Design	2	40%
Media and Performance	1	20%

Production by Decade

2

1970s

2

1980s

1

1990s

Classification Types

Design — 2
Print — 1
Audio — 1
Video — 1

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1986	1
2000	1
2012	1
2013	1
2014	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 5 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Take Me to the River Audio Acc. 854.2013.50	1978	7-inch vinyl record	cover: 7 1/8 × 7 1/8" (18.1 × 18.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings & Food Design Acc. 252.2012	1978	Lithograph	36 x 24" (91.4 x 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lawrence Benenson
Album cover for Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense Design Acc. 800.2014	1984	Lithograph	12 x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Road to Nowhere Video Acc. 493.1986	1985	Video (color, sound)	4:04 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of Warner Bros. Records
Recycle, it's the law! from Exit 99 Print Acc. 180.2000.1	1999	Screenprint on fabric from a portfolio of seven screenprints and one etching and aquatint	composition and sheet: 29 1/2 x 21 5/8" (75 x 55cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Jacqueline Brody Fund