Artist Monograph

David Diao, American

American, born 1943

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Screenprint	2	33.3%
Etching	2	33.3%
Other Media	1	16.7%
Acrylic Painting	1	16.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	5	83.3%
Painting & Sculpture	1	16.7%

Production by Decade

2

1960s

2

1980s

2

1990s

Classification Types

Print — 4
Drawing — 1
Painting — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	83.3%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	16.7%

Range: 38.4 cm → 335.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1969	2
1989	2
1992	1
2024	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 6 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Continuous Drawings #5 (3 Parts) Drawing Acc. 1012.1969.a-c	(1969)	Incised rubberized graphite	12 1/8 x 36 1/4 x 5/8" (30.6 x 91.8 x 1.5 cm) overall. 12 1/8 x 12 1/8 x 5/8" (30.6 x 30.5 x 1.5 cm) each ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Foundation Fund
Untitled from the portfolio New York 10/69 Print Acc. 847.1969.2	(Published 1969)	Screenprint	Composition and sheet: 9 1/16 x 15 1/8" (23 x 38.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Untitled Print Acc. 126.1989	1987	Etching and aquatint	plate 13 7/8 x 16 3/4" (35.2 x 42.6 cm) sheet 22 5/8 x 24 7/16" (57 x 62.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Untitled Print Acc. 127.1989	(1988)	Etching and aquatint	composition 15 5/16 x 21 15/16" (38.9 x 55.8 cm) sheet 22 3/16 x 29 15/16" (56 x 76.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
BN: The Paintings in Scale (Blue) Painting Acc. 131.2024	1991	Acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas	6' 6" × 11' (198.1 × 335.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds
Untitled (Barnett Newman: Chronology of Work) from the Barnett Newman Series Print Acc. 459.1992	1992	Screenprint	composition 22 1/2 x 38 1/4" (57.2 x 97.1 cm) sheet 30 3/16 x 41 7/8" (76 x 106.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund