Artist Monograph

David Hammons, American

American, born 1943

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	11	61.1%
Printmaking	2	11.1%
Screenprint	1	5.6%
Acrylic Painting	1	5.6%
Oil Painting	1	5.6%
Photography	1	5.6%
Textile	1	5.6%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	10	55.6%
Painting & Sculpture	8	44.4%

Production by Decade

2

1960s

4

1970s

4

1980s

5

1990s

2

2000s

1

2010s

Classification Types

Sculpture — 7
Drawing — 5
Illustrated Book — 2
Print — 2
Textile — 1
Periodical — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	5.9%
Medium (30–100 cm)	9	52.9%
Large (1–3 m)	5	29.4%
Monumental (> 3 m)	2	11.8%

Range: 28.2 cm → 401.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1988	1
1990	1
1997	2
1998	2
2005	2
2006	1
2007	1
2009	1
2011	2
2013	2
2015	2
2016	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 1, 1 North" — 2
"MoMA, Floor 4, 420" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 18 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Pray for America Drawing Acc. 524.2015	1969	Screenprint and pigment on paper	60 1/2 × 30" (153.7 × 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift to The Museum of Modern Art and The Studio Museum in Harlem by the Hudgins Family in honor of David Rockefeller on his 100th birthday
Untitled Drawing Acc. 592.2009	1969	Pigment on board	36 1/4 x 25 1/8" (92 x 63.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art, the General Print Fund, and Committee on Drawings Funds
Body Print Drawing Acc. 1813.2005	1975	Pigment on paper	29 1/8 x 23 1/4" (74 x 59.1 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/Green Power Drawing Acc. 1814.2005	c. 1975	Pigment on paper	14 x 17" (35.6 x 43.2 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 Sculpture Acc. 52.2013	c. 1976	Mud, metal, hair, wire, black-eyed peas, and rubber bands on metal base	29 1/2 x 16 x 14" (74.9 x 40.6 x 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Hudgins Family in memory of Martina Hudgins
Afro Asian Eclipse (or Black China) Textile Acc. 1338.2016	1978	Human hair and paint on wire mesh with thread and paper mounted on fabric scroll	43 × 16" (109.2 × 40.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Hudgins Family in honor of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
The Man Nobody Killed (folio 29) from Eye Magazine #14 "Cobalt Myth Mechanics" Illustrated Book Acc. 702.2015.10	1986	Stenciled paint on commercially printed cardboard with cut-and-taped photocopy from a spiral bound periodical with works by various artists	composition (irreg.): 10 5/8 × 8 1/16" (27 × 20.5 cm); page: 11 1/8 × 8 1/2" (28.2 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Henry Church Fund (by exchange)
Free Nelson Mandela Print Acc. 175.1988	1987	Stencil on versos of torn and layered billboard papers	composition: 20 5/8 x 23 5/8" (52.4 x 60 cm); sheet (irreg): 28 13/16 x 28 9/16" (73 x 72.5 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 Sculpture Acc. 221.2011	1988	Newspaper, bottle caps (natural and gold leaf), wire, and chain	20 x 30" (50.8 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Hudgins Family in memory of Bill Hudgins
Untitled (Night Train) Sculpture Acc. 53.2013	1989	Glass bottles, caps, silicone glue, and coal	Dimensions variable, approximately 30 x 42 x 42" (76.2 x 106.7 x 106.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Hudgins Family in memory of Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris
African-American Flag Sculpture Acc. 296.1997	1990	Printed cotton	56" x 7' 4" (142.2 x 223.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of The Over Holland Foundation. David Hammons created this flag for the groundbreaking exhibition "Black USA" curated by Jan Christiaan Braun in Amsterdam, April 7 – July 29, 1990.
High Falutin' Sculpture Acc. 563.1990.a-c	1990	Metal (some parts painted with oil), oil on wood, glass, dust, chandelier parts, rubber, velvet, plastic, and light bulbs	13' 2" x 48" x 30 1/2" (396 x 122 x 77.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Robert and Meryl Meltzer Fund and purchase
Money Tree (for Parkett no. 31) Print Acc. 71.1998.1	1992	Gelatin silver print	composition: 16 1/8 × 10 7/8" (41 × 27.6 cm); sheet: 16 9/16 × 18 7/8" (42 × 48 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, Lily Auchincloss Fund, and Gift of Parkett
Parkett no. 31 Periodical Acc. 71.1998.2×1-x2	1992	Journal	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, Lily Auchincloss Fund, and Gift of Parkett
Out of Bounds Drawing Acc. 160.1997.a-b	1995–96	Dirt on paper in artist's frame, with basketball	53 1/4 x 41 1/2 x 11 1/2" (131.2 x 105.4 x 29.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Friends of Contemporary Drawing, The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art, and Peter and Eileen Norton
The Holy Bible: Old Testament Illustrated Book Acc. 1034.2007	2002	Artist's book	page (each): 12 3/16 × 9 3/4" (31 × 24.8 cm); overall (closed): 13 × 10 1/4 × 1 15/16" (33 × 26 × 5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Monroe Wheeler Fund
Untitled (Rock Head) Sculpture Acc. 361.2006.a-c	2005	Rock and found hair mounted on pedestal	15" (38.1 cm) high, pedestal 46" (116.8 cm) high ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art and Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 222.2011	2010	Acrylic and metallic enamel paint on canvas with plastic	138 x 108 x 10" (350.5 x 274.3 x 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan L. Halpern and bequest of Richard S. Zeisler (both by exchange)