Artist Monograph

David Ireland, American

American, born 1930

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	6	75%
Photography	1	12.5%
Sculpture	1	12.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	7	87.5%
Painting & Sculpture	1	12.5%

Classification Types

Print — 6
Illustrated Book — 1
Sculpture — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	12.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	75%
Large (1–3 m)	1	12.5%

Range: 23.7 cm → 184.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1990	1
1995	1
2009	6

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 8 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
New Shoes Sculpture Acc. 246.1990.a-d	1987	Metal and wood table with enamel, concrete, and tan paper	6' 3/4" x 24" x 20" (184.8 x 61 x 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Emily and Jerry Spiegel
A variation on 79, side to side passes on a dumball, dedicated to the memory of John Cage 1912-1992 Print Acc. 28.2009.1-5	1993	Portfolio of five etching and drypoints	composition and sheet (each approx.): 14 13/16 x 35 3/16" (37.6 x 89.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Thomas Cvikota in honor of the artist and John Cage
Untitled from A variation on 79, side to side passes on a dumball, dedicated to the memory of John Cage 1912-1992 Print Acc. 28.2009.1	1993	One from a portfolio of five etching and drypoints	composition and sheet: 14 13/16 x 35 3/16" (37.6 x 89.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Thomas Cvikota in honor of the artist and John Cage
Untitled from A variation on 79, side to side passes on a dumball, dedicated to the memory of John Cage 1912-1992 Print Acc. 28.2009.2	1993	One from a portfolio of five etching and drypoints	composition and sheet: 14 3/4 x 35 1/4" (37.4 x 89.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Thomas Cvikota in honor of the artist and John Cage
Untitled from A variation on 79, side to side passes on a dumball, dedicated to the memory of John Cage 1912-1992 Print Acc. 28.2009.3	1993	One from a portfolio of five etching and drypoints	composition and sheet: 14 13/16 x 35 3/16" (37.6 x 89.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Thomas Cvikota in honor of the artist and John Cage
Untitled from A variation on 79, side to side passes on a dumball, dedicated to the memory of John Cage 1912-1992 Print Acc. 28.2009.4	1993	One from a portfolio of five etching and drypoints	composition and sheet: 14 13/16 x 35 1/4" (37.6 x 89.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Thomas Cvikota in honor of the artist and John Cage
Untitled from A variation on 79, side to side passes on a dumball, dedicated to the memory of John Cage 1912-1992 Print Acc. 28.2009.5	1993	One from a portfolio of five etching and drypoints	composition and sheet: 14 7/8 x 35 1/4" (37.8 x 89.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Thomas Cvikota in honor of the artist and John Cage
…by an Earthquake (A a visit in the house of David Ireland at 500 Capp street) Illustrated Book Acc. 56.1995.1-6	1994	Wooden box with cast handle, containing six objects in various mediums and three folders containing photographs and Kodaliths by Abe Frajnklich, a five page poem by John Ashbery, and two posters printed with the same poem	box composition 8 11/16 x 9 5/16 x 13 1/4" (22 x 23.7 x 33.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by Mrs. Akio Morita