Artist Monograph

David Salle, American

American, born 1952

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	3	23.1%
Lithography	3	23.1%
Oil Painting	2	15.4%
Screenprint	2	15.4%
Watercolor	2	15.4%
Other Media	1	7.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	11	84.6%
Painting & Sculpture	2	15.4%

Classification Types

Print — 7
Drawing — 3
Painting — 2
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	40%
Large (1–3 m)	5	50%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	10%

Range: 40.4 cm → 475.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1983	1
1985	1
1986	2
1987	1
1989	2
1991	2
1992	2
1996	1
1999	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 13 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Drawing Acc. 270.1987	1980	Synthetic polymer paint, watercolor, and pencil on paper	62 x 91 7/8" (157.5 x 233.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Denise and Andrew Saul Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 150.1991	1981	Synthetic polymer paint on paper	40 x 26 1/4" (101.6 x 66.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Leonard Rosenberg
#6 from the porfolio The Drunken Chauffeur Print Acc. 567.1983	1983	Screenprint	composition (irreg.): 29 13/16 x 40" (75.7 x 101.6 cm); sheet: 29 7/8 x 41 3/4" (75.9 x 106 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 from the series Theme for an Aztec Moralist Print Acc. 289.1989	1983	Lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York
Untitled from the series Theme for an Aztec Moralist Print Acc. 290.1989	1983	Lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York
Untitled Drawing Acc. 52.1985	1984	Watercolor and pencil on paper	17 7/8 x 23 3/4" (45.5 x 60.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Carol O. Selle
Gericault's Arm Painting Acc. 285.1986	1985	Oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas	6' 5 7/8" x 8' 1/4" (197.8 x 244.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Louis and Bessie Adler Foundation, Inc., Seymour M. Klein, President; Agnes Gund, Jerry I. Speyer Fund, and purchase
Muscular Paper Painting Acc. 373.1991.a-c	1985	Oil, synthetic polymer paint, and charcoal on canvas and fabric, with painted wood, in three parts	Overall 8' 2 1/8" x 15' 7 1/8" (249.3 x 475 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Douglas S. Cramer Foundation
Untitled from the series Grandiose Synonym for Church Print Acc. 337.1986	1985	Lift ground aquatint, aquatint, and soft ground etching	plate 47 15/16 x 37 11/16" (121.7 x 95.8 cm) sheet 60 13/16 x 48 5/16" (154 x 122.8 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 III, from the series The Universe Mender Print Acc. 284.1992	1990	Aquatint and etching	plate: 10 15/16 x 15 7/8" (27.8 x 40.4 cm); sheet: 18 1/8 x 22 3/8" (46 x 56.9 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 V, from the series The Universe Mender Print Acc. 285.1992	1990	Aquatint and etching	plate: 13 7/16 x 20" (34.2 x 50.8 cm); sheet: 21 1/4 x 26 9/16" (54 x 67.5 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
Light Sleeper Illustrated Book Acc. 75.1996.1-12	1992	Twelve lithographs	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund
Paper Lanterns from The Geldzahler Portfolio Print Acc. 76.1999.9	1998	Solar plate intaglio from a portfolio of three lithographs, two etchings (one with aquatint), two screenprints, one digital print, one offset lithograph, one solar plate intaglio, and one video transfer	plate: 16 5/16 × 10 3/4" (41.4 × 27.3 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 × 22 1/4" (76 × 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro