Artist Monograph

David Wojnarowicz, American

American, 1954–1992

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	4	26.7%
Other Media	3	20%
Acrylic Painting	2	13.3%
Screenprint	2	13.3%
Watercolor	1	6.7%
Mixed Media	1	6.7%
Lithography	1	6.7%
Film	1	6.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	8	53.3%
Photography	4	26.7%
Painting & Sculpture	2	13.3%
Media and Performance	1	6.7%

Classification Types

Photograph — 4
Drawing — 3
Print — 3
Painting — 2
Illustrated Book — 2
Video — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	14.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	42.9%
Large (1–3 m)	6	42.9%

Range: 25.2 cm → 243.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1991	6
1992	2
1993	1
2005	3
2007	1
2011	1
2015	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 15 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Savarin Coffee Drawing Acc. 513.2004	1983	Synthetic polymer paint on supermarket poster	43 1/2 x 32" (110.5 x 81.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily and Jerry Spiegel
Slam Click Drawing Acc. 514.2004	1983	Mixed media on foamcore	43 1/2 x 32" (110.5 x 81.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily and Jerry Spiegel
A Fire in My Belly (Film in Progress) and A Fire in My Belly Excerpt Video Acc. 17.2011.a-b	1986-1987	Super 8mm film transferred to video (black and white and color, silent)	13:06 min. and 7 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Earth Painting Acc. 167.2007.a-b	1987	Acrylic and cut-and-pasted paper on wood, two panels	72 x 96" (182.9 x 243.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Agnes Gund
Fire Painting Acc. 313.1992.a-b	1987	Acrylic and cut-and-pasted paper on wood, two panels	6 x 8' (182.9 x 243.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Agnes Gund and Barbara Jakobson Fund
Democracy At Work (plate, folio 38) from Your House Is Mine Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1993.23	printed 1988-92, published 1992	One from an illustrated book with thirty screenprints bound in a lead, wood, and flexible plastic cover	sheet: 23 1/16 × 19 7/8" (58.5 × 50.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Ralph E. Shikes Fund
Seven Miles a Second Drawing Acc. 3446.2005	1988	Synthetic polymer paint, felt-tip pen, watercolor, and postcards on supermarket poster	43 1/2 x 33 1/2" (110.5 x 85.1 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
Weight of the Earth, Part I Photograph Acc. 346.1991	1988	Fourteen gelatin silver prints and one watercolor on paper	Overall 39 × 41 1/4" (99.1 × 104.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Family of Man Fund
Tongues of Flame Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1991.1	1990	Exhibition catalogue	8 11/16 × 10 7/8 × 11/16" (22 × 27.7 × 1.7 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. 283.1991	1990–91	Photostat	composition (irreg.): 27 15/16 x 37 3/16" (70.9 x 94.4 cm); sheet: 32 15/16 x 39 15/16" (83.7 x 101.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased in part with funds from Linda Barth Goldstein and Art Matters Inc.
Untitled Print Acc. 406.1991.a-b	1990	Screenprint, printed on two sheets	.a composition 18 11/16 x 23 5/8" (47.4 x 60 cm) .b composition 18 3/8 x 23 11/16" (46.7 x 60.1 cm) each sheet 23 1/8 x 27 9/16" (58 x 70.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Leslie Garfield
Untitled from "Sex Series" Photograph Acc. 344.1991	1990	Gelatin silver print	14 3/4 × 17 11/16" (37.5 × 45 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Samuel J. Wagstaff, Jr. Fund
Untitled from "Sex Series" Photograph Acc. 345.1991	1990	Gelatin silver print	14 7/8 × 17 3/16" (37.8 × 43.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Samuel J. Wagstaff, Jr. Fund
Untitled from Tongues of Flame Print Acc. 30.1991.2	1990	Lithograph from an exhibition catalogue	Image: 8 1/8 × 9 15/16" (20.6 × 25.2 cm) Sheet: 8 3/8 × 10 1/4" (21.3 × 26 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 (Face in Dirt) Photograph Acc. 488.2015	1991	Gelatin silver print	28 1/2 × 28 1/2" (72.4 × 72.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Abramson Collection. Gift of Stephen and Sandra Abramson