Artist Monograph

Doug Aitken, American

American, born 1968

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Printmaking	4	30.8%
Other Media	4	30.8%
Sculpture	3	23.1%
Video	2	15.4%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	10	76.9%
Media and Performance	2	15.4%
Photography	1	7.7%

Classification Types

Drawing — 4
Print — 3
Installation — 2
Illustrated Book — 2
Photograph — 1
Periodical — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	30%
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	60%
Large (1–3 m)	1	10%

Range: 22.6 cm → 101.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
2000	3
2001	2
2006	4
2008	1
2009	1
2025	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 13 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Diamond Sea Illustrated Book Acc. 1434.2001	1998-2001	Artist's book	page 8 1/16 x 10 1/16" (20 x 25.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Decrease the Mass and Run Like Hell (for Parkett 57) Print Acc. 1331.2000.1-2	1999	Multiple of mylar, wood, plastic, and fabric kite; and commercially-printed poster	composition (Kite): 34 1/4 x 32 11/16" (87 x 83 cm); sheet (poster): 20 1/16 x 15 9/16" (51 x 39.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Roxanne H. Frank Fund
Decrease the mass and run like hell (for Parkett no. 57) Print Acc. 1331.2000.1	1999	Multiple of kite and poster	Composition (Kite): 34 1/4 x 32 11/16" (87 x 83 cm); sheet (poster): 20 1/16 x 15 9/16" (51 x 39.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Roxanne H. Frank Fund
DECREASE THE MASS AND RUN LIKE HELL (for PARKETT no. 57) Print Acc. 1331.2000.2	1999	Multiple of mylar, wood, plastic, and fabric kite; and commercially-printed poster	composition (kite): 34 1/4 x 32 11/16" (87 x 83 cm); sheet (poster): 20 1/16 x 15 9/16" (51 x 39.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Roxanne H. Frank Fund
Parkett no. 57 Periodical Acc. 1137.2001.x1-x2	1999	Journal	plate 10 x 8 1/4" (25.5 x 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Parkett
Metallic Sleep Photograph Acc. 283.2025.x1-x2	2000	Chromogenic print, printed 2025	32 × 40 1/8" (81.3 × 101.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz in honor of Gayle Greenhill
Interiors Installation Acc. 805.2006	2002	Three-channel video (color, sound) and eleven screens	Overall dimensions 7.9m x 7.9m x 2.4m (three projection screens, each 300 cm x 225 cm; and eight translucent silkscreen dividers, each 250 cm x 225 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Fractional and promised gift of the Julia Stoschek Foundation, Düsseldorf
ultraworld A Drawing Acc. 368.2006.1-3	(2005)	Cut-and-pasted printed paper and cut-and-pasted colored paper with pressure-sensitive tape on paper with painted wood frame	⌀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
ultraworld A Drawing Acc. 368.2006.1	(2005)	Cut-and-pasted printed paper and cut-and-pasted colored paper with pressure-sensitive tape on paper in artist's frame	19 5/8 x 15 5/8 x 1 3/8" (49.8 x 39.7 x 3.5 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
ultraworld B Drawing Acc. 368.2006.2	(2005)	Cut-and-pasted printed paper with pressure-sensitive tape on paper in artist's frame	15 5/8 x 19 5/8 x 1 3/8" (39.7 x 49.8 x 3.5 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
ultraworld C Drawing Acc. 368.2006.3	(2005)	Cut-and-pasted printed paper with pressure-sensitive tape on paper in artist's frame	Frame: 15 5/8 x 19 5/8 x 1 3/8" (39.7 x 49.8 x 3.5 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
sleepwalkers Installation Acc. 212.2008	2007	Six-channel video (color, sound)	12:57 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	The Dunn Bequest
Write-In Jerry Brown President Illustrated Book Acc. 1.2009	2008	Artist's book	page (irreg.): 7 11/16 x 8 7/8" (19.6 x 22.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Library Council of The Museum of Modern Art