Artist Monograph

Eduardo Chillida, Spanish

Spanish, 1924–2002

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	11	36.7%
Printmaking	4	13.3%
Drawing	3	10%
Lithography	2	6.7%
Screenprint	1	3.3%
Other Media	1	3.3%
Woodcut	1	3.3%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 27
Print — 2
Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	21	70%
Medium (30–100 cm)	8	26.7%
Large (1–3 m)	1	3.3%

Range: 5.0 cm → 100.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1975	10
1978	1
1986	3
1987	1
1991	10
1992	5

Spanish Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 30 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Drawing Acc. 25.1978	(1966)	Ink on paper	39 3/8 x 27 5/8" (100.1 x 70.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
Die Kunst und der Raum Illustrated Book Acc. 25.1975.A-C	1969	Illustrated book with seven lithographs and one lithograph (folder)	page 8 3/8 x 6 1/16" (21 x 15.4 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given in memory of Louise A. Boyer by Lily Auchincloss and Frances Keech
Double page plate (folios 8 verso and 9) from DIE KUNST UND DER RAUM/L'ART ET L'ESPACE Illustrated Book Acc. 25.1975.B3	1969		irreg. composition 3 15/16 x 12 1/8" (10.1 x 30.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given in memory of Louise A. Boyer by Lily Auchincloss and Frances Keech
Folder from DIE KUNST UND DER RAUM/L'ART ET L'ESPACE Illustrated Book Acc. 25.1975.B8	1969	Lithograph, printed in black	irreg. composition 4 5/16 x 11 3/16" (11 x 28.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given in memory of Louise A. Boyer by Lily Auchincloss and Frances Keech
Plate (folio 10) from DIE KUNST UND DER RAUM/L'ART ET L'ESPACE Illustrated Book Acc. 25.1975.B4	1969		irreg. composition 6 1/4 x 6" (15.9 x 15.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given in memory of Louise A. Boyer by Lily Auchincloss and Frances Keech
Plate (folio 12) from DIE KUNST UND DER RAUM/L'ART ET L'ESPACE Illustrated Book Acc. 25.1975.B5	1969		irreg. composition 4 1/2 x 6" (11.4 x 15.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given in memory of Louise A. Boyer by Lily Auchincloss and Frances Keech
Plate (folio 14 verso) from DIE KUNST UND DER RAUM/L'ART ET L'ESPACE Illustrated Book Acc. 25.1975.B6	1969		irreg. composition 6 5/16 x 6" (16.1 x 15.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given in memory of Louise A. Boyer by Lily Auchincloss and Frances Keech
Plate (folio 16) from DIE KUNST UND DER RAUM/L'ART ET L'ESPACE Illustrated Book Acc. 25.1975.B7	1969		irreg. composition 4 1/2 x 4 1/4" (11.5 x 10.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given in memory of Louise A. Boyer by Lily Auchincloss and Frances Keech
Plate (folio 4) from DIE KUNST UND DER RAUM/L'ART ET L'ESPACE Illustrated Book Acc. 25.1975.B1	1969		irreg. composition 4 11/16 x 6 1/16" (11.9 x 15.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given in memory of Louise A. Boyer by Lily Auchincloss and Frances Keech
Plate (folio 6 verso) from DIE KUNST UND DER RAUM/L'ART ET L'ESPACE Illustrated Book Acc. 25.1975.B2	1969		irreg. composition 3 5/16 x 4 5/16" (8.5 x 10.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given in memory of Louise A. Boyer by Lily Auchincloss and Frances Keech
Ikur Print Acc. 125.1975	(1972)	Woodcut	block: 10 3/8 x 20" (26.4 x 50.8 cm); sheet: 25 7/8 x 20" (65.7 x 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Untitled from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) Print Acc. 22.1987.26	1973	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts	plate: 13 3/8 x 14 7/16" (33.9 x 36.7cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 21" (76 x 53.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dorothy Miller (by exchange)
Adoración Illustrated Book Acc. 153.1992.1-4	(1977)	Illustrated Book with 2 aquatints and 1 etching, and 1 embossing (front cover)	irreg page 12 13/16 x 10" (32 x 25.5 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund
Front cover from ADORACIÓN Illustrated Book Acc. 153.1992.4	1977	Embossing	irreg composition 1 7/16 x 1 15/16" (3.7 x 5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund
Plate (folio 25) from ADORACIÓN Illustrated Book Acc. 153.1992.3	1977	Aquatint, printed in black	plate 4 7/16 x 3 15/16" (11.3 x 10.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund
Plate (folio 6 verso) from ADORACIÓN Illustrated Book Acc. 153.1992.2	1977	Aquatint, printed in black	irreg plate 8 3/16 x 6 15/16" (20.8 x 17.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund
Vignette (folio 4 verso) from ADORACIÓN Illustrated Book Acc. 153.1992.1	1977	Etching, printed in black	irreg composition 2 15/16 x 2 11/16" (7.6 x 6.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund
Plate 16 (folio 55) from DECLARACION UNIVERSAL DE DERECHOS HUMANOS Illustrated Book Acc. 215.1986.16	1984	Aquatint, printed in black	composition 13 13/16 x 10 1/8" (35.1 x 25.7 cm) sheet 13 13/16 x 19 11/16" (35.1 x 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Plate 23 (folio 76) from DECLARACION UNIVERSAL DE DERECHOS HUMANOS Illustrated Book Acc. 215.1986.23	1984	Aquatint, printed in black	composition 13 3/4 x 12 3/8" (35 x 31.5 cm) sheet 13 3/4 x 19 11/16" (35 x 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Plate 6 (folio 25) from DECLARACION UNIVERSAL DE DERECHOS HUMANOS Illustrated Book Acc. 215.1986.6	1984	Etching and aquatint, printed in black	plate 15 1/2 x 12 7/16" (39.3 x 31.6 cm) sheet 19 7/8 x 13 13/16" (50.5 x 35.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Frontispiece from LA MÉMOIRE ET LA MAIN Illustrated Book Acc. 132.1991.1	1986	Etching, printed in black	irreg. plate 8 3/4 x 5 11/16" (22.3 x 14.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Henry I. Cobb
In-text plate (folio 13) from LA MÉMOIRE ET LA MAIN Illustrated Book Acc. 132.1991.4	1986	Etching, printed in black	irreg. plate 9 13/16 x 5 1/4" (25 x 13.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Henry I. Cobb
In-text plate (folio 9) from LA MÉMOIRE ET LA MAIN Illustrated Book Acc. 132.1991.3	1986	Etching, printed in black	irreg. composition 6 5/16 x 9 5/8" (16 x 24.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Henry I. Cobb
La mémoire et la main Illustrated Book Acc. 132.1991.1-9	(1986)	7 etchings and 2 cut plates printed without ink	irreg. page 12 15/16 x 9 5/8" (33 x 24.5 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Henry I. Cobb
Plate (folio 16) from LA MÉMOIRE ET LA MAIN Illustrated Book Acc. 132.1991.5	1986	Etching, printed in black	irreg. plate 8 9/16 x 4 11/16" (21.8 x 11.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Henry I. Cobb
Plate (folio 19) from LA MÉMOIRE ET LA MAIN Illustrated Book Acc. 132.1991.6	1986	Etching, printed in black	irreg. plate 6 3/4 x 7 9/16" (17.2 x 19.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Henry I. Cobb
Plate (folio 26) from LA MÉMOIRE ET LA MAIN Illustrated Book Acc. 132.1991.7	1986	Etching, printed in black	irreg. composition 7 3/16 x 9 5/8" (18.2 x 24.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Henry I. Cobb
Plate (folio 5 verso) from LA MÉMOIRE ET LA MAIN Illustrated Book Acc. 132.1991.2	1986	Etching, printed in black	irreg. plate 4 13/16 x 7 3/4" (12.2 x 19.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Henry I. Cobb
Solander box front from LA MÉMOIRE ET LA MAIN Illustrated Book Acc. 132.1991.9	1986	Cut plate, printed without ink	irreg. plate 3 7/8 x 3 15/16" (9.8 x 10 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Henry I. Cobb
Wrapper front from LA MÉMOIRE ET LA MAIN Illustrated Book Acc. 132.1991.8	1986	Cut plate, printed without ink	irreg. plate 5 1/8 x 3 5/16" (13 x 8.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Henry I. Cobb