Artist Monograph

Gabriel Orozco, Mexican

Mexican, born 1962

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	16	32%
Other Media	13	26%
Drawing	7	14%
Gouache	4	8%
Printmaking	4	8%
Digital Art	3	6%
Sculpture	2	4%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	40	80%
Painting & Sculpture	6	12%
Photography	4	8%

Production by Decade

1990s

2000s

2020s

Classification Types

Print — 20
Drawing — 17
Sculpture — 4
Photograph — 4
Installation — 1
Painting — 1
Audio — 1
Video — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	29	67.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)	12	27.9%
Large (1–3 m)	2	4.7%

Range: 14.3 cm → 200.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1995	2
1997	1
1999	6
2001	1
2004	8
2005	7
2006	1
2007	1
2008	2
2010	3
2012	1
2013	1
2015	15
2022	1

Mexican Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 50 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Horseshit Photograph Acc. 102.1999.x1-x2	1992	Silver dye bleach print	12 1/2 × 18 1/2" (31.7 × 47 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
Maria, Maria, Maria Drawing Acc. 201.1995	1992	Phone book page with erasures	11 x 9 1/8" (27.9 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and the David Rockefeller Latin American Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 202.1995	1992	Pinched and rubbed notebook paper	11 x 8" (27.9 x 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and the David Rockefeller Latin American Fund
Yielding Stone Sculpture Acc. 1047.2010	1992	Plasticine	14 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 16" (36.8 x 39.4 x 40.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Fund
CCCP Photograph Acc. 101.1999.x1-x2	1993	Silver dye bleach print	12 1/2 × 18 1/2" (31.7 × 47 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
Empty Shoe Box Sculpture Acc. 1048.2010	1993	Shoe box	4 7/8 x 13 x 8 1/2" (12.4 x 33 x 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Fund
Melon Photograph Acc. 104.1999.x1-x2	1993	Silver dye bleach print	12 1/2 × 18 1/2" (31.7 × 47 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
Horses Running Endlessly Sculpture Acc. 1147.2001	1995	Wood	3 3/8 x 34 3/8 x 34 3/8" (8.7 x 87.5 x 87.5 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 Lewis B. Cullman in honor of Chess in the Schools
Light Through Leaves (for Parkett no. 48) Print Acc. 561.1997	1996	Digital print	composition 20 x 32 3/16" (50.8 x 81.8 cm) sheet 22 1/8 x 32 3/16" (56 x 81.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Frances Keech Fund
Ligne D'Abandon Audio Acc. 854.2013.197	1996	CD	cover: 4 7/8 × 5 5/8" (12.4 × 14.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Untitled from the Museum in Progress project Travelling Eye Print Acc. 514.2006.113	(magazine published: June 24, 1996)		Page: 11 x 8 1/4" (27.9 x 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
XRTC 4 Drawing Acc. 145.1999	1996	Rubbed graphite on paper	11 x 8 1/2" (28 x 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Patricia and Morris Orden
Korean Air Drawing Acc. 146.1999	1997	Ink and colored pencil on cut-and-pasted printed paper on paper	11 x 8 1/2"(28 x 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Patricia and Morris Orden
Expanding Fingerprints Drawing Acc. 151.2004	1998	Pastel and paper cut-outs on paper	11 3/4 x 8 1/4" (29.8 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 Martina Schaap Yamin
I Love My Job Photograph Acc. 103.1999.x1-x2	1998	Silver dye bleach print	12 1/2 × 18 1/2" (31.7 × 47 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
Untitled Drawing Acc. 155.2004	2000	Pencil and ink on paper	11 1/2 x 8 1/4" (29.2 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 Martina Schaap Yamin
Untitled (hand print) Drawing Acc. 153.2004	2000	Pencil and ink on paper	11 1/2 x 8 1/4" (29.2 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 Martina Schaap Yamin
Untitled (hand prints) Drawing Acc. 154.2004	2000	Ink and gouache on paper	12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Martina Schaap Yamin
Untitled (hand) Drawing Acc. 152.2004	2000	Ink and pencil on paper	12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Martina Schaap Yamin
Untitled (right hand) Drawing Acc. 156.2004	2000	Pencil on paper	11 1/2 x 8 1/4" (29.2 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 Martina Schaap Yamin
Fear Not Drawing Acc. 2593.2005	2001	Synthetic polymer paint and felt-tip pen on paper	11 x 8 1/2" (27.9 x 21.6 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
Fear Not Drawing Acc. 2594.2005	2001	Synthetic polymer paint and felt-tip pen on cut-and-taped paper	11 x 8 1/2" (27.9 x 21.6 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
Lintels Sculpture Acc. 1049.2010	2001	Dryer lint	Dimensions variable ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Fund
Ticket – Alitalia Drawing Acc. 2595.2005	2001	Gouache, synthetic polymer paint, and pencil on airline receipt	3 1/2 x 7 1/2" (8.9 x 19.1 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
Polvo Impreso (Lint Book) Print Acc. 1701.2015.1-14	2002	Portfolio of twelve etchings with chine collé; and two letterpress prints with artist's text	plate (see child records): dimensions vary ; sheet: 16 15/16 × 14 3/4" (43 × 37.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2596.2005	(2002)	Gouache on printed paper	12 1/2 x 9 1/2" (31.8 x 24.1 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
Untitled Drawing Acc. 10.2004	2002	Ink and synthetic polymer paint on paper	11 x 8 1/4" (27.9 x 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds provided by The Edward John Noble Foundation
Untitled from Polvo Impreso (Lint Book) Print Acc. 1701.2015.1	2002	Letterpress print from a portfolio of twelve etchings with chine collé; and two letterpress prints with artist's text	sheet: 16 15/16 × 14 3/4" (43 × 37.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Polvo Impreso (Lint Book) Print Acc. 1701.2015.2	2002	Letterpress print from a portfolio of twelve etchings with chine collé; and two letterpress prints with artist's text	sheet: 16 15/16 × 14 3/4" (43 × 37.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Polvo Impreso (Lint Book) Print Acc. 1701.2015.3	2002	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etchings with chine collé; and two letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 3/4 × 6 3/4" (19.7 × 17.1 cm); sheet: 16 15/16 × 14 3/4" (43 × 37.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Polvo Impreso (Lint Book) Print Acc. 1701.2015.4	2002	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etchings with chine collé; and two letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 13/16 × 6 1/2" (19.8 × 16.5 cm); sheet: 16 15/16 × 14 3/4" (43 × 37.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Polvo Impreso (Lint Book) Print Acc. 1701.2015.5	2002	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etchings with chine collé; and two letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 3/4 × 6 9/16" (19.7 × 16.7 cm); sheet: 16 15/16 × 14 3/4" (43 × 37.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Polvo Impreso (Lint Book) Print Acc. 1701.2015.6	2002	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etchings with chine collé; and two letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 11/16 × 6 9/16" (19.5 × 16.6 cm); sheet: 16 15/16 × 14 3/4" (43 × 37.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Polvo Impreso (Lint Book) Print Acc. 1701.2015.7	2002	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etchings with chine collé; and two letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 5/8 × 6 1/2" (19.4 × 16.5 cm); sheet: 16 15/16 × 14 3/4" (43 × 37.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Polvo Impreso (Lint Book) Print Acc. 1701.2015.8	2002	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etchings with chine collé; and two letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 13/16 × 6 1/2" (19.8 × 16.5 cm); sheet: 16 15/16 × 14 3/4" (43 × 37.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Polvo Impreso (Lint Book) Print Acc. 1701.2015.9	2002	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etchings with chine collé; and two letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 11/16 × 6 1/2" (19.5 × 16.5 cm); sheet: 16 15/16 × 14 3/4" (43 × 37.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Polvo Impreso (Lint Book) Print Acc. 1701.2015.10	2002	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etchings with chine collé; and two letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 13/16 × 6 1/2" (19.8 × 16.5 cm); sheet: 16 15/16 × 14 3/4" (43 × 37.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Polvo Impreso (Lint Book) Print Acc. 1701.2015.11	2002	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etchings with chine collé; and two letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 13/16 × 6 7/16" (19.8 × 16.4 cm); sheet: 16 15/16 × 14 3/4" (43 × 37.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Polvo Impreso (Lint Book) Print Acc. 1701.2015.12	2002	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etchings with chine collé; and two letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 11/16 × 6 7/16" (19.6 × 16.3 cm); sheet: 16 15/16 × 14 3/4" (43 × 37.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Polvo Impreso (Lint Book) Print Acc. 1701.2015.13	2002	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etchings with chine collé; and two letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 11/16 × 6 7/16" (19.6 × 16.4 cm); sheet: 16 15/16 × 14 3/4" (43 × 37.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Polvo Impreso (Lint Book) Print Acc. 1701.2015.14	2002	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etchings with chine collé; and two letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 13/16 × 6 1/2" (19.8 × 16.5 cm); sheet: 16 15/16 × 14 3/4" (43 × 37.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled Drawing Acc. 11.2004	2003	Photoreproduction on acetate sheet with foam	10 7/8 x 8 1/2" (27.6 x 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds provided by The Edward John Noble Foundation
Untitled Print Acc. 942.2005	2004	Etching	Sheet: 9 3/16 x 8 7/16" (23.3 x 21.4 cm) Image: 5 7/8 x 5 7/8" (14.9 x 14.9 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
Invariants Animation Video Acc. 302.2008	2005	Digital animation, color, 11 minutes	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund and Gift of the artist
Kytes Tree Painting Acc. 981.2005	2005	Synthetic polymer paint on canvas	6' 6 3/4" x 6' 6 3/4" (200 x 200 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase and gift of Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro and Donald B. Marron
Working Tables, 2000-2005 Installation Acc. 982.2005	2005	Unfired clay, straw, egg container, bottle caps, wiremesh screen, string, stones, shells, plaster, bark, polystyrene foam, painted wood elements, pizza dough, and other materials	Dimensions variable ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase and gift of Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro and Donald B. Marron
Samurai Tree Invariants Print Acc. 303.2008.1-672	2006	Series of 672 digital prints with digital files	composition and sheet (each): 21 7/16 x 21 7/16" (54.5 x 54.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired in honor of Lewis B. Cullman through the generosity of Agnes Gund, Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Clarissa Alcock Bronfman, Robert B. Menschel, and also with the support of MoMA's Contemporary Arts Council
The Samurai Tree, Invariants Illustrated Book Acc. 294.2007	2006	Artist's book	page (each): 8 13/16 x 6 7/16" (22.4 x 16.3 cm); overall: 8 13/16 x 6 7/16 x 2 1/16" (22.4 x 16.3 x 5.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Forehead Drain, Roca Bianca Drawing Acc. 1775.2012.a-b	2009	Gouache, synthetic polymer paint, pencil, ink, and chromogenic prints on paper	72 1/4 x 38" (183.5 x 96.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings Funds and Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Simón's Lines from the portfolio The Met 150 Print Acc. 386.2022.7	2020, published 2021	Pigment Inkjet print	composition: 13 13/16 × 10 3/8" (35.1 × 26.4 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 12" (37.9 × 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jack Shear