Artist Monograph

Gary Simmons, American

American, born 1964

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	3	60%
Sculpture	1	20%
Drawing	1	20%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	4	80%
Painting & Sculpture	1	20%

Classification Types

Drawing — 3
Multiple — 1
Sculpture — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	40%
Large (1–3 m)	1	20%
Monumental (> 3 m)	2	40%

Range: 61.0 cm → 530.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1999	1
2005	1
2011	2
2022	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 5 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Disinformation Paragraph Sculpture Acc. 1146.2011.a-ll	1989	Wood, chalk, and chalkboard	64 x 129 x 2" (162.6 x 327.7 x 5.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Gwen and Peter Norton
Everforward… Multiple Acc. 1147.2011	1993	Multiple of leather, metallic thread, satin, and nail	overall (installation, approx.): 26 x 16 x 5" (66 x 40.6 x 12.7 cm); each (glove, irreg.): 13 x 7 1/2 x 5 1/2" (33 x 19 x 14 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Gwen and Peter Norton
Untitled (Lannan Drawings) Drawing Acc. 3107.2005.a-j	1995	Charcoal and pencil on ten pieces of transparentized paper	Each: 18 1/2 x 24" (47 x 61 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
boom Drawing Acc. 30.1999	1996/2003	White pigment and pastel on blackboard-paint primed panel	Image: 125 1/8 x 208 7/8" (317.8 x 530.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Friends of Contemporary Drawing and of The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art
Abandoned Schoolhouse Drawing Acc. 383.2022	1998	Paint and chalk on paper	52 × 52" (132.1 × 132.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lucille and Ron Neeley