Artist Monograph

Günther Uecker, German

German, 1930–2025

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	13	61.9%
Sculpture	2	9.5%
Other Media	2	9.5%
Printmaking	1	4.8%
Screenprint	1	4.8%
Watercolor	1	4.8%
Woodcut	1	4.8%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	20	95.2%
Painting & Sculpture	1	4.8%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

2010s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 15
Multiple — 3
Print — 2
Sculpture — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	4.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	19	90.5%
Large (1–3 m)	1	4.8%

Range: 18.0 cm → 101.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1964	1
1968	2
1974	13
1987	1
2008	3
2015	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4, 408" — 1

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 21 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
White Field Sculpture Acc. 1244.1964	1964	Painted nails on painted canvasboard	34 3/8 x 34 3/8 x 2 3/4" (87.2 x 87.2 x 6.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Matthew T. Mellon Foundation Fund
Traffic Paint Multiple Acc. 4364.2008	1966	Nails and road marking paint on panel with paper book contained in plexiglass box (confirm book printing)	5 7/16 x 7 1/16 x 1 9/16" (13.8 x 18 x 4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Untitled from Zero Illustrated Book Acc. 95.1968.3	1966	Blind embossing from an illustrated book of texts and three embossings	Sheet: 25 1/16 × 21 1/8" (63.7 × 53.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Alan A. Rosenthal
Zero Illustrated Book Acc. 95.1968.1-3	1966	Illustrated book with ten pages of text, three embossings, one with photolithography and watercolor additions, one tipped onto aluminum-coated paper, and one halftone	25 3/8 × 21 7/16 × 3/16" (64.5 × 54.5 × 0.5 cm) Page (each): 25 × 21 1/4" (63.5 × 54 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Alan H. Rosenthal
Do it Yourself Multiple Acc. 3745.2008	1969	Hammer and two nails on wood board	13 3/8 x 6 9/16 x 2 15/16" (34 x 16.6 x 7.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Do it Yourself Multiple Acc. 3746.2008	1969	Hammer and two nails on wood board	13 3/8 x 6 1/2 x 3 1/16" (34 x 16.5 x 7.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Double page plate (folios 15 verso and 16) from VOM LICHT Illustrated Book Acc. 283.1974.7	1973	One from an illustrated book of twelve inkless embossings	irreg. composition 18 1/8 x 21 1/8" (46.1 x 53.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Stanley Resor Fund (by exchange)
Double page plate (folios 25 verso and 26) from VOM LICHT Illustrated Book Acc. 283.1974.12	1973	One from an illustrated book of twelve inkless embossings	irreg. composition 1/4 x 33 1/8" (0.6 x 84.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
Double page plate (folios 9 verso and 10) from VOM LICHT Illustrated Book Acc. 283.1974.4	1973	One from an illustrated book of twelve inkless embossings	irreg. composition 18 11/16 x 32 1/16" (47.5 x 81.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Stanley Resor Fund (by exchange)
Page from Vom Licht, Double page plate (folios 3 verso and 4) from Vom Licht Illustrated Book Acc. 283.1974.1	1973	One from an illustrated book of twelve inkless embossings	composition (irreg.): 11 5/16 x 37 1/2" (28.7 x 95.2cm); sheet: 20 1/16 x 20 1/16" (51 x 51 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Stanley Resor Fund (by exchange)
Plate (folio 12) from VOM LICHT Illustrated Book Acc. 283.1974.5	1973	One from an illustrated book of twelve inkless embossings	irreg. composition 17 5/16 x 17 3/8" (44 x 44.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Stanley Resor Fund (by exchange)
Plate (folio 14) from VOM LICHT Illustrated Book Acc. 283.1974.6	1973	One from an illustrated book of twelve inkless embossings	irreg. composition 19 1/2 x 19 1/2" (49.5 x 49.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Stanley Resor Fund (by exchange)
Plate (folio 22) from VOM LICHT Illustrated Book Acc. 283.1974.10	1973	One from an illustrated book of twelve inkless embossings	irreg. composition 17 3/16 x 17 3/4" (43.7 x 45.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
Plate (folio 24) from VOM LICHT Illustrated Book Acc. 283.1974.11	1973	One from an illustrated book of twelve inkless embossings	irreg. composition 10 11/16 x 11 7/8" (27.2 x 30.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
Plate (folio 6) from VOM LICHT Illustrated Book Acc. 283.1974.2	1973	One from an illustrated book of twelve inkless embossings	irreg. composition 15 7/8 x 15 15/16" (40.3 x 40.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Stanley Resor Fund (by exchange)
Plate (folio 8) from VOM LICHT Illustrated Book Acc. 283.1974.3	1973	One from an illustrated book of twelve inkless embossings	irreg. composition 17 15/16 x 16 3/16" (45.5 x 41.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Stanley Resor Fund (by exchange)
Untitled from Vom Licht Illustrated Book Acc. 283.1974.8	1973	One from an illustrated book with twelve inkless embossings	Composition (irreg.): 18 5/8 x 37 13/16" (47.3 x 96 cm); page (unfolded): 20 1/16 x 40 1/16" (51 x 101.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Stanley Resor Fund (by exchange)
Untitled fromVom Licht Illustrated Book Acc. 283.1974.9	1973	One from an illustrated book with twelve inkless embossings	composition (irreg.): 17 5/8 x 36 9/16" (44.8 x 92.9 cm); page (unfolded): 20 1/16 x 40 1/16" (51 x 101.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Stanley Resor Fund (by exchange)
Vom Licht Illustrated Book Acc. 283.1974.1-12	1973	Illustrated book with twelve inkless embossings	page (each, unfolded): 20 1/16 x 40 1/16" (51 x 101.8 cm); prints: various dimensions ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Stanley Resor Fund (by exchange)
Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) Print Acc. 22.1987.57	1974, published 1973	Lithograph 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	composition (irreg.): 22 1/2 x 10 15/16" (57.1 x 27.8cm); sheet: 28 3/4 x 22 1/16" (73 x 56cm) ⌀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)
Light Rain (Lichtregen) Print Acc. 1734.2015	2014	Woodcut	composition: 31 1/2 × 23 13/16" (80 × 60.5 cm); sheet: 39 1/8 × 29 5/8" (99.3 × 75.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dr. Samuel Mandel (by exchange)