Artist Monograph

Hannah Wilke, American

American, 1940–1993

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	8	25%
Watercolor	4	12.5%
Gouache	3	9.4%
Photography	3	9.4%
Video	3	9.4%
Sculpture	2	6.3%
Other Media	2	6.3%
Screenprint	2	6.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	22	68.8%
Media and Performance	5	15.6%
Photography	3	9.4%
Painting & Sculpture	2	6.3%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Classification Types

Drawing — 18
Video — 5
Print — 4
Photograph — 3
Painting — 1
Sculpture — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	7.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)	22	81.5%
Large (1–3 m)	2	7.4%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	3.7%

Range: 13.0 cm → 635.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1997	2
2003	2
2005	10
2006	1
2008	14
2013	2
2024	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 32 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Drawing Acc. 3429.2005	1963–66	Pastel and charcoal on paper	19 1/2 x 24" (49.5 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
Untitled Painting Acc. 327.2024	c. 1965	Acrylic on canvas	48 × 60" (121.9 × 152.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mrs. Bliss Parkinson (by exchange) and Gift of Marsie, Emanuelle, Damon, and Andrew Scharlatt, Hannah Wilke Collection & Archive, Los Angeles.
Untitled Drawing Acc. 3430.2005	1967	Colored pencil and pencil on paper	18 x 23 7/8" (45.7 x 60.6 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
Untitled Drawing Acc. 3431.2005	1967	Colored pencil and pencil on paper	18 x 24" (45.7 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
Untitled Drawing Acc. 3432.2005	1969	Colored pencil, pencil, and graphite on paper	18 x 24" (45.7 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
Water Lily Drawing Acc. 3433.2005	1969	Colored pencil, pencil, and cut-and-pasted printed paper on paper	17 1/2 x 23" (44.5 x 58.4 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
In the Doghouse Print Acc. 1273.2008	1973	Screenprint, with pencil additions	sheet: 17 7/8 x 24" (45.4 x 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marsie, Emanuelle, Damon, and Andrew Scharlatt, Hannah Wilke Collection and Archive, Los Angeles
City Hall Subway Station, New York Drawing Acc. 386.2003	1974	Kneaded erasers and antique postcard on wood	14 7/8 x 17" (37.8 x 43.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marsie, Emanuelle, Damon and Andrew Scharlatt — The Hannah Wilke Collection and Archive Los Angeles
Gestures Video Acc. 667.1997	1974	Video (black and white, sound)	35:30 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase
S.O.S. – Starification Object Series Photograph Acc. 433.2006	1974-82	Gelatin silver prints with chewing gum sculptures	40 × 58 1/2 × 2 1/4" (101.6 × 148.6 × 5.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Hello Boys Video Acc. 668.1997	1975	Video (black and white, sound)	12 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase
Ponder-r-rosa 4, White Plains, Yellow Rocks Sculpture Acc. 560.2008.a-p	1975	Latex, metal snaps, and push pins, 16 sculptures	Each 17 x 26 x 5 3/4" (43.2 x 66 x 14.6 cm), overall 68" x 20' 10" x 5 3/4" (172.7 x 635 x 14.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds and gift of Marsie, Emanuelle, Damon and Andrew Scharlatt, Hannah Wilke Collection & Archive, Los Angeles
Hannah Wilke Through the Large Glass Video Acc. 594.2008	1976	16mm film transferred to video (color, silent)	10 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Acquired through the generosity of Courtney Plummer
Marxism and Art: Beware of Fascist Feminism Print Acc. 1272.2008	1977	Screenprint on plexiglass	composition and sheet (approx.): 35 7/16 x 27 3/8" (90 x 69.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund, Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, Harvey S. Shipley Miller Fund, The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art, and partial gift of Marsie, Emanuelle, Damon, and Andrew Scharlatt, Hannah Wilke Collection and Archive, Los Angeles
Marxism and Art: Beware of Fascist Feminism Print Acc. 1274.2008	1977	Offset lithograph	composition: 11 1/4 x 8 3/4" (28.6 x 22.2 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 x 9 1/16" (29.6 x 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marsie, Emanuelle, Damon, and Andrew Scharlatt, Hannah Wilke Collection and Archive, Los Angeles
Philly Video Acc. 595.2008	1977	16mm film transferred to video (black and white, sound)	32 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro, and Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
Flower Drawing Drawing Acc. 1434.2007	1978	Sepia ink on paper	22 3/8 x 30 1/4" (56.8 x 76.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marsie, Emanuelle, Damon and Andrew Scharlatt — The Hannah Wilke Collection and Archive Los Angeles in honor of Connie Butler
Flower Drawing Drawing Acc. 1435.2007	1978	Sepia ink on paper	22 3/8 x 30 1/4" (56.8 x 76.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marsie, Emanuelle, Damon and Andrew Scharlatt — The Hannah Wilke Collection and Archive Los Angeles in honor of Connie Butler
Hername Print Acc. 1275.2008	1978-91	Sixteen etchings on one sheet	plate (each): 5 1/8 x 3 15/16" (13 x 10 cm); composition: 23 1/4 x 18 3/16" (59 x 46.2 cm); sheet: 36 7/16 x 26 1/4" (92.5 x 66.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marsie, Emanuelle, Damon, and Andrew Scharlatt, Hannah Wilke Collection and Archive, Los Angeles
Intercourse with… Video Acc. 593.2008	1978	Video (black and white, sound)	27 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro, and Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
So Help Me Hannah: Snatch-shots with Ray Guns Photograph Acc. 432.2013	1978	Gelatin silver print	12 9/16 × 9 7/16" (31.9 × 23.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Peter Norton
So Help Me Hannah: Snatch-shots with Ray Guns Photograph Acc. 431.2013	1978	Gelatin silver print	13 3/4 × 9 3/8" (34.9 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Peter Norton
Flower Drawing Drawing Acc. 1436.2007	1980	Sepia ink on paper	22 3/8 x 30 1/4" (56.8 x 76.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marsie, Emanuelle, Damon and Andrew Scharlatt — The Hannah Wilke Collection and Archive Los Angeles in honor of Connie Butler
Self-Portrait Drawing Acc. 1431.2007	1986	Gouache on paper	30 1/4 x 22 3/8" (76.8 x 56.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marsie, Emanuelle, Damon and Andrew Scharlatt — The Hannah Wilke Collection and Archive Los Angeles in honor of Connie Butler
Self-Portrait Drawing Acc. 1432.2007	1987	Gouache on paper	30 1/4 x 22 3/8" (76.8 x 56.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marsie, Emanuelle, Damon and Andrew Scharlatt — The Hannah Wilke Collection and Archive Los Angeles in honor of Connie Butler
Self-Portrait Drawing Acc. 1433.2007	1987	Gouache on paper	30 1/4 x 22 3/8" (76.8 x 56.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marsie, Emanuelle, Damon and Andrew Scharlatt — The Hannah Wilke Collection and Archive Los Angeles in honor of Connie Butler
Intra-Venus Hand No. 3, October 21, 1991, Drawing Acc. 3434.2005	1991	Gouache and watercolor on notebook 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
Intra-Venus Hand No. 9, October 26, 1991 Drawing Acc. 3435.2005	1991	Gouache and watercolor on notebook 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
Brushstrokes No. 7, January 19, 1992, Drawing Acc. 3436.2005	1992	Artist's hair on paper	29 1/2 x 22 1/4" (74.9 x 56.5 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 Gift
Brushstrokes: January 19, 1992, no. 6 Drawing Acc. 387.2003	1992	Artist's hair on paper	30 x 22 1/4" (76.2 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marsie, Emanuelle, Damon and Andrew Scharlatt — The Hannah Wilke Collection and Archive Los Angeles
Intra-Venus Face No. 18, February 15, 1992 Drawing Acc. 3437.2005	1992	Watercolor on notebook 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
Intra-Venus Face No. 25, March 29, 1992 Drawing Acc. 3438.2005	1992	Watercolor on notebook 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