Artist Monograph

Hanne Darboven, German

German, 1941–2009

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	10	43.5%
Other Media	5	21.7%
Printmaking	3	13%
Screenprint	3	13%
Lithography	2	8.7%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Classification Types

Drawing — 13
Print — 7
Audio — 2
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	6	27.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	14	63.6%
Large (1–3 m)	2	9.1%

Range: 12.7 cm → 245.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1973	1
1984	1
1989	1
1990	1
1991	1
1998	1
2003	1
2005	3
2007	5
2008	1
2011	3
2013	2
2018	1
2022	1

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 23 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Construction Drawing Drawing Acc. 142.2003	1968	Ink on graph paper	17 x 23 7/8" (43.2 x 60.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Box catalogue for the exhibition DARBOVEN [Exhibition with 6 Film Projectors after 6 Books about 1968] at the Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach, Germany, February 25 – April 7, 1969 Illustrated Book Acc. 524.2022.5	1969	Cardboard box containing exhibition booklet, six index cards, and a notepad	Box: 8 1/4 × 6 7/16 × 13/16" (21 × 16.3 × 2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Helen and Sam Zell
4 Untitled (Portfolio 1) Vol II/1-100 A 19 Drawing Acc. 1508.2005	1970	Typewriting and pencil on eleven pieces of paper	Frame: 12 x 91 x 1" (30.5 x 231.1 x 2.5 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 (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
Art & Project Bulletin #28 Print Acc. 1099.2007.28	1970	One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy	sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
II-b Drawing Acc. 374.1984.a-bb	1970-73	Ink and typewriting on twenty-eight pieces of paper	28 panels: each 11 1/2 x 33" (29.3 x 83.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ileana Sonnabend
Untitled (Ein Jahr) Drawing Acc. 549.2011	1970	Ink on 284 sheets of notebook paper	Each (Framed): 12 1/4 x 8 7/8" (31.1 x 22.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Partial gift of the Daled Collection and partial purchase through the generosity of Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Agnes Gund, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, and Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley
Untitled (FILM… 2.) Drawing Acc. 505.2007	(c. 1970)	Typewriting on paper	8 1/4 x 11 5/8" (21 x 29.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Untitled (FILM… I.) Drawing Acc. 504.2007	(c. 1970)	Typewriting on paper	8 1/4 x 11 5/8" (21 x 29.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
2 Blatt 1-2 Drawing Acc. 550.2011.a-b	1971	Pencil and marker on two sheets of graph paper	each: 16 1/2 × 11 3/8" (41.9 × 28.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Partial gift of the Daled Collection and partial purchase through the generosity of Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Agnes Gund, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, and Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1509.2005.a-c	1971	a: felt-tip pen and ink on transparentized paper b: felt-tip pen and ink on transparentized paper c: felt-tip pen on transparentized paper	Each: 16 1/2 x 11 5/8" (41.9 x 29.5 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 (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
49 x 49 (7 x 7 = 49) Drawing Acc. 272.1973.a-ww	1972-73	Graphite pencil on 49 sheets of lined paper	96 1/2 x 69" (245.1 x 175.2 cm) overall; 13 3/4 x 9 7/8" (34.9 x 25.0 cm) each ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Bertram Smith
Untitled Drawing Acc. 506.2007.a-j	c. 1972	Ink on ten sheets of transparentized paper	(each): 11 5/8 x 16 1/2" (29.5 x 41.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Art & Project Bulletin #64 Print Acc. 1099.2007.64	1973	One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins	sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1400.2018	1973	Pencil on paper	8 3/8 × 11 3/4" (21.3 × 29.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Month III (March) Drawing Acc. 1510.2005.a-ee	1974	Ink on 31 pieces of transparentized paper	Installation: 66 1/2 x 70 x 1 1/2" (168.9 x 177.8 x 3.8 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. 551.2011	1974–75	Felt-tip pen on printed paper	16 1/2 × 11 3/4" (41.9 × 29.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Partial gift of the Daled Collection and partial purchase through the generosity of Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Agnes Gund, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, and Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley
Picture Documentation (Bilddokumentation) Print Acc. 397.1990.a-c	1978-88	Set of three offset photolithographs, one with handwritten additions, in department store frames	sheet (each, sight): 26 3/4 × 19" (68 × 48.2 cm); frame (each): 31 1/4 × 23 7/16" (79.4 × 59.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Turning Point >80< (Wende >80<) Print Acc. 611.1998.1-428	1980-81	Portfolio of 416 lithographs, offset printed, eleven long play vinyl records, plus one duplicate lithograph	composition and sheet (each): 13 3/4 × 9 3/4" (34.9 × 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Angela Westwater and Hanne Darboven
Vierjahreszeiten 1981/82. Opus 7 "Der Mond Ist Aufgegangen" Audio Acc. 854.2013.79	1982	12-inch vinyl record	cover: 12 1/4 × 12 1/2" (31.1 × 31.8 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
Harburg Sand Print Acc. 255.1989	1988	Screenprint and collotype	composition: 22 3/8 x 23 5/16" (56.8 x 59.2 cm); sheet: 38 1/16 x 31 5/16" (96 x 79.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York
World Views (Weltansichten) Print Acc. 3.1991.a-n	1990	Fourteen offsets, mounted on screenprints	composition (each): 16 9/16 x 11 3/4" (42 x 29.8 cm); sheet (each): 16 9/16 x 11 3/4" (42 x 29.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Gesellschaft Kunst Edition
Opus 17A Audio Acc. 854.2013.80	1996	CD	cover: 4 7/8 × 5" (12.4 × 12.7 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
Ein Jahr: 1970 Print Acc. 293.2008.1-43	2007	Portfolio of 43 screenprints	composition: dimensions vary, see child records; sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 8 1/4" (29.5 x 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Edward John Noble Foundation Fund