Artist Monograph

Isa Genzken, German

German, born 1948

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	4	22.2%
Printmaking	3	16.7%
Video	2	11.1%
Watercolor	2	11.1%
Film	1	5.6%
Sculpture	1	5.6%
Ceramics	1	5.6%
Collage	1	5.6%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	8	44.4%
Painting & Sculpture	6	33.3%
Media and Performance	3	16.7%
Photography	1	5.6%

Production by Decade

4

1970s

5

1980s

5

1990s

4

2000s

Classification Types

Sculpture — 5
Drawing — 4
Video — 3
Print — 1
Painting — 1
Multiple — 1
Illustrated Book — 1
Photograph — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	13.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	40%
Large (1–3 m)	5	33.3%
Monumental (> 3 m)	2	13.3%

Range: 14.0 cm → 1,097.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
2005	2
2011	1
2013	3
2014	8
2018	1
2022	1
2023	2

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 2, 203" — 1

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 18 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Zwei Frauen im Gefecht (Two Women in Combat) Video Acc. 893.2014	1974	16mm film transferred to video (black and white, silent)	7:40 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist and Galerie Buchholz
Parallelograms (Parallelogramme) Drawing Acc. 16.2014.a-hhhhh	1975	Gouache and pencil on 112 sheets of paper	Sheet (each): 11 11/16 × 8 1/4" (29.7 × 21 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 The Modern Women's Fund
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven Print Acc. 769.2013	1978	Screenprint	sheet: 19 5/8 x 19" (49.8 x 48.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund
TRI-STAR Audio Acc. 770.2013	1979	7-inch vinyl record	overall (record): 6 7/8 x 6 7/8" (17.5 x 17.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund
Ear Photograph Acc. 900.2014	1980	Chromogenic print, printed 2012	59 13/16 × 42 1/8" (152 × 107 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Daniel Buchholz and Isa Genzken
Rot-gelb-schwarzes Doppelellipsoid 'Zwilling' (Red-Yellow-Black Double Ellipsoid "Twin") Sculpture Acc. 1.2014.a-b	1982	Lacquer on wood, two parts	4 5/16 x 5 1/2 x 237" (11 x 14 x 602 cm) and 5 1/8 x 8 1/16 x 259 13/16" (13 x 20.5 x 660 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Acquired through the generosity of Mme Alberto Giacometti (by exchange)
Untitled Drawing Acc. 23.2023	1983	Watercolor and pencil on cut-and-pieced paper	8 1/4 × 35" (21 × 88.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr
Untitled Drawing Acc. 24.2023	1983	Watercolor and pencil on cut, taped, and pasted paper	8 1/8 × 34 13/16" (20.7 × 88.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr
Painting Sculpture Acc. 1119.2011	1989	Concrete and steel	103 9/16 x 63 x 30 5/16" (263 x 160 x 77 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Susan and Leonard Feinstein and an anonymous donor
Chicago Drive Video Acc. 891.2014	1992	Video (color, sound)	26:44 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist and Galerie Buchholz
Meine Grosseltern im Bayrischen Wald (My Grandparents in the Bavarian Forest) Video Acc. 892.2014	1992	Video (color, sound)	62 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist and Galerie Buchholz
More Light Research Painting Acc. 2.2014	1992	Alkyd resin spray paint on canvas	49 x 37 3/8" (124.5 x 95 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation (by exchange) and The Modern Women's Fund
I Love New York, Crazy City Illustrated Book Acc. 483.2022	1995-96, published 1996	Three binders each with laser printed color photocopies of photo-collages in plastic sleeves	each binder, closed: 17 1/4 × 13 3/4 × 1 1/2" (43.8 × 35 × 3.8 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
Spielautomat (Slot Machine) Sculpture Acc. 1194.2013	1999	Slot machine, paper, chromogenic prints, and tape	63 x 25 5/8 x 19 2/3" (160 x 65 x 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Brigitte and Arend Oetker
Fischcollage (#7) Drawing Acc. 1725.2005	2001	Cut-and-pasted printed paper on paper	15 3/4 x 11 3/4" (40 x 29.8 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
New Design for World Receivers Sculpture Acc. 729.2018.a-d	2002	Sheet metal, perforated sheet metal, mirror foil, metallic paint and board, in two parts	Each 86 1/4 x 18 7/8" (219 x 48 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Sammlung Hoffmann, Berlin, in honor of Jo Carole and Ronald Lauder
Al Dente (for Parkett no. 69) Multiple Acc. 552.2005	2003	Multiple of ceramic plate and two plastic toy figures with lacquer additions	overall: 11 13/16 x 7 7/8 x 10 1/4" (30 x 20 x 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Lily Auchincloss Fund
Rose II Sculpture Acc. 249.2014	2007	Stainless steel, aluminum, and lacquer	36' x 9' 6" x 42" (1097.3 x 289.6 x 106.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Alfred H. Barr, Jr., and gift of the Advisory Committee (both by exchange)