Artist Monograph

James Siena, American

American, born 1957

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	18	34.6%
Lithography	13	25%
Etching	11	21.2%
Engraving	7	13.5%
Other Media	2	3.8%
Woodcut	1	1.9%

Production by Decade

1990s

2000s

2010s

Classification Types

Print — 26
Drawing — 18
Illustrated Book — 8

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	22	43.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	18	35.3%
Large (1–3 m)	11	21.6%

Range: 13.0 cm → 152.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
2001	10
2004	1
2005	12
2006	8
2007	1
2009	7
2011	1
2015	11
2017	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 52 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
#11 Drawing Acc. 3096.2005	(1990)	Ink and pencil on paper	9 x 7" (22.9 x 17.8 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
#4 Drawing Acc. 3094.2005	(1990)	Ink and pencil on paper	9 x 7" (22.9 x 17.8 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
#5 Drawing Acc. 3095.2005	(1990)	Ink and pencil on paper	9 x 7" (22.9 x 17.8 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
Base Three from Pockets of Wheat Drawing Acc. 1718.2015.6	1996	Ink and synthetic polymer paint on paper	60 × 40" (152.4 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of AG Rosen and Deborah Sonzogni
Bivalve from Pockets of Wheat Drawing Acc. 1718.2015.2	1996	Ink and synthetic polymer paint on paper	60 × 40" (152.4 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of AG Rosen and Deborah Sonzogni
Enter the Faces Variation from Pockets of Wheat Drawing Acc. 1718.2015.5	1996	Ink and synthetic polymer paint on paper	60 × 40" (152.4 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of AG Rosen and Deborah Sonzogni
Four Spirals from Pockets of Wheat Drawing Acc. 1718.2015.3	1996	Ink and synthetic polymer paint on paper	60 × 40" (152.4 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of AG Rosen and Deborah Sonzogni
Global Key from Pockets of Wheat Drawing Acc. 1718.2015.7	1996	Ink and synthetic polymer paint on paper	60 × 40" (152.4 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of AG Rosen and Deborah Sonzogni
Global Key, Diagonal Variation from Pockets of Wheat Drawing Acc. 1718.2015.9	1996	Ink and synthetic polymer paint on paper	60 × 40" (152.4 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of AG Rosen and Deborah Sonzogni
Narrow Mantilla from Pockets of Wheat Drawing Acc. 1718.2015.8	1996	Ink and synthetic polymer paint on paper	60 × 40" (152.4 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of AG Rosen and Deborah Sonzogni
Pockets of Wheat Illustrated Book Acc. 1719.2015	1996, reprinted 1998	Artist's book	page (each): 6 3/8 × 4 1/4" (16.2 × 10.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Anonymous gift
Pockets of Wheat (With Joe Siena on White) from Pockets of Wheat Drawing Acc. 1718.2015.4	1996	Ink and synthetic polymer paint on paper	60 × 40" (152.4 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of AG Rosen and Deborah Sonzogni
The Wickets from Pockets of Wheat Drawing Acc. 1718.2015.10	1996	Ink and synthetic polymer paint on paper	60 × 40" (152.4 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of AG Rosen and Deborah Sonzogni
Vortex from Pockets of Wheat Drawing Acc. 1718.2015.1	1996	Ink and synthetic polymer paint on paper	60 × 40" (152.4 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of AG Rosen and Deborah Sonzogni
56787654 from Nine Prints Print Acc. 2541.2001.2	1999-2000	Etching from a portfolio of eight etchings and one engraving	plate: 6 x 3 15/16" (15.2 x 10 cm); sheet: 12 7/8 x 10 13/16" (32.7 x 27.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Mrs. Richard Savitt in honor of Anna Marie Shapiro
Constant Window from Nine Prints Print Acc. 2541.2001.1	1999-2000	Engraving from a portfolio of eight etchings and one engraving	plate: 6 x 3 15/16" (15.2 x 10 cm); sheet: 12 7/8 x 10 13/16" (32.7 x 27.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Mrs. Richard Savitt in honor of Anna Marie Shapiro
Nine Prints Print Acc. 2541.2001.1-9	1999-2001	Portfolio of eight etchings and one engraving	plate (each): 6 x 3 15/16" (15.2 x 10 cm); sheet (each): 12 7/8 x 10 13/16" (32.7 x 27.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Mrs. Richard Savitt in honor of Anna Marie Shapiro
Proton Saga from Nine Prints Print Acc. 2541.2001.3	1999-2000	Etching from a portfolio of eight etchings and one engraving	plate: 6 x 3 15/16" (15.2 x 10 cm); sheet: 12 7/8 x 10 13/16" (32.7 x 27.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Mrs. Richard Savitt in honor of Anna Marie Shapiro
Base Three from Nine Prints Print Acc. 2541.2001.4	2000	Etching from a portfolio of eight etchings and one engraving	plate: 6 x 3 15/16" (15.2 x 10 cm); sheet: 12 7/8 x 10 13/16" (32.7 x 27.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Mrs. Richard Savitt in honor of Anna Marie Shapiro
Etching After Untitled Yellow-Black from Nine Prints Print Acc. 2541.2001.5	2000	Etching from a portfolio of eight etchings and one engraving	plate: 6 x 3 15/16" (15.2 x 10 cm); sheet: 12 7/8 x 10 13/16" (32.7 x 27.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Mrs. Richard Savitt in honor of Anna Marie Shapiro
Connected Hooks from Nine Prints Print Acc. 2541.2001.8	2001	Etching from a portfolio of eight etchings and one engraving	plate: 6 x 3 15/16" (15.2 x 10 cm); sheet: 12 7/8 x 10 13/16" (32.7 x 27.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Mrs. Richard Savitt in honor of Anna Marie Shapiro
Lattice from Nine Prints Print Acc. 2541.2001.6	2001	Etching from a portfolio of eight etchings and one engraving	plate: 6 x 3 15/16" (15.2 x 10 cm); sheet: 12 7/8 x 10 13/16" (32.7 x 27.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Mrs. Richard Savitt in honor of Anna Marie Shapiro
Lighthouse from Nine Prints Print Acc. 2541.2001.9	2001	Etching from a portfolio of eight etchings and one engraving	plate: 6 x 3 15/16" (15.2 x 10 cm); sheet: 12 7/8 x 10 13/16" (32.7 x 27.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Mrs. Richard Savitt in honor of Anna Marie Shapiro
Ramparts from Nine Prints Print Acc. 2541.2001.7	2001	Etching from a portfolio of eight etchings and one engraving	plate: 6 x 3 15/16" (15.2 x 10 cm); sheet: 12 7/8 x 10 13/16" (32.7 x 27.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Mrs. Richard Savitt in honor of Anna Marie Shapiro
Interlocked Lattice (Large) Drawing Acc. 3097.2005	2003	Pencil on paper	16 3/8 x 12 5/8" (41.6 x 32.1 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
Interlocked Lattice (Small) Drawing Acc. 3098.2005	2003	Pencil and colored pencil on paper	11 x 8 1/2" (27.9 x 21.6 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
Lighthouse Variation (with Crosses) Drawing Acc. 3099.2005	2003	Pencil on paper	16 3/8 x 12 1/2" (41.6 x 31.8 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
Partially Coffered Unknot Drawing Acc. 3100.2005	(2003)	Pencil on paper	16 1/2 x 12 3/4" (41.9 sec., 32.4 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
Infected Lattice Print Acc. 590.2005	2004	Lithograph	Sheet: 17 3/8 x 14 1/2" (44.1 x 36.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Nested Unknot Variation Print Acc. 592.2005	2004	Lithograph	Sheet: 36 3/8 x 27 7/8" (92.4 x 70.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Nested Unknots Print Acc. 591.2005	2004	Lithograph	Sheet: 18 1/4 x 25 1/2" (46.4 x 64.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Upside Down Devil Variation Print Acc. 299.2004	2004	Engraving	plate: 19 x 14 15/16" (48.2 x 37.9 cm); sheet: 26 5/8 x 22 1/4" (67.6 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 the Young Print Collectors of The Museum of Modern Art
Recursive Lighthouse Variation Print Acc. 950.2005	2005	Lithograph	Sheet: 23 x 19 5/8" (58.4 x 49.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Shifted Lattice Print Acc. 951.2005	2005	Lithograph	Sheet: 39 1/4 x 30 1/4" (99.7 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 Emily Fisher Landau
Spring Illustrated Book Acc. 293.2006.1-5	2005	Illustrated book with five wood engravings	page (each): 9 1/2 x 7 1/2" (24.1 x 19.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Oldenburg Fund
Untitled from Spring Illustrated Book Acc. 293.2006.1	2005	Wood engraving from an illustrated book with five wood engravings	composition: 5 1/8 x 4" (13 x 10.2 cm); page: 9 7/16 x 7 1/2" (24 x 19 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Oldenburg Fund
Untitled from Spring Illustrated Book Acc. 293.2006.2	2005	Wood engraving from an illustrated book with five wood engravings	composition: 5 1/8 x 4" (13 x 10.2 cm); page: 9 7/16 x 7 1/2" (24 x 19 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Oldenburg Fund
Untitled from Spring Illustrated Book Acc. 293.2006.3	2005	Wood engraving from an illustrated book with five wood engravings	composition: 5 1/8 x 4" (13 x 10.2 cm); page: 9 7/16 x 7 1/2" (24 x 19 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Oldenburg Fund
Untitled from Spring Illustrated Book Acc. 293.2006.4	2005	Wood engraving from an illustrated book with five wood engravings	composition: 5 1/8 x 4 1/8" (13 x 10.4 cm); page: 9 7/16 x 7 1/2" (24 x 19 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Oldenburg Fund
Untitled from Spring Illustrated Book Acc. 293.2006.5	2005	Wood engraving from an illustrated book with five wood engravings	composition: 5 1/8 x 4" (13 x 10.2 cm); page: 9 7/16 x 7 1/2" (24 x 19 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Oldenburg Fund
Fast Combs Print Acc. 747.2006	2006	Lithograph	plate (irreg.): 15 1/2 x 22 5/16" (39.3 x 56.7 cm); sheet: 24 1/8 x 30 1/4" (61.3 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 Emily Fisher Landau
Tanagra Print Acc. 134.2007	2006	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 28 7/8 x 43 3/16" (73.4 x 109.7 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 x 43 7/8" (75 x 111.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Who's Afraid of Barney? Print Acc. 748.2006	2006	Lithograph	composition: 13 7/8 x 9 13/16" (35.2 x 25 cm); sheet: 23 1/16 x 18 3/8" (58.6 x 46.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Backs I-V Print Acc. 1389.2009.1-5	2007	Series of five ltihographs	composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (see child records): dimensions and orientation vary ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Backs I: Ron Rico Print Acc. 1389.2009.1	2007	One from a series of five lithographs	composition (irreg.): 20 5/16 × 15 9/16" (51.6 × 39.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 23 × 18 1/4" (58.4 × 46.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Backs II: Henrietta Print Acc. 1389.2009.2	2007	One from a series of five lithographs	composition (irreg.): 16 7/8 × 18 13/16" (42.9 × 47.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 7/8 × 21 15/16" (42.9 × 55.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Backs IIII: Beach-Nut Micoma Print Acc. 1389.2009.3	2007	One from a series of five lithographs	composition (irreg.): 19 5/8 × 15 1/16" (49.9 × 38.3 cm); sheet: 19 5/8 × 15 7/16" (49.9 × 39.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Backs IV: HAV-A-TAMPA Print Acc. 1389.2009.5	2007	One from a series of five lithographs	composition and sheet (irreg.): 15 1/2 × 21 7/16" (39.3 × 54.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Backs IV: Peerage Print Acc. 1389.2009.4	2007	One from a series of five lithographs	composition and sheet (irreg.): 22 13/16 × 17 3/4" (57.9 × 45.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Twisting Slab Print Acc. 35.2009	2007	Etching with relief roll	plate: 7 7/8 x 9 15/16" (20 x 25.2 cm); sheet: 14 1/16 x 17 3/16" (35.7 x 43.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Sequence One Illustrated Book Acc. 302.2011	2009-10	Illustrated book with 36 woodcuts	page (each): 16 15/16 x 13 7/16" (43 x 34.1 cm); overall (closed): 17 x 13 7/16 x 1 1/8" (43.2 x 34.2 x 2.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund
Displaced Non-Map Fragment Drawing Acc. 324.2017	2016	Ink on paper and board	16 3/8 × 13 3/4" (41.6 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of the Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art in memory of Patricia Dowd Whitman