Artist Monograph

James Turrell, American

American, born 1943

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	25	86.2%
Watercolor	3	10.3%
Photography	1	3.4%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	27	93.1%
Painting & Sculpture	2	6.9%

Production by Decade

1960s

1980s

1990s

Classification Types

Print — 23
Drawing — 4
Installation — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	7.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	24	85.7%
Large (1–3 m)	1	3.6%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	3.6%

Range: 18.8 cm → 685.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1994	1
1998	2
2006	4
2012	21
2016	1

Currently On View

"MoMA PS1, Second floor" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 29 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Music for the Mendota Drawing Acc. 388.2006	1969	Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on graph paper	11 x 16" (27.9 x 40.6 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
Music for the Mendota Drawing Acc. 389.2006	1969	Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on graph paper	11 x 16" (27.9 x 40.6 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
Music for the Mendota Drawing Acc. 390.2006	1969	Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper	22 x 30" (55.9 x 76.2 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
Meeting Installation Acc. 556.2016	1980-86/2016	Light	Variable ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mark and Lauren Booth in honor of the 40th anniversary of MoMA PS1
Acro from First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.11	1989-90	One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate: 39 1/8 x 27 3/16" (99.3 x 69.1 cm); sheet: 42 3/8 x 29 13/16" (107.6 x 75.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
Afrum from First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.4	1989-90	One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate: 39 1/8 x 27 1/4" (99.4 x 69.2 cm); sheet: 42 1/2 x 29 5/8" (108 x 75.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
Alta from First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.8	1989-90	One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate: 39 1/8 x 27 1/4" (99.4 x 69.2 cm); sheet: 42 3/8 x 29 5/8" (107.7 x 75.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
Carn from First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.10	1989-90	One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate: 39 1/8 x 27 1/4" (99.3 x 69.2 cm); sheet: 42 5/16 x 29 13/16" (107.5 x 75.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
Catso from First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.3	1989-90	One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate: 39 1/8 x 27 1/4" (99.4 x 69.2 cm); sheet: 42 1/2 x 29 5/8" (107.9 x 75.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
Decker from First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.17	1989-90	One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate: 39 1/8 x 27 1/4" (99.4 x 69.2 cm); sheet: 42 1/2 x 29 5/8" (108 x 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 Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
Enzu from First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.19	1989-90	One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate: 39 3/16 x 27 5/16" (99.5 x 69.3 cm); sheet: 42 7/16 x 29 3/4" (107.8 x 75.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
Fargo from First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.16	1989-90	One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate: 39 1/8 x 27 1/4" (99.4 x 69.2 cm); sheet: 42 3/8 x 29 5/8" (107.7 x 75.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.1-20	1989-90	Portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate (each approx.): 39 3/16 x 27 3/16" (99.5 x 69.1 cm); sheet (each approx.): 42 1/2 x 29 3/4" (108 x 75.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
Gard from First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.9	1989-90	One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate: 39 1/8 x 27 1/4" (99.4 x 69.2 cm); sheet: 42 1/2 x 29 5/8" (108 x 75.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
Joecar from First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.18	1989-90	One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate: 39 1/8 x 27 1/4" (99.4 x 69.2 cm); sheet: 42 7/16 x 29 5/8" (107.8 x 75.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
Juke from First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.14	1989-90	One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate: 39 1/8 x 27 3/16" (99.3 x 69.1 cm); sheet: 42 1/2 x 29 13/16" (108 x 75.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
Meeting from First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.1	1989-90	One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate: 39 3/16 x 27 3/16" (99.5 x 69.1 cm); sheet: 42 1/2 x 29 3/4" (108 x 75.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
Munson from First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.5	1989-90	One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate: 39 1/8 x 27 5/16" (99.4 x 69.4 cm); sheet: 42 5/16 x 29 3/4" (107.5 x 75.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
Ondoe from First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.12	1989-90	One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate: 39 1/8 x 27 3/16" (99.3 x 69.1 cm); sheet: 42 3/8 x 29 15/16" (107.7 x 76 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
Phantom from First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.13	1989-90	One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate: 39 1/8 x 27 3/16" (99.3 x 69.1 cm); sheet: 42 1/2 x 29 11/16" (108 x 75.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
Raethro from First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.7	1989-90	One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate: 39 1/8 x 27 1/4" (99.4 x 69.2 cm); sheet: 42 1/2 x 29 5/8" (108 x 75.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
Shanta from First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.2	1989-90	One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate: 39 1/8 x 27 1/4" (99.3 x 69.2 cm); sheet: 42 3/8 x 29 3/4" (107.7 x 75.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
Sloan from First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.15	1989-90	One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate: 39 3/16 x 27 5/16" (99.5 x 69.3 cm); sheet: 42 7/16 x 29 5/8" (107.8 x 75.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
Squat from First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.6	1989-90	One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate: 39 1/8 x 27 3/16" (99.4 x 69.1 cm); sheet: 42 7/16 x 29 3/4" (107.8 x 75.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
Tollyn from First Light Print Acc. 752.2012.20	1989-90	One from a portfolio of twenty aquatints	plate: 39 3/16 x 27 1/4" (99.5 x 69.2 cm); sheet: 42 7/16 x 29 3/4" (107.8 x 75.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Blum (by exchange), Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council
Parkett no. 25 Print Acc. 132.1998.5	1990	Journal (trade edition)	composition 7 3/8 x 5 3/4" (18.8 x 14.7 cm) plate 7 3/8 x 5 3/4" (18.8 x 14.7 cm) sheet 10 x 16 1/8" (25 x 41 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, Lily Auchincloss Fund, and Gift of Parkett
Squat, Juke, Carn, Alta (for Parkett no. 25) Print Acc. 132.1998.1-4	1990	Four aquatints bound into journals	composition 7 3/8 x 5 3/4" (18.8 x 14.7 cm) plate 7 3/8 x 5 3/4" (18.8 x 14.7 cm) sheet 10 x 16 1/8" (25 x 41 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, Lily Auchincloss Fund, and Gift of Parkett
Pale Reshaped Bowl Drawing Acc. 599.2006	1992	Synthetic polymer paint on photographic emulsion with beeswax on synthetic polymer sheet	39 5/8 x 39" (100.6 x 99.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky
Frontal Passage Installation Acc. 185.1994	1994	Light	12' 10" x 22' 6" x 34' (391.2 x 685.8 x 1036.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Douglas S. Cramer, David Geffen, Robert and Meryl Meltzer, Michael and Judy Ovitz, and Mr. and Mrs. Gifford Phillips Funds