Artist Monograph

James Welling, American

American, born 1951

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Digital Art	12	32.4%
Photography	12	32.4%
Engraving	10	27%
Drawing	2	5.4%
Film	1	2.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	22	59.5%
Photography	14	37.8%
Media and Performance	1	2.7%

Production by Decade

1970s

1980s

2000s

2010s

Classification Types

Photograph — 14
Illustrated Book — 12
Print — 10
Video — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	24	66.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	10	27.8%
Large (1–3 m)	2	5.6%

Range: 23.7 cm → 160.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1998	2
2006	1
2011	12
2012	1
2013	10
2015	10
2022	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 37 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Second Tape Video Acc. 821.2006	1972	Film transferred to video (black and white, sound)	10:30 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
C40 Photograph Acc. 847.1998	1981	Gelatin silver print	9 5/16 × 7 11/16" (23.7 × 19.6cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Carol Littlefield
C46 Photograph Acc. 846.1998	1981	Gelatin silver print	9 9/16 × 7 11/16" (24.3 × 19.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Ronald and Judy Baron in honor of Susan Stevenson
From the series "Glass House" Photograph Acc. 436.2012	2008	Inkjet print	40 7/8 × 57 1/4" (103.8 × 145.4) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of the Trustees of The Museum of Modern Art, in memory of Rachel Sayagh Gara
Quadrilaterals Print Acc. 1739.2015.1-9	2008	Portfolio of nine photoengravings with aquatint	plate (each): 13 5/8 × 10 13/16" (34.6 × 27.5 cm); sheet (each): 18 7/16 × 14 7/8" (46.8 × 37.8 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Quadrilaterals Print Acc. 1739.2015.1	2008	One from a portfolio of nine photoengravings with aquatint	plate: 13 5/8 × 10 13/16" (34.6 × 27.5 cm); sheet: 18 7/16 × 14 7/8" (46.8 × 37.8 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Quadrilaterals Print Acc. 1739.2015.2	2008	One from a portfolio of nine photoengravings with aquatint	plate: 13 5/8 × 10 13/16" (34.6 × 27.5 cm); sheet: 18 7/16 × 14 7/8" (46.8 × 37.8 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Quadrilaterals Print Acc. 1739.2015.3	2008	One from a portfolio of nine photoengravings with aquatint	plate: 13 5/8 × 10 13/16" (34.6 × 27.5 cm); sheet: 18 7/16 × 14 7/8" (46.8 × 37.8 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Quadrilaterals Print Acc. 1739.2015.4	2008	One from a portfolio of nine photoengravings with aquatint	plate: 13 5/8 × 10 13/16" (34.6 × 27.5 cm); sheet: 18 7/16 × 14 7/8" (46.8 × 37.8 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Quadrilaterals Print Acc. 1739.2015.5	2008	One from a portfolio of nine photoengravings with aquatint	plate: 13 5/8 × 10 13/16" (34.6 × 27.5 cm); sheet: 18 7/16 × 14 7/8" (46.8 × 37.8 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Quadrilaterals Print Acc. 1739.2015.6	2008	One from a portfolio of nine photoengravings with aquatint	plate: 13 5/8 × 10 13/16" (34.6 × 27.5 cm); sheet: 18 7/16 × 14 7/8" (46.8 × 37.8 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Quadrilaterals Print Acc. 1739.2015.7	2008	One from a portfolio of nine photoengravings with aquatint	plate: 13 5/8 × 10 13/16" (34.6 × 27.5 cm); sheet: 18 7/16 × 14 7/8" (46.8 × 37.8 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Quadrilaterals Print Acc. 1739.2015.8	2008	One from a portfolio of nine photoengravings with aquatint	plate: 13 5/8 × 10 13/16" (34.6 × 27.5 cm); sheet: 18 7/16 × 14 7/8" (46.8 × 37.8 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Quadrilaterals Print Acc. 1739.2015.9	2008	One from a portfolio of nine photoengravings with aquatint	plate: 13 5/8 × 10 13/16" (34.6 × 27.5 cm); sheet: 18 7/16 × 14 7/8" (46.8 × 37.8 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
17 Photograph Acc. 534.2013.1	2009	Gelatin silver print	9 15/16 × 8" (25.2 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
18 Photograph Acc. 534.2013.2	2009	Gelatin silver print	9 15/16 × 8" (25.2 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
21 Photograph Acc. 534.2013.3	2009	Gelatin silver print	9 15/16 × 8" (25.2 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
23 Photograph Acc. 534.2013.4	2009	Gelatin silver print	9 15/16 × 8" (25.2 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
24 Photograph Acc. 534.2013.5	2009	Gelatin silver print	9 15/16 × 8" (25.2 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
30 Photograph Acc. 534.2013.6	2009	Gelatin silver print	9 15/16 × 8" (25.2 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
39 Photograph Acc. 534.2013.7	2009	Gelatin silver print	9 15/16 × 8" (25.2 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
42 Photograph Acc. 534.2013.8	2009	Gelatin silver print	9 15/16 × 8" (25.2 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
44 Photograph Acc. 534.2013.9	2009	Gelatin silver print	9 15/16 × 8" (25.2 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
46 Photograph Acc. 534.2013.10	2009	Gelatin silver print	9 15/16 × 8" (25.2 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Frolic Architecture Illustrated Book Acc. 104.2011.1	2009	One from an illustrated book with ten digital prints and one supplementary digital print with poem	page: 10 15/16 x 8 3/8" (27.8 x 21.2 cm); overall: 11 x 8 11/16 x 13/16" (28 x 22 x 2 cm); sheet (separate signed print): 10 15/16 x 16 15/16" (27.8 x 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Frolic Architecture Illustrated Book Acc. 104.2011.2	2009	One from an illustrated book with ten digital prints and one supplementary digital print with poem	page: 10 15/16 x 8 3/8" (27.8 x 21.2 cm); overall: 11 x 8 11/16 x 13/16" (28 x 22 x 2 cm); sheet (separate signed print): 10 15/16 x 16 15/16" (27.8 x 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Frolic Architecture Illustrated Book Acc. 104.2011.3	2009	One from an illustrated book with ten digital prints and one supplementary digital print with poem	page: 10 15/16 x 8 3/8" (27.8 x 21.2 cm); overall: 11 x 8 11/16 x 13/16" (28 x 22 x 2 cm); sheet (separate signed print): 10 15/16 x 16 15/16" (27.8 x 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Frolic Architecture Illustrated Book Acc. 104.2011.4	2009	One from an illustrated book with ten digital prints and one supplementary digital print with poem	page: 10 15/16 x 8 3/8" (27.8 x 21.2 cm); overall: 11 x 8 11/16 x 13/16" (28 x 22 x 2 cm); sheet (separate signed print): 10 15/16 x 16 15/16" (27.8 x 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Frolic Architecture Illustrated Book Acc. 104.2011.5	2009	One from an illustrated book with ten digital prints and one supplementary digital print with poem	page: 10 15/16 x 8 3/8" (27.8 x 21.2 cm); overall: 11 x 8 11/16 x 13/16" (28 x 22 x 2 cm); sheet (separate signed print): 10 15/16 x 16 15/16" (27.8 x 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Frolic Architecture Illustrated Book Acc. 104.2011.6	2009	One from an illustrated book with ten digital prints and one supplementary digital print with poem	page: 10 15/16 x 8 3/8" (27.8 x 21.2 cm); overall: 11 x 8 11/16 x 13/16" (28 x 22 x 2 cm); sheet (separate signed print): 10 15/16 x 16 15/16" (27.8 x 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Frolic Architecture Illustrated Book Acc. 104.2011.7	2009	One from an illustrated book with ten digital prints and one supplementary digital print with poem	page: 10 15/16 x 8 3/8" (27.8 x 21.2 cm); overall: 11 x 8 11/16 x 13/16" (28 x 22 x 2 cm); sheet (separate signed print): 10 15/16 x 16 15/16" (27.8 x 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Frolic Architecture Illustrated Book Acc. 104.2011.8	2009	One from an illustrated book with ten digital prints and one supplementary digital print with poem	page: 10 15/16 x 8 3/8" (27.8 x 21.2 cm); overall: 11 x 8 11/16 x 13/16" (28 x 22 x 2 cm); sheet (separate signed print): 10 15/16 x 16 15/16" (27.8 x 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Frolic Architecture Illustrated Book Acc. 104.2011.9	2009	One from an illustrated book with ten digital prints and one supplementary digital print with poem	page: 10 15/16 x 8 3/8" (27.8 x 21.2 cm); overall: 11 x 8 11/16 x 13/16" (28 x 22 x 2 cm); sheet (separate signed print): 10 15/16 x 16 15/16" (27.8 x 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Frolic Architecture Illustrated Book Acc. 104.2011.10	2009	One from an illustrated book with ten digital prints and one supplementary digital print with poem	page: 10 15/16 x 8 3/8" (27.8 x 21.2 cm); overall: 11 x 8 11/16 x 13/16" (28 x 22 x 2 cm); sheet (separate signed print): 10 15/16 x 16 15/16" (27.8 x 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Frolic Architecture Illustrated Book Acc. 104.2011.11	2009	Supplementary digital print with poem from an illustrated book with ten digital prints	sheet: 10 15/16 x 16 15/16" (27.8 x 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Frolic Architecture Illustrated Book Acc. 104.2011.1-11	2009	Illustrated book with ten digital prints and one supplementary digital print with poem	page: 10 15/16 x 8 3/8" (27.8 x 21.2 cm); overall: 11 x 8 11/16 x 13/16" (28 x 22 x 2 cm); sheet (separate signed print): 10 15/16 x 16 15/16" (27.8 x 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Kusama Photograph Acc. 576.2022	2014	Inkjet print	42 × 63" (106.7 × 160 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist