Artist Monograph

Jene Highstein, American

American, 1942–2013

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	10	83.3%
Drawing	1	8.3%
Oil Painting	1	8.3%

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 9
Drawing — 2
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	9	75%
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	16.7%
Large (1–3 m)	1	8.3%

Range: 17.6 cm → 127.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1981	1
1983	1
1988	9
2018	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 12 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Drawing Acc. 74.1981	1979	Oilstick and pencil on paper	38 1/4 x 50 1/8" (97.3 x 127.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Print Acc. 221.1983	1982	Etching	Composition (irreg.): 12 1/2 x 9 3/8" (31.7 x 23.8 cm) Sheet: 27 3/4 x 21 1/2" (70.5 x 54.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Five Works Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1988.1-8	1987–88, published 1988	Illustrated book with eight etching and aquatints	various print dimensions; page (each irreg.): 10 1/4 × 8" (26 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Three Possible Stone Carvings for the Walker Art Center Drawing Acc. 1450.2018	1987	Pencil on paper	12 3/8 × 11" (31.4 × 27.9 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
Untitled from Five Works Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1988.1	1987–88, published 1988	One from an illustrated book with eight etching and aquatints	plate: 6 15/16 × 4 15/16" (17.6 × 12.5 cm); page (irreg.): 10 1/4 × 8" (26 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Untitled from Five Works Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1988.2	1987–88, published 1988	One from an illustrated book with eight etching and aquatints	plate: 6 15/16 × 4 15/16" (17.6 × 12.5 cm); page (irreg.): 10 1/4 × 8" (26 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Untitled from Five Works Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1988.3	1987–88, published 1988	One from an illustrated book with eight etching and aquatints	plate: 6 15/16 × 4 15/16" (17.7 × 12.6 cm); page (irreg.): 10 1/4 × 8" (26 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Untitled from Five Works Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1988.4	1987–88, published 1988	One from an illustrated book with eight etching and aquatints	plate: 6 15/16 × 4 15/16" (17.7 × 12.5 cm); page (irreg.): 10 1/4 × 8" (26 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Untitled from Five Works Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1988.5	1987–88, published 1988	One from an illustrated book with eight etching and aquatints	plate: 6 15/16 × 4 15/16" (17.6 × 12.6 cm); page (irreg.): 10 1/4 × 8" (26 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Untitled from Five Works Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1988.6	1987–88, published 1988	One from an illustrated book with eight etching and aquatints	plate: 6 15/16 × 4 15/16" (17.7 × 12.6 cm); page (irreg.): 10 1/4 × 8" (26 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Untitled from Five Works Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1988.7	1987–88, published 1988	One from an illustrated book with eight etching and aquatints	plate: 6 15/16 × 4 15/16" (17.6 × 12.5 cm); page (irreg.): 10 1/4 × 8" (26 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Untitled from Five Works Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1988.8	1987–88, published 1988	One from an illustrated book with eight etching and aquatints	plate: 6 15/16 × 4 15/16" (17.6 × 12.6 cm); page (irreg.): 10 1/4 × 8" (26 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund