Artist Monograph

Jim Nutt, American

American, born 1938

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	5	41.7%
Acrylic Painting	2	16.7%
Etching	2	16.7%
Watercolor	1	8.3%
Gouache	1	8.3%
Oil Painting	1	8.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	10	83.3%
Painting & Sculpture	2	16.7%

Production by Decade

4

1960s

4

1970s

3

1990s

1

2000s

Classification Types

Drawing — 8
Painting — 2
Print — 2

Physical Scale

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

Range: 11.0 cm → 154.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1979	2
1999	3
2001	1
2002	1
2005	4
2011	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 12 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled (Figure Parts) Drawing Acc. 1180.2011	c. 1966-67	Acrylic on plexiglass	Image: 8 x 6 1/2" (20.3 x 16.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Raymond K. Yoshida Living Trust and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Why Did He Do It? (also titled “Why did HE doo it?”) Painting Acc. 121.1999	1967	Acrylic on plexiglass in artist’s painted frame	60 3/4 x 36 7/8 x 1 5/8" (154.3 x 93.7 x 4.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Douglas S. Cramer, Emily Fisher Landau, and Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro Funds
Rosie Comon Drawing Acc. 1370.2001	1968	Pencil, cut-and-pasted printed paper, pressure-sensitive tape, and gouache on paper	38 x 25" (96.5 x 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds provided by Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
Running Mad Drawing Acc. 2552.2005	1969	Colored pencil, pencil, and watercolor on paper	26 x 20" (66 x 50.8 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
A Certain Distance Between Them Drawing Acc. 2553.2005	1975	Ballpoint pen and pencil on paper	10 x 13" (25.4 x 33 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
Please Listen to Me Drawing Acc. 2554.2005	1975	Pencil on paper	17 x 15" (43.2 x 38.1 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
"oh! my goodness" (no no) Print Acc. 35.1979	1977	Etching	plate 9 15/16 x 11 7/8" (25.3 x 30.2 cm) irreg sheet 20 7/16 x 20 15/16" (51.9 x 53.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired with matching funds from Neil Janovic and the National Endowment for the Arts
"you hoo–little boy" Print Acc. 36.1979	1977	Etching, printed in color	plate 3 15/16 x 4 5/16" (10 x 11 cm) irreg sheet 14 1/2 x 13 1/16" (36.8 x 33.2 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
Drawing for Fret Drawing Acc. 144.1999	1990	Pencil on colored paper	13 x 13" (33 x 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by Richard E. Salomon
Drawing for Whisk Drawing Acc. 412.2002	1998	Pencil on colored paper	13 1/8 x 13 1/8" (33.3 x 33.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jan Christiaan Braun in honor of Agnes Gund
Whisk Painting Acc. 320.1999	1999	Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, and oil on medium-density fiberboard frame	23 3/8" x 23 3/8" (59.4 x 59.4 cm) including frame ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Fractional and promised gift of Robert H. Bergman and Marie Krane Bergman
Drawing for Suit Drawing Acc. 2555.2005	2001	Pencil on colored paper	15 x 14" (38.1 x 35.6 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