Artist Monograph

Jim Shaw, American

American, born 1952

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	21	75%
Gouache	3	10.7%
Other Media	3	10.7%
Film	1	3.6%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	27	96.4%
Media and Performance	1	3.6%

Production by Decade

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	11.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	23	85.2%
Large (1–3 m)	1	3.7%

Range: 21.6 cm → 105.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1991	1
1999	4
2001	3
2002	3
2005	17

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 28 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Drawing Acc. 3065.2005	1979	Airbrush, colored pencil, and pencil on paper	14 x 11" (35.6 x 27.9 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
Nearsighted Couple on a Sunday Drive Drawing Acc. 3066.2005	(1981)	Airbrush, colored pencil, and pencil on paper	11 1/2 x 14 1/2" (29.2 x 36.8 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
Stinking with Sin Drawing Acc. 26.1999	(1981)	Pencil and airbrush on paper	13 1/2 x 10 1/2" (34.2 x 26.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Friends of Contemporary Drawing
Untitled Drawing Acc. 3067.2005	(1981)	Airbrush, colored pencil, and pencil on paper	10 5/8 x 13 5/8" (27 x 34.6 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
The Andersons Video Acc. 425.1991	1985	35mm film transferred to video (color, sound)	2:31 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
Study for Sin of Pride Drawing Acc. 3068.2005	(1987)	Colored pencil, synthetic polymer paint, and pencil on printed paper	14 x 8 1/2" (35.6 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
Study for Utopian Landscape #2 (Cloud Chamber) Drawing Acc. 3069.2005	(1988)	Colored pencil on printed paper	14 x 8 1/2" (35.6 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
Study for Utopian Landscape #5 (Mound of Skulls) Drawing Acc. 3070.2005	(1988)	Colored pencil on printed paper	8 1/2 x 11" (21.6 x 27.9 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
Study for Sinnorama #1, #2, #3 Drawing Acc. 3071.2005	1990	Colored pencil on three pieces of printed paper	each: 11 x 9" (27.9 x 22.9 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
Dream Drawing (I had a bunch of junk and artwork…) Drawing Acc. 1383.2001	1994	Pencil on paper	12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Howard Karshan, Dorothy Spears and Martina Schaap Yamin
Dream Drawing (I was seeing an old atomic bomb test…) Drawing Acc. 1384.2001	1995	Pencil on paper	12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dorothy Spears
Dream Object ( At 5 a.m. I needed to get some money so I went to the bank cash machine…) Drawing Acc. 3072.2005	1996	Felt-tip pen and pencil on four pieces of paper and felt-tip pen on two foam sculptures	(a): 19 x 24" (48.3 x 61 cm) (b): 24 x 18 1/2" (61 x 47 cm) (c): 18 1/2 x 23 1/2" (47 x 59.7 cm) (d): 18 1/2 x 23 3/4" (47 x 60.3 cm) (e): 41 1/2 x 14 x 13 1/2" (105.4 x 35.6 x 34.3 cm) (f): 41 1/2 x 14 x 13 1/2" (105.4 x 35.6 x 34.3 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
Dream Object ( I was drawing a Pepsi sex float…) Drawing Acc. 3073.2005	1996	Pencil on paper	12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 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
Dream Drawing (A comic story I was working on…) Drawing Acc. 1385.2001	1997	Pencil on paper	12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Howard Karshan
Dream Drawing (We were waiting at a restaurant & 2 guys read an art tabloid…) Drawing Acc. 27.1999	1997	Pencil on paper	12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Friends of Contemporary Drawing
Dream Object ( I was at Linda's and found a stack of very old drawings…) Drawing Acc. 3074.2005.a-d	1997	a: Ink, colored pencil, and pencil on paper b-c: Ink and colored pencil on paper d: Ink and colored pencil on transparentized paper	17 x 14" (43.2 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
Dream Drawing (I'm teaching a class in which some black students…) Drawing Acc. 29.1999	1998	Pencil on paper	12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Friends of Contemporary Drawing
Dream Drawing (In Reno there was a Titanic mockup where a girl…) Drawing Acc. 28.1999	1998	Pencil on paper	12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Friends of Contemporary Drawing
Dream Object ("I'm working on a psychedelic poster as part of a magazine but it may be too expensive to print, featuring kids in poses from the last supper at the bottom.") Drawing Acc. 3075.2005	1999	Gouache, airbrush, and pencil on board	17 1/2 x 14" (44.5 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
Land of Butter Drawing Acc. 3076.2005	1999	Ink, graphite, and gouache on paperboard	8 1/2 x 8 1/2" (21.6 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
Dream Object (I Dreamt I was putting together this piece of abstract drawings) Drawing Acc. 316.2002	2002	Ink, pencil, airbrush, and tape on paper	22 3/8 x 30" (56.8 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
I Dreamt it Was OK to Draw Something I Haven't Dreamt About Drawing Acc. 317.2002	2002	Graphite and airbrush on paper	22 1/4 x 30 1/8" (56.5 x 76.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Things Better Left Unsaid II Drawing Acc. 318.2002	2002	Pencil on paper	22 1/4 x 30" (56.5 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 3077.2005	2002	Felt-tip pen on paper	22 1/2 x 30" (57.2 x 76.2 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
Untitled Drawing Acc. 3078.2005	2003	Felt-tip pen on paper with ink on transparentized paper	24 x 19" (61 x 48.3 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
Untitled Drawing Acc. 3079.2005	2003	Felt-tip pen, gouache, paint pen, ink, and pencil on paper	17 x 14" (43.2 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
Untitled Drawing Acc. 3080.2005	2003	Pencil on paper	22 3/8 x 30" (56.8 x 76.2 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
Untitled Drawing Acc. 3081.2005	2003	Felt-tip pen and paint pen on paper	17 x 14" (43.2 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