Artist Monograph

Jo Baer, American

American, 1929–2025

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Gouache	12	33.3%
Screenprint	10	27.8%
Drawing	10	27.8%
Oil Painting	4	11.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	33	91.7%
Painting & Sculpture	3	8.3%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

2000s

Classification Types

Drawing — 23
Print — 10
Painting — 3

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	14	38.9%
Medium (30–100 cm)	20	55.6%
Large (1–3 m)	2	5.6%

Range: 12.1 cm → 182.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1969	1
1983	1
1999	1
2003	6
2004	1
2005	4
2008	10
2015	1
2018	2
2019	9

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4, 413" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 36 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Bootless Boots Drawing Acc. 1206.2005.a-b	1960	Gouache and pencil on paper (recto); Pencil on paper (verso)	5 3/4 x 3 1/2" (14.6 x 8.9 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 (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
Glass Slippers Drawing Acc. 1207.2005.a-b	1960	Gouache and pencil on paper (recto); Pencil on paper (verso)	4 3/4 x 4 1/2" (12.1 x 11.4 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 (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
Sex Symbol Drawing Acc. 1208.2005	1961	Gouache and pencil on paper	6 x 3 1/4" (15.3 x 8.3 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 (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
Float Drawing Acc. 1375.2018	1962	Gouache on paper	6 × 6" (15.2 × 15.2 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
Rook Drawing Acc. 372.1999	1962	Gouache and pencil on paper	6 x 6" (15.3 x 15.3 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
Juvenile Sex Symbol 1 Drawing Acc. 378.2003.1	1963	Gouache on paper	6 x 6" (15.3 x 15.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Juvenile Sex Symbol 1-5 Drawing Acc. 378.2003.1-5	1963	Gouache on paper	6 x 6" (15.3 x 15.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Juvenile Sex Symbol 2 Drawing Acc. 378.2003.2	1963	Gouache on paper	6 x 6" (15.3 x 15.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Juvenile Sex Symbol 3 Drawing Acc. 378.2003.3	1963	Gouache on paper	6 x 6" (15.3 x 15.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Juvenile Sex Symbol 4 Drawing Acc. 378.2003.4	1963	Gouache on paper	6 x 6" (15.3 x 15.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Juvenile Sex Symbol 5 Drawing Acc. 378.2003.5	1963	Gouache on paper	6 x 6" (15.3 x 15.3 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. 1209.2005	1963	Felt-tip pen, colored pencil, and pencil on paper	5 1/2 x 7" (14 x 17.8 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 (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
Primary Light Group: Red, Green, Blue Painting Acc. 495.1969.a-c	1964-65	Oil and acrylic on canvas, three panels	Each panel 60 x 60" (152.4 x 152.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Philip Johnson Fund
Replica: White Horizontal (yellow line) Drawing Acc. 279.2015	1965	Oil on paper on acrylic sheet	8 x 10" (20.3 x 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Rona and Richard Roob
Yellow – Sombre Drawing Acc. 80.2004	1965	Gouache on paper on synthetic polymer sheet	10 x 8" (25.4 x 20.3 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
Double-Bar, Grey (Green Line) Painting Acc. 244.1983	1968	Oil on canvas	36 1/8 x 39" (91.9 x 99 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Ruth Vollmer Bequest
Cardinations Print Acc. 609.2008.1-9	1974	Portfolio of nine screenprints	sheet (each): 28 1/4 x 21" (71.8 x 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Miranda Kaiser Fund
Untitled from Cardinations Print Acc. 609.2008.1	1974	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints	sheet: 28 1/4 x 21" (71.8 x 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Miranda Kaiser Fund
Untitled from Cardinations Print Acc. 609.2008.2	1974	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints	sheet: 28 1/4 x 21" (71.8 x 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Miranda Kaiser Fund
Untitled from Cardinations Print Acc. 609.2008.3	1974	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints	sheet: 28 1/4 x 21" (71.8 x 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Miranda Kaiser Fund
Untitled from Cardinations Print Acc. 609.2008.4	1974	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints	sheet: 28 1/4 x 21" (71.8 x 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Miranda Kaiser Fund
Untitled from Cardinations Print Acc. 609.2008.5	1974	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints	sheet: 28 1/4 x 21" (71.8 x 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Miranda Kaiser Fund
Untitled from Cardinations Print Acc. 609.2008.6	1974	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints	sheet: 28 1/4 x 21" (71.8 x 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Miranda Kaiser Fund
Untitled from Cardinations Print Acc. 609.2008.7	1974	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints	sheet: 28 1/4 x 21" (71.8 x 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Miranda Kaiser Fund
Untitled from Cardinations Print Acc. 609.2008.8	1974	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints	sheet: 28 1/4 x 21" (71.8 x 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Miranda Kaiser Fund
Untitled from Cardinations Print Acc. 609.2008.9	1974	One from a portfolio of nine screenprints	sheet: 28 1/4 x 21" (71.8 x 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Miranda Kaiser Fund
Memorial for an Art World Body (Nevermore) Painting Acc. 726.2018	2009	Oil on unstretched canvas	72 x 60 1/4" (182.9 x 153 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis in honor of Kenneth C. Griffin’s 50th birthday
Study for Memorial for an Art World Body (Nevermore) Drawing Acc. 94.2019	2009	Inkjet print with pencil additions	17 × 11" (43.2 × 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 artist
Study for Memorial for an Art World Body (Nevermore) Drawing Acc. 95.2019	2009	Inkjet print with pencil and ballpoint pen additions	17 × 11" (43.2 × 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 artist
Study for Memorial for an Art World Body (Nevermore) Drawing Acc. 96.2019	2009	Inkjet print with pencil and ballpoint pen additions	17 × 11" (43.2 × 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 artist
Study for Memorial for an Art World Body (Nevermore) Drawing Acc. 97.2019	2009	Inkjet print with pencil additions	17 × 11" (43.2 × 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 artist
Study for Memorial for an Art World Body (Nevermore) Drawing Acc. 98.2019	2009	Inkjet print with pencil additions	17 × 11" (43.2 × 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 artist
Study for Memorial for an Art World Body (Nevermore) Drawing Acc. 99.2019	2009	Inkjet print with pencil additions	17 × 11" (43.2 × 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 artist
Study for Memorial for an Art World Body (Nevermore) Drawing Acc. 100.2019	2009	Inkjet print with pencil additions	17 × 11" (43.2 × 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 artist
Study for Memorial for an Art World Body (Nevermore) Drawing Acc. 101.2019	2009	Inkjet print with pencil additions	17 × 11" (43.2 × 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 artist
Study for Memorial for an Art World Body (Nevermore) Drawing Acc. 102.2019	2009	Inkjet print	17 × 11" (43.2 × 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 artist