Artist Monograph

Joe Brainard, American

American, 1942–1994

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	2	33.3%
Lithography	1	16.7%
Acrylic Painting	1	16.7%
Gouache	1	16.7%
Printmaking	1	16.7%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	100%

Range: 34.6 cm → 44.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1967	1
1968	1
1971	1
1977	1
1997	1
2015	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 6 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Drawing Acc. 95.1971	1966	Cut-and-pasted paper, embroidered printed paper, net, glitter, and synthetic polymer paint on board	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	Gift of the Fischbach Gallery
In-text plate (folios 17 verso and 18 recto) from In Memory of My Feelings Illustrated Book Acc. 92.1968.6	1967	One from an illustrated book with forty-six lithographs	composition (irreg.): 10 13/16 x 17 1/2" (27.4 x 44.5 cm); page (two-page spread): 12 x 17 15/16" (30.5 x 45.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Museum of Modern Art Department of Publications
Preparatory drawing for In Memory of My Feelings Drawing Acc. 2202.1967.6.a-b	1967	Acrylic ink on two sheets of acetate	sheet (.a): 13 7/8 x 10 15/16" (35.3 x 27.8 cm); sheet (.b): 13 15/16 x 10 15/16" (35.4 x 27.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled Drawing Acc. 514.2015	1971	Pencil and colored ink on paper	13 5/8 x 10 5/8" (34.6 x 27 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Portrait of David Hockney Drawing Acc. 493.1997	1972	Pencil on paper	13 5/8 x 10 3/4" (34.6 x 27.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Barbara G. Pine
8 Drawings for the Museum publication I REMEMBER CHRISTMAS Drawing Acc. 470.1977.1-8	1973	.1 = cut-and-pasted paper and felt-tip pen over laid with synthetic polymer film on paper mounted on board .2 = pen and ink and black and red felt-tip pens .3 = felt-tip pen overlaid with synthetic polymer film .4,.5 = pen and ink and felt-tip pen overlaid with synthetic polymer film .6 = pen and ink .7 = felt-tip pen .8 = pen and ink, felt-tip pen, and gouache overlaid with synthetic polymer film	various sizes: 14 1/2 x 11 1/2" to 12 1/8 x 22 3/8" (36.8 x 29.2 to 30.8 x 56.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Department of Publications, The Museum of Modern Art