Artist Monograph

Joel Shapiro, American

American, 1941–2025

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Sculpture	9	20.9%
Woodcut	8	18.6%
Drawing	6	14%
Gouache	6	14%
Other Media	5	11.6%
Etching	3	7%
Oil Painting	3	7%
Lithography	2	4.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	30	69.8%
Painting & Sculpture	13	30.2%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Classification Types

Sculpture — 13
Print — 13
Drawing — 12
Illustrated Book — 5

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	10	23.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	22	51.2%
Large (1–3 m)	9	20.9%
Monumental (> 3 m)	2	4.7%

Range: 9.4 cm → 481.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1975	1
1976	1
1980	2
1984	2
1985	3
1986	1
1987	3
1988	3
1989	1
1990	2
1991	2
1992	1
1995	2
1997	1
2004	1
2005	13
2006	1
2013	3

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 43 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Fingerprint Drawing Drawing Acc. 227.1988	(1969)	Ink on paper	64 3/8 x 11' 3 1/4" (163.4 x 343.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred R. Stern
Untitled Drawing Acc. 175.2004	1969-70	Ink and pencil on paper	14 x 16 7/8" (35.6 x 42.9 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
Thumbprint Print Acc. 226.1976	1970	Etching	composition: 32 5/16 x 16 5/16" (82 x 41.4 cm); plate: 17 7/8 x 35 3/16" (45.4 x 89.4cm); sheet: 26 5/8 x 39 1/2" (67.6 x 100.3cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Joanne M. Stern Fund
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 1201.2013.a-ww	1971	Terracotta, 49 units	Each approximately 6 1/4 x 8 x 5 1/2" (15.9 x 20.3 x 14 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the artist
Untitled (house on shelf) Sculpture Acc. 379.1975	1974	Bronze	12 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 28 1/2" (32.5 x 6.4 x 71.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 10.21 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchased with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and an anonymous donor
Untitled Drawing Acc. 956.1983	(1979)	Charcoal on paper	18 1/4 x 11 7/8" (46.6 x 30.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 778.2005.a-c	1979	Bronze, three parts	Each 2 7/8 x 8 1/4 x 6 7/8" (7.3 x 21 x 17.5 cm); 2 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 3" (5.7 x 21 x 7.6 cm); and 4 1/2 x 3 x 4 1/4" (11.4 x 7.6 x 10.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Untitled Drawing Acc. 779.2005	1979	Gouache on paper	15 1/4 x 19 3/8" (38.7 x 49.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Untitled Print Acc. 613.1980	1979	Lithograph	composition 38 3/4 x 29 13/16" (98.5 x 75.7 cm); sheet 44 7/8 x 34 7/8" (114 x 88.6 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 Sculpture Acc. 780.2005	1980	Wood	52 1/4 x 70 x 34" (132.7 x 177.8 x 86.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 785.2005	1980-82	Wood, gouache, and casein	25 1/4 x 15 3/16 x 22" (64.1 x 38.6 x 55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 784.2005	1980-81	Burnt wood, oil, and casein	21 x 17 x 9" (53.3 x 43.2 x 22.9 cm) including base ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Untitled Drawing Acc. 781.2005	1980	Gouache and charcoal on paper	17 1/2 x 21" (44.5 x 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Untitled Drawing Acc. 782.2005	(1980)	Gouache and charcoal on paper	20 1/4 x 24 3/4" (51.4 x 62.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Untitled Drawing Acc. 789.2005	1980	Gouache and charcoal on paper	15 1/4 x 19 1/4" (38.7 x 48.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Untitled Drawing Acc. 783.2005	(1980)	Synthetic polymer paint on two pieces of paper	31 1/8 x 20 5/8" (79.1 x 52.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Untitled Print Acc. 614.1980	1980	Lithograph	irreg composition 15 15/16 x 33 3/4" (40.5 x 85.7 cm) sheet 29 5/8 x 41 9/16" (75.2 x 105.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Barbara Pine
Untitled Print Acc. 247.1984	1981	Serigraph	irreg composition 32 11/16 x 39 3/16" (83 x 99.5 cm) sheet 38 3/16 x 50 9/16" (97 x 128.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Eliza Parkinson Cobb Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 398.1984	(1981)	Charcoal on board	40 1/2 x 59 7/8" (103.1 x 152.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (by exchange)
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 786.2005	1982-83	Bronze	42 1/4 x 42 x 18 3/4" (107.3 x 106.7 x 47.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 787.2005	1982-84	Bronze	44 1/2 x 37 3/4 x 24 1/2" (113 x 95.9 x 62.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 788.2005	1982-85	Wood and oil paint	37 x 58 x 43" (94 x 147.3 x 109.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 742.2013.a-c	1982/1995	Oil on bronze and wood	37 x 12 x 12" (94 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz in honor of Katherine Farley and Jerry Speyer
Untitled Drawing Acc. 865.2013	1982	Charcoal and gouache on paper	19 1/2 x 24 1/2" (49.5 x 62.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz in honor of Jerry Speyer and Katherine Farley
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 529.1992	1982	Cedar	46 1/4 x 48 x 48 1/4" (117.4 x 122 x 122.5 cm) ⌀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 an anonymous donor
Untitled Print Acc. 17.1986	1985	Collagraph	irreg. composition 6 1/4 x 4 3/4" (15.8 x 12.1 cm) sheet 16 15/16 x 13 3/4" (43 x 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Untitled Print Acc. 164.1985	1985	Wood collage, printed in black	irreg composition 5 x 4 3/8" (12.8 x 11.2 cm) sheet 12 1/4 x 8 11/16" (31.2 x 22 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Landau
Untitled Print Acc. 165.1985	1985	Wood collage, printed in black	irreg composition 12 3/16 x 22 1/8" (30.9 x 56.2 cm) sheet 19 5/16 x 24 1/16" (49 x 61.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Landau
Frontispiece from RIFT Illustrated Book Acc. 185.1987.A	1986	Woodcut, printed in color	irreg. composition 9 13/16 x 6 3/16" (25 x 15.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mr. and Mrs. Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff Fund
Rift Illustrated Book Acc. 185.1987.A-B	1986. (Supplementary print signed 1987).	Illustrated book with woodcut frontispiece and one supplementary unbound woodcut	page 10 1/2 x 6 15/16" (26 x 17.6 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mr. and Mrs. Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff Fund
Supplementary unbound plate from RIFT Illustrated Book Acc. 185.1987.B	1986	Woodcut, printed in color	irreg. composition 4 13/16 x 4 15/16" (12.2 x 12.6 cm) sheet 10 3/4 x 14 15/16" (27 x 38 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mr. and Mrs. Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff Fund
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 43.1997	1987-88	Bronze	Museum installation 10' 8 3/4" x 15' 9 1/2" x 10' 10" (326.4 x 41.3 x 330.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Douglas S. Cramer Foundation in honor of Agnes Gund and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled Print Acc. 191.1988	1988	Woodcut	composition: 9 1/16 x 9 7/16" (23 x 23.9 cm); sheet: 21 5/8 x 16 3/4" (55 x 42.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Lily Auchincloss Fund in honor of Joanne Stern
Untitled Print Acc. 192.1988	1988	Woodcut	composition: 11 15/16 x 27 1/16" (30.4 x 68.7 cm); sheet: 18 3/4 x 39 1/16" (47 x 99.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Arnold Smoller Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 330.1989	(1988)	Charcoal on paper	88 x 60" (223.5 x 152.4 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 the Robert Lehman Foundation, Inc. and the National Endowment for the Arts
Untitled Print Acc. 455.1990	1989	Linoleum cut, with collage	Composition (irreg.): 35 1/2 x 25 9/16" (90.2 x 64.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired in memory of Monroe Wheeler
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 366.1990	1989-90	Bronze	8' 3 3/4" x 69 1/2" x 30" (253.5 x 176.5 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Sid R. Bass Fund; gift of Jeanne C. Thayer, Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro, Agnes Gund, and William L. Bernhard; President's Fund Purchase (1990), Donald B. Marron, President; Jerry I. Speyer Fund; Emily and Jerry Spiegel Fund
Hummingbird (plate, folio 73 verso) from A Bestiary Illustrated Book Acc. 29.1991.33	1990	Woodcut from an illustrated book with twenty-nine linoleum cuts (two with pochoir and two with letterpress) and seven woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 4 1/2 × 6 1/8" (11.5 × 15.5 cm); page: 14 13/16 × 10 13/16" (37.6 × 27.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Snake (plate, folio 15 verso) from A Bestiary Illustrated Book Acc. 29.1991.4	1990	Woodcut from an illustrated book with twenty-nine linoleum cuts (two with pochoir and two with letterpress) and seven woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 3 7/16 × 3 11/16" (8.8 × 9.4 cm); page: 14 13/16 × 10 13/16" (37.6 × 27.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Untitled Print Acc. 507.2006	1990	Woodcut	Composition (irreg.): 12 1/8 x 9" (30.8 x 22.9 cm); sheet: 19 x 15 1/2" (48.3 x 39.4 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
Untitled (L) from the series Untitled A through R Print Acc. 743.1995	(1994, published 1995)	Etching and drypoint	plate: 11 7/8 x 13 15/16" (30.2 x 35.4 cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 19" (45 x 48.2 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
Untitled (M) from the series Untitled A through R Print Acc. 744.1995	(1994, published 1995)	Etching	plate: 11 7/8 x 13 15/16" (30.1 x 35.4 cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 19" (45 x 48.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Albert Carman (by exchange) and John B. Turner Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 3063.2005	(2001)	Pastel, charcoal, and pencil on paper	63 x 59" (160 x 149.9 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