Artist Monograph

John Baldessari, American

American, 1931–2020

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Lithography 14 19.2%
Other Media 14 19.2%
Drawing 8 11%
Photography 7 9.6%
Engraving 7 9.6%
Video 5 6.8%
Etching 4 5.5%
Printmaking 4 5.5%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 60 82.2%
Media and Performance 6 8.2%
Painting & Sculpture 5 6.8%
Photography 2 2.7%

Production by Decade

1
1960s
18
1970s
15
1980s
12
1990s
24
2000s
3
2010s

Classification Types

  • Print — 44
  • Drawing — 11
  • Video — 6
  • Painting — 4
  • Illustrated Book — 3
  • Multiple — 2
  • Photograph — 2
  • Sculpture — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)2947.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)2134.4%
Large (1–3 m)914.8%
Monumental (> 3 m)23.3%

Range: 12.9 cm → 482.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19721
19791
19831
19863
19892
19902
19921
19942
19961
19971
199813
19992
20052
20062
20072
20083
20092
20101
20127
201518
20173
20223

American Contemporaries

  1. 16315 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  2. 3358 Louise Bourgeois
  3. 2199 Ellsworth Kelly
  4. 1338 Lee Friedlander
  5. 932 George Maciunas