Artist Monograph

John Chamberlain, American

American, 1927–2011

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	3	37.5%
Oil Painting	3	37.5%
Drawing	1	12.5%
Photography	1	12.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	6	75%
Painting & Sculpture	2	25%

Production by Decade

2

1960s

4

1970s

1

1990s

1

2000s

Classification Types

Drawing — 3
Sculpture — 2
Illustrated Book — 1
Video — 1
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	6	75%
Large (1–3 m)	2	25%

Range: 10.0 cm → 274.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1961	1
1971	1
1974	1
1986	3
1993	1
2013	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4, 408" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 8 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Essex Sculpture Acc. 282.1961.a-c	1960	Automobile parts and other metal	9' x 6' 8" x 43" (274.3 x 203.2 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 Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Scull and purchase
Tomahawk Nolan Sculpture Acc. 677.1971	1965	Welded and painted metal automobile parts	43 3/4 x 52 1/8 x 36 1/4" (111.1 x 132.2 x 92 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 66.68 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Philip Johnson
Untitled (MAAB #225) Drawing Acc. 443.1986	(1971)	Oil and colored pencil on paper	10 1/8 x 10 1/4" (25.7 x 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Philip H. Isles
Untitled (MAAB #315) Drawing Acc. 442.1986	1971	Oil and colored pencil on paper	10 1/8 x 8 1/4" (25.8 x 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Agnes Gund
Untitled (MAAB #81) Drawing Acc. 441.1986	(1971)	Oil and colored pencil on paper	7 1/2 x 8 1/4" (19 x 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lois de Menil
Untitled from The New York Collection for Stockholm Print Acc. 625.1973.3	1973	Lithograph from a portfolio of seventeen screenprints, nine lithographs, two lithographs with screenprint, one photocopy, and one photograph	composition (irreg.): 6 3/8 x 7 1/4" (16.2 x 18.4cm); sheet: 8 7/8 x 8 7/8" (22.6 x 22.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Steven M. Feinstein
Conversations with Myself Illustrated Book Acc. 31.1993	1992	Illustrated book with1 drypoint and 5 line block reproductions after drawings	plate 3 15/16 x 3 15/16" (10 x 10 cm) sheet 5 15/16 x 5 15/16" (15.2 x 15.2 cm) page 5 15/16 x 5 7/8" (15 x 14.9 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
A Body of Work Video Acc. 854.2013.62	2009	DVD	cover: 5 × 5 1/2" (12.7 × 14 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund