Artist Monograph

John Currin, American

American, born 1962

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	6	37.5%
Gouache	5	31.3%
Oil Painting	2	12.5%
Etching	2	12.5%
Other Media	1	6.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	14	87.5%
Painting & Sculpture	2	12.5%

Classification Types

Drawing — 11
Painting — 2
Print — 2
Periodical — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	9	60%
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	26.7%
Large (1–3 m)	2	13.3%

Range: 21.6 cm → 190.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
2001	10
2002	1
2003	2
2004	1
2005	1
2020	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 16 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Charlie Rose Guest Drawing Acc. 1353.2001	(1998)	Gouache on paper	12 x 8 1/8" (30.5 x 20.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift in memory of Hormoz Broumand
Hobo Drawing Acc. 2402.2001	2001	Sepia ink on paper	11 1/2 x 9" (29.2 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Barry Blumberg
Hobo Drawing Acc. 2403.2001	2001	Sepia ink on paper	11 1/2 x 9" (29.2 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Fractional and promised gift of Jennifer Stockman
Hobo Drawing Acc. 2404.2001	2001	Sepia ink on paper	11 1/2 x 9" (29.2 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dean Valentine and Amy Adelson
Hobo Drawing Acc. 2405.2001	2001	Sepia ink on paper	11 1/2 x 9" (29.2 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sam Schwartz
Hobo Drawing Acc. 2406.2001	2001	Pencil on paper	11 1/2 x 9" (29.2 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Adam Sender
Lady on the Fence Drawing Acc. 1357.2001	(2001)	Gouache and ink on prepared paper	11 1/8 x 8 1/8" (28.3 x 20.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Fractional and promised gift of Dianne Wallace
The Clairvoyant Drawing Acc. 1354.2001	(2001)	Charcoal and chalk on prepared paper	22 3/8 x 16 1/4" (56.8 x 41.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ninah and Michael Lynne
The Clairvoyant Drawing Acc. 1356.2001	(2001)	Gouache on prepared paper	11 5/8 x 8 3/8" (29.5 x 21.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Frank and Nina Moore in memory of Elaine Dannheisser
The Exwife Drawing Acc. 1355.2001	(2001)	Gouache on prepared paper	14 x 11 1/4" (35.6 x 28.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Oliver Kamm, Linda Kamm and Lisa Kamm
The Gardeners Painting Acc. 314.2004	2001	Oil on canvas	6' 3" x 52" (190.5 x 132 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of David Teiger
Parkett no. 65 Periodical Acc. 374.2002.x1-x2	2002	Journal	Page: 10 1/16 x 8 1/16" (25.5 x 20.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Parkett
The Begger's Alm (for Parkett no. 65) Print Acc. 17.2003	2002	Etching, aquatint, and drypoint	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
The Producer Painting Acc. 313.2020	2002	Oil on canvas	48 × 32" (121.9 × 81.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Beth Swofford
Air Guitar Drawing Acc. 1499.2005	(2003)	Gouache and colored ink on painted paper	8 1/2 x 6" (21.6 x 15.2 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
Untitled (The Cuddler) Print Acc. 164.2003	2003	Etching, aquatint, and drypoint	Plate: 12 9/16 x 7 3/8" (31.9 x 18.8 cm); sheet: 18 1/16 x 12 13/16" (45.8 x 32.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Young Print Collectors of The Museum of Modern Art