Artist Monograph

Joseph Beuys, German

German, 1921–1986

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Drawing 38 34.2%
Other Media 21 18.9%
Lithography 11 9.9%
Screenprint 8 7.2%
Oil Painting 7 6.3%
Woodcut 6 5.4%
Sculpture 5 4.5%
Etching 4 3.6%

Joseph Beuys’s MoMA holdings concentrate in Drawing (30,347 total works in this medium by 2,054 artists), with secondary engagement in Other Media, Lithography, Screenprint, Oil Painting, Woodcut, Sculpture, Etching.

Department Distribution

MoMA DepartmentWorksShare
Drawings & Prints9383.8%
Painting & Sculpture1412.6%
Fluxus Collection32.7%
Media and Performance10.9%

Production by Decade

1
0s
8
1940s
15
1950s
20
1960s
54
1970s
13
1980s

Classification Types

  • Drawing — 38
  • Print — 27
  • Multiple — 21
  • Installation — 9
  • Sculpture — 5
  • Illustrated Book — 5
  • Audio — 3
  • Periodical — 1

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19701
19731
19771
19811
19821
19833
19843
19853
19864
19871
19894
19901
19911
19941
19952
19963
19982
19991
20002
200110
20022
20031
200530
20062
200710

German Contemporaries

  1. 835 Lilly Reich
  2. 750 August Sander
  3. 270 Thomas Schütte
  4. 260 Martin Kippenberger
  5. 224 Michael Schmidt