Artist Monograph

Juan Downey, Chilean

Chilean, 1940–1993

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Video	6	40%
Etching	4	26.7%
Gouache	2	13.3%
Drawing	1	6.7%
Acrylic Painting	1	6.7%
Other Media	1	6.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	8	53.3%
Media and Performance	7	46.7%

Production by Decade

7

1960s

6

1970s

2

1980s

Classification Types

Video — 5
Print — 4
Drawing — 4
Installation — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	8	88.9%
Large (1–3 m)	1	11.1%

Range: 43.9 cm → 101.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1967	2
1968	3
1970	2
1980	1
1984	2
1998	2
2013	3

Chilean Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 15 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Animal Print Acc. 211.1967	1963	Etching	plate: 13 3/16 x 17 5/16" (33.5 x 43.9 cm); sheet: 19 11/16 x 25 13/16" (50 x 65.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
The Other World (L'Autre Monde) Print Acc. 212.1967	1963	Etching	composition: 19 13/16 x 25 3/8" (50.3 x 64.5 cm); plate: 12 13/16 x 17 3/8" (32.5 x 44.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1581.1968	1965	Sanguine on paper	17 3/4 x 23 3/4" (44.9 x 60.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
To Taste Eternity: Beyond Herself Print Acc. 1628.1968	1966	Etching and aquatint	plate (irreg.): 10 7/8 x 17 5/16" (27.6 x 44 cm); sheet: 20 1/16 x 26 1/2" (51 x 67.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Do It Yourself: The Human Voice (Hazlo tú mismo: la voz humana) Print Acc. 750.1968	1967	Etching	plate: 11 13/16 x 17 1/2" (30 x 44.5 cm); sheet: 19 5/8 x 25 5/16" (49.8 x 64.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Do Your Own Concert Installation Acc. 214.2013	1968	Color pencil and collage on cardboard, audio player	22 1/16 x 29 15/16" (56 x 76 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Latin American and Caribbean Fund through gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
Drawing for With Energy Beyond These Walls Drawing Acc. 160.1970	1969	Pencil, crayon, and gouache on paper	21 3/4 x 29 3/4" (55.2 x 75.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	David Rockefeller Latin American Fund
A Clean New Race Drawing Acc. 587.1970	1970	Colored pencil, pencil, and gouache on board	36 x 40" (91.3 x 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	David Rockefeller Latin American Fund
Las Meninas (Maids of Honor) Video Acc. 960.1998	1975	Video (color, sound)	20:34 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase
Map of America Drawing Acc. 2.2013	1975	Colored pencil, pencil, and acrylic on map on five boards	34 1/8 x 20 1/4" (86.7 x 51.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Latin American and Caribbean Fund and Donald B. Marron
Video Trans Americas Installation Acc. 215.2013.a-n	1976	Fourteen-channel video (black and white, sound) and vinyl map	Duration and dimensions variable ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Acquired through the generosity of the Latin American and Caribbean Fund and Baryn Futa in honor of Barbara London
Yanomami Healing One Video Acc. 549.1984	1977	Video (black and white, sound)	51:27 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase
The Laughing Alligator Video Acc. 730.1980	1979	Standard-definition video (black and white and color, sound)	27 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the Gloria Kirby Conahy Fund
The Looking Glass Video Acc. 961.1998	1981	Video (color, sound)	28:49 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase
Information Withheld Video Acc. 550.1984	1983	Video (color, sound)	28:27 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase