Artist Monograph

Keith Sonnier, American

American, 1941–2020

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	6	28.6%
Drawing	5	23.8%
Other Media	5	23.8%
Screenprint	2	9.5%
Video	1	4.8%
Sculpture	1	4.8%
Photography	1	4.8%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	18	85.7%
Painting & Sculpture	2	9.5%
Media and Performance	1	4.8%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1990s

Classification Types

Print — 10
Drawing — 6
Sculpture — 2
Multiple — 1
Audio — 1
Video — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	4	22.2%
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	33.3%
Large (1–3 m)	7	38.9%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	5.6%

Range: 19.1 cm → 302.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1970	1
1974	1
1975	3
1986	1
1987	1
2005	1
2013	1
2014	7
2018	5

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 21 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Early Rutgers Drawing Acc. 3138.2005	1967	Pencil and crayon on paper	20 x 22 1/2" (50.8 x 57.2 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 (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 526.1970	1967	Satin over foam rubber on wood with felt	3 3/8" x 9' 11" x 3 3/4" (8.4 x 302.3 x 9.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Philip Johnson
Lit Circle Sculpture Acc. 288.1986.a-c	1969 (fabricated 1986)	Synthetic polymer paint on circular glass, neon tubing, transformer, and wire	70 3/4" x 6' 2 3/4" x 18 1/4" (179.6 x 189.9 x 46.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Murray Brant
Plaster Cast in Satin from 7 Objects/69 Multiple Acc. 1100.2014.7	1969	Multiple of plaster and satin	14 x 22" (35.6 x 55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired from The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection through the Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
TV In and TV Out Video Acc. 448.1975	1972	Video (color, sound)	10 min. ⌀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 Barbara Pine
Untitled from The New York Collection for Stockholm Print Acc. 625.1973.26	1973	Screenprint with varnish additions from a portfolio of seventeen screenprints, nine lithographs, two lithographs with screenprint, one photocopy, and one photograph	composition and sheet: 8 7/8 x 12" (22.6 x 30.5cm) ⌀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
Video Still Screen III from the Video Still Series Print Acc. 150.1975	1973	Screenprint, with crayon additions	total composition 27 11/16 x 35 7/8" (70.3 x 91.2 cm) total sheet 27 11/16 x 35 7/8" (70.3 x 91.2 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
Air to Air Audio Acc. 854.2013.247	1975	12-inch vinyl record	dimensions vary ⌀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
Control Scene Print Acc. 287.1975	1975	Screenprint	composition 35 1/16 x 7 15/16" (89.1 x 20.3 cm) sheet 35 1/16 x 7 15/16" (89.1 x 20.3 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
Abaca Code – Circles from the series Abaca Code Print Acc. 414.1987	(1976)	Paperwork, molded and dyed in color	Comp. and sheet diameter: 77" (195.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 195.60 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Ruth Vollmer Bequest (by exchange)
Abaca Code I Drawing Acc. 1588.2018	1976	Ink and colored pencil on graph paper	6 7/8 × 10 7/8" (17.5 × 27.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
BA-O-BA No IV Drawing Acc. 1589.2018	1976	Ink on graph paper	9 1/2 × 8 1/2" (24.1 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
BA-O-BA No V Drawing Acc. 1590.2018	1976	Felt-tip pen and ballpoint pen on graph paper	7 × 10 3/4" (17.8 × 27.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Wall-Neon Drawing Acc. 1591.2018	1979	Pencil and felt-tip pen on paper	15 3/4 × 11 3/4" (40 × 29.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Study for Meridian Passage I and II Drawing Acc. 1592.2018	1992	Ink and pigment on lined paper	6 × 7 1/2" (15.2 × 19.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Computographics Print Acc. 64.2014.1-5	1994-95	Series of five accordion-folded photoetchings, two with collage additions	composition and sheet (each unfolded): 12 13/16 x 62 3/8" (32.5 x 158.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Hotel Delacourt from Computographics Print Acc. 64.2014.2	1994-95	One from a series of five accordion-folded photoetchings, two with collage additions	composition and sheet (unfolded): 12 13/16 x 62 3/8" (32.5 x 158.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
In Between from Computographics Print Acc. 64.2014.3	1994-95	One from a series of five accordion-folded photoetchings, two with collage additions	composition and sheet (unfolded): 12 13/16 x 62 11/16" (32.5 x 159.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Lit Circle from Computographics Print Acc. 64.2014.5	1994-95	Photoetching with collage from a series of five accordion-folded photoetchings, two with collage additions	composition and sheet (unfolded): 12 13/16 x 62 3/8" (32.5 x 158.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Neon and Cloth from Computographics Print Acc. 64.2014.1	1994-95	One from a series of five accordion-folded photoetchings, two with collage additions	composition and sheet (unfolded): 12 11/16 x 62 3/8" (32.3 x 158.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Triple Loop from Computographics Print Acc. 64.2014.4	1994-95	Photoetching with collage from a series of five accordion-folded photoetchings, two with collage additions	composition and sheet (unfolded): 12 13/16 x 62 3/8" (32.5 x 158.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist