Artist Monograph

Lari Pittman, American

American, born 1952

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	5	45.5%
Acrylic Painting	2	18.2%
Oil Painting	1	9.1%
Sculpture	1	9.1%
Etching	1	9.1%
Printmaking	1	9.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	9	81.8%
Painting & Sculpture	2	18.2%

Production by Decade

2

1980s

3

1990s

5

2000s

1

2010s

Classification Types

Drawing — 8
Painting — 2
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	54.5%
Large (1–3 m)	4	36.4%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	9.1%

Range: 43.2 cm → 914.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1997	1
1998	1
2001	1
2003	1
2004	2
2005	2
2011	1
2014	1
2025	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 11 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled #43 Drawing Acc. 1144.2011	1988	Acrylic and monoprint on paper	20 3/4 x 23 3/4" (52.7 x 60.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Gwen and Peter Norton
Untitled Drawing Acc. 438.2003	1989-90	Alkyd paint on printed paper	44 x 38" (111.8 x 96.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift from the Collection of Patricia and Morris Orden
Counting to Welcome One's Defrosting Drawing Acc. 323.1998	(1990)	Synthetic polymer paint and enamel on paper	30 x 22" (76.2 x 55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Hudson
Untitled #14 (A Decorated Chronology of Insistence and Resignation) Painting Acc. 93.2025	1993	Acrylic, oil, and enamel on wood	64" × 7' 11" (162.6 × 241.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Tracy Smith
Untitled Drawing Acc. 177.1997	1997	Synthetic polymer paint on paper	17 x 14 1/8" (43.1 x 35.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Friends of Contemporary Drawing
All That Glitters is Gold from 1989 Print Acc. 1533.2001.7	2000	Digital print from a portfolio of four chromogenic color prints, four digital prints (one double-sided), one silver dye bleach print, one monotype and photoetching, and one etching and aquatint	composition and sheet: 24 1/8 × 20 1/8" (61.2 × 51.1 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 and Daniel Shapiro
Untitled (Help) Drawing Acc. 439.2003	(2000)	Alkyd and aerosol on gessoed paper	29 x 46 1/4" (73.7 x 117.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift from the Collection of Patricia and Morris Orden
Optimal Setting for atmospheric conditions that can induce delirium in the male Drawing Acc. 247.2003	(2001)	Acrylic, alkyd, aerosol, enamel, and gesso on board	32 x 40" (81.3 x 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of David Teiger
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2805.2005	(2002)	Synthetic polymer paint and spray paint on paper	22 x 30" (55.9 x 76.2 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 Drawing Acc. 2806.2005	(2002)	Synthetic polymer paint and spray paint on paper	29 x 23" (73.7 x 58.4 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
Flying Carpet with Magic Mirrors for a Distorted Nation Painting Acc. 550.2014.a-d	2013	Cel-vinyl, spray enamel on canvas over wood panel, in four parts	Each 108 x 90" (274.3 x 228.6 cm), overall 108 x 360 1/8" (274.3 x 914.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Foundation, The Broad Art Foundation, and Jill and Peter Kraus