Artist Monograph

Lawrence Weiner, American

American, 1942–2021

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Other Media 41 29.5%
Video 27 19.4%
Lithography 19 13.7%
Drawing 17 12.2%
Watercolor 10 7.2%
Film 7 5%
Printmaking 6 4.3%
Screenprint 5 3.6%

Lawrence Weiner’s MoMA holdings concentrate in Other Media (22,470 total works in this medium by 3,843 artists), with secondary engagement in Video, Lithography, Drawing, Watercolor, Film, Printmaking, Screenprint.

Department Distribution

MoMA DepartmentWorksShare
Drawings & Prints8863.3%
Media and Performance3726.6%
Painting & Sculpture1410.1%

Production by Decade

2
0s
19
1960s
44
1970s
29
1980s
25
1990s
18
2000s
1
2010s
1
2020s

Classification Types

  • Video — 34
  • Drawing — 33
  • Print — 30
  • Audio — 12
  • Sculpture — 12
  • Multiple — 8
  • Illustrated Book — 8
  • Painting — 2

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19692
19751
19771
19891
19922
19961
19974
19981
19991
20011
20021
20055
20062
200745
20082
20109
20119
201343
20151
20185
20221
20251

American Contemporaries

  1. 16315 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  2. 3358 Louise Bourgeois
  3. 2199 Ellsworth Kelly
  4. 1338 Lee Friedlander
  5. 932 George Maciunas