Artist Monograph

Lorna Simpson, American

American, born 1960

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	24	68.6%
Screenprint	4	11.4%
Photography	3	8.6%
Lithography	3	8.6%
Printmaking	1	2.9%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Photography	26	74.3%
Drawings & Prints	8	22.9%
Painting & Sculpture	1	2.9%

Production by Decade

1980s

1990s

2000s

Classification Types

Photograph — 26
Print — 6
Multiple — 2
Textile — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	4	28.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	7	50%
Large (1–3 m)	2	14.3%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	7.1%

Range: 12.7 cm → 411.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1991	1
1992	1
1993	2
1994	1
1995	1
1997	1
2002	1
2007	1
2010	1
2011	1
2021	22
2022	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 35 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled (2 Necklines) Photograph Acc. 573.2022.a-m	1989	Two gelatin silver prints and 11 plastic plaques	Overall 40 x 100 in. (101.6 x 254 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Lucille and Ron Neeley
1978-88 Photograph Acc. 1148.2011.a-d	1990	Gelatin silver prints with engraved plaques	Each 48 3/4 × 16 3/4 × 1 5/8" (123.8 × 42.5 × 4.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Gwen and Peter Norton
Counting Print Acc. 124.1991	1991	Photogravure and screenprint	irreg. composition 68 1/8 x 35 1/2" (173 x 90.2 cm) sheet 73 3/4 x 37 15/16" (187 x 96.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Walter Bareiss
10: Artist as Catalyst Print Acc. 26.1993.1-10	1992	Portfolio of ten screenprints	composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each approx.): 25 9/16 × 26" (65 × 66 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
Cure/Heal from 10: Artist as Catalyst Print Acc. 26.1993.10	1992	One from a portfolio of ten screenprints	composition: 15 3/4 x 19 11/16" (40 x 50 cm); sheet: 26 x 26" (66 x 66.1 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
Untitled Print Acc. 479.1992	1992	Lithograph with flocking	composition 12 13/16 x 7 9/16" (32.5 x 19.2 cm) sheet 24 1/16 x 15 1/8" (61 x 38.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 110.2002.a-r	1992	Eighteen color instant prints (Polaroids) and eighteen engraved plastic plaques	Overall 90 × 162" (228.6 × 411.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of UBS
III Multiple Acc. 346.1997.1-4	1994	Multiple of bronze, ceramic, and rubber, with lithograph on felt	overall: 13 9/16 × 5 3/8 × 2 1/8" (34.4 × 13.6 × 5.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Anonymous gift
Untitled from ACT UP Art Box Multiple Acc. 316.1994.7a-c	1994	Multiple of two pyrex rods and photocopy on recycled paper	overall (.a): 1 × 6 1/4 × 3 1/4" (2.6 × 15.8 × 8.3 cm); overall (.b): 3/4 × 5 9/16 × 2 7/8" (1.9 × 14.2 × 7.3 cm); sheet (.c): 3 1/8 × 5 1/2" (8 × 13.9 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
Wigs Print Acc. 745.1995.a-ll	1994	Set of twenty-one lithographs and seventeen lithographed texts on felt	overall: 6' x 13' 6" (182.9 x 411.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by Agnes Gund, Howard B. Johnson, and Emily Fisher Landau
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.1-21	1996	Photogravures	Each 10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.1	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.2	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.3	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.4	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.5	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.6	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.7	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.8	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.9	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.10	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.11	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.12	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.13	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.14	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.15	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.16	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.17	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.18	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.19	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.20	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Details Photograph Acc. 44.2021.21	1996	Photogravure	10 × 8" (25.4 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Recall from Exit 8 Print Acc. 136.2007.6	1998	Screenprint on felt from a portfolio of seven screenprints (two with collage additions, two with water color additions), one lithograph, and screenprinted cover	composition: 16 1/2 × 22" (41.9 × 55.9 cm); sheet: 30 × 22" (76.2 × 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 Lee and Ann Fensterstock
Theater Seats Textile Acc. 340.2022.a-r	1998	Serigraph on eighteen felt panels	Overall 78 × 99" (198.1 × 251.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Lucille and Ron Neeley
May, June, July, August '57/'09 #8 Photograph Acc. 73.2010.a-l	2009	Twelve gelatin silver prints	Each 5 × 5" (12.7 × 12.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art