Artist Monograph

Lynda Benglis, American

American, born 1941

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Video	10	58.8%
Other Media	4	23.5%
Sculpture	3	17.6%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Media and Performance	10	58.8%
Painting & Sculpture	7	41.2%

Production by Decade

2

1960s

12

1970s

2

1990s

1

2000s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	28.6%
Large (1–3 m)	4	57.1%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	14.3%

Range: 91.4 cm → 325.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1975	1
1976	1
1978	1
1998	1
1999	5
2006	1
2008	4
2013	3

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 1, Sculpture Garden" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 17 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Embryo II Sculpture Acc. 691.2006	1967-76	Purified and pigmented beeswax, damar resin, and gesso on masonite	36 1/8 x 6 x 5 1/8" (91.8 x 15.2 x 13 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 12.70 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Agnes Gund
Blatt Sculpture Acc. 1796.2012	1969	Dayglo pigment and poured latex	128 x 103" (325.1 x 261.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Fuhrman Family Foundation through The Modern Women's Fund
Mumble Video Acc. 565.2008	1972	Video (black and white, sound)	29 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro, and Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
Collage Video Acc. 1308.1999	1973	Video (color, sound)	9:30 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 Forshay-Miller
Discrepancy Video Acc. 1309.1999	1973	Video (black and white, sound)	13:03 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 Forshay-Miller
Enclosure Video Acc. 1310.1999	1973	Video (black and white, sound)	7:23 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 Forshay-Miller
Female Sensibility Video Acc. 1311.1999	1973	Video (color, sound)	14 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 Forshay-Miller
Now Video Acc. 729.1976	1973	Video (color, sound)	12 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
The Grunions are Running Video Acc. 1312.1999	1973	Video (black and white, sound)	5:41 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 Forshay-Miller
Modern Art (Pair) Sculpture Acc. 671.1977.a-b	1974 (cast from 1970 foam sculpture)	Bronze and aluminum, in two parts	Each 12 x 42 3/4 x 30" (30.5 x 108.6 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of J. Frederic Byers III
Victor Sculpture Acc. 372.1975	1974	Aluminum screen, cotton bunting, plaster, sprayed zinc, steel, and tin	66 7/8 x 20 1/2 x 13 1/8" (169.8 x 52 x 33.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 15.42 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchased with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and an anonymous donor
Modern Art (Pair) Sculpture Acc. 1797.2012.a-b	1975 (cast from 1970 foam sculpture)	Lead and tin, in two parts	Each 12 x 42 3/4 x 30" (30.5 x 108.6 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the artist and the Fuhrman Family Foundation
How's Tricks Video Acc. 564.2008	1976	Video (color, sound)	33:45 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro, and Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
The Amazing Bow Wow Video Acc. 563.2008	1976	Video (color, sound)	32 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro, and Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
Ghost Dance/Pedmarks Sculpture Acc. 737.1998	1998	Gold leaf on bronze	7' x 36" x 25" (213.4 x 91.4 x 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 249.48 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Agnes Gund
Monitor Video Acc. 562.2008	1999	Video (color, sound)	49 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro, and Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
Double Fountain, Mother and Child Sculpture Acc. 1798.2012.a-b	2007	Bronze, in two parts	80 x 72 1/2 x 54" (203.2 x 184.2 x 137.2 cm) and 44 x 60 1/2 x 36" (111.8 x 153.7 x 91.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the artist and the Fuhrman Family Foundation