Artist Monograph

Marian Zazeela, American

American, 1940–2024

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	36	81.8%
Other Media	4	9.1%
Drawing	3	6.8%
Screenprint	1	2.3%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Classification Types

Print — 39
Drawing — 3
Audio — 1
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	7	16.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	36	83.7%

Range: 13.0 cm → 53.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1977	3
2008	2
2013	1
2021	35
2024	3

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 44 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Performance 10 20 1962 of La Monte Young Composition 1960 #13 Drawing Acc. 125.2024	1962	Ink and typewriting on two sheets	4 × 8" (10.2 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Design D, #3 Drawing Acc. 126.2024	1966-67	Ink and pencil on transparentized paper	composition: 5 7/8 × 5 7/8" (15 × 15 cm); sheet: 8 5/16 × 10 7/8" (21.1 × 27.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Cover for Excerpts from "Drift Study 4:37:40 – 5:09:50 5 VIII 68" by La Monte Young (for S.M.S. 4) Cover and packaging for Drift Study from S.M.S. No. 4 Print Acc. 460.1977.4m	1968	Screenprint	folded sheet 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 9/16" (13 x 13 x 1.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Carol O. Selle
S.M.S. No. 4 Illustrated Book Acc. 460.1977.4a-m	1968	Journal with thirteen special edition projects	Various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Carol O. Selle
Two Propositions in Black from S.M.S. No. 1 Print Acc. 460.1977.1k	1968	Offset lithograph	folded sheet 9 15/16 x 6" (25.3 x 15.3 cm) composition 8 1/16 x 21 15/16" (20.5 x 55.7 cm) unfolded sheet 9 15/16 x 23 15/16" (25 x 60.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Carol O. Selle
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath, A Concert of Morning Ragas, Town Hall, October 2, 1971 Print Acc. 90.2021	1971	Offset lithograph	8 1/2 × 14" (21.6 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Ragas Audio Acc. 854.2013.348	1971	12-inch vinyl record	cover: 12 1/4 × 12 1/8" (31.1 × 30.8 cm) ⌀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
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath Singing Classes and Individual Lessons, Kirana School of Classical Indian Music, January 1973 Print Acc. 91.2021	1973	Offset lithograph	8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Maquette for a poster for Dream House (The Kitchen) Drawing Acc. 127.2024	1974	Ink, pencil, and cut-and-pasted photostat on paper	sheet: 21 × 16" (53.3 × 40.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela, Dream House and The Theatre of Eternal Music, The Kitchen, April – May 1974 Print Acc. 93.2021	1974	Offset lithograph	11 1/4 × 14 1/4" (28.6 × 36.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath Spring Concerts, Morning Ragas and Evening Ragas, The Open Mind, March 1974 Print Acc. 92.2021	1974	Offset lithograph	10 × 8 1/4" (25.4 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath, Early Morning Ragas, WBAI-FM Free Music Store, May 19, 1974 Print Acc. 94.2021	1974	Offset lithograph	8 13/16 × 9 3/4" (22.4 × 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath, Morning Ragas, Paula Cooper Gallery, December 1974 Print Acc. 95.2021	1974	Offset lithograph	8 1/2 × 12 3/4" (21.6 × 32.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Dream Festival, Dia Art Foundation, March – May 1975 Print Acc. 97.2021	1975	Offset lithograph	13 × 17 3/4" (33 × 45.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Dream Festival, Dia Art Foundation, New York, March 30–May 31, 1975 Print Acc. 4372.2008.x1-x2	1975	Offset	sheet: 17 1/2 x 13" (44.5 x 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Poster for La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela, Dream House and The Theatre of Eternal Music, Dream Festival, Dia Art Foundation, March – April 1975 Print Acc. 98.2021	1975	Offset lithograph	11 × 17" (27.9 × 43.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for La Monte Young, The Well Tuned Piano, Dream Festival, Dia Art Foundation, May 1975 Print Acc. 99.2021	1975	Offset lithograph	11 × 17" (27.9 × 43.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Marian Zazeela, Lights, Drawings, Dream Festival, Dia Art Foundation, May 1975 Print Acc. 100.2021	1975	Offset lithograph	11 × 17" (27.9 × 43.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath, Afternoon Ragas, Paula Cooper Gallery, January 1975 Print Acc. 96.2021	1975	Offset lithograph	8 1/2 × 13 3/4" (21.6 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath, Morning Ragas, Paula Cooper Gallery, October – November 1975 Print Acc. 102.2021	1975	Offset lithograph	8 1/2 × 13 3/4" (21.6 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Terry Riley, The Descending Moonshine Dervishes, Dream Festival, Dia Art Foundation, May 1975 Print Acc. 101.2021	1975	Offset lithograph	11 × 17" (27.9 × 43.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath, Morning Ragas, Heiner Friedrich Inc. (Dia Art Foundation), September – October 1976 Print Acc. 103.2021	1976	Offset lithograph	8 3/4 × 13 7/8" (22.2 × 35.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for La Monte Young, The Well-Tuned Piano, Dia Art Foundation, September 1978 Print Acc. 104.2021	1978	Offset lithograph	11 × 13 3/4" (27.9 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for La Monte Young, The Well-Tuned Piano, Dia Art Foundation, September 1978 Print Acc. 105.2021	1978	Offset lithograph	11 × 14" (27.9 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Marian Zazeela, Light, Dia Art Foundation, September 1978 Print Acc. 106.2021	1978	Offset lithograph	11 × 14 1/4" (27.9 × 36.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Marian Zazeela, Light, Dia Art Foundation, September 1978 Print Acc. 107.2021	1978	Offset lithograph	11 × 13 3/4" (27.9 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath, Evening Ragas, Dia Art Foundation, October 1978 Print Acc. 110.2021	1978	Offset lithograph	11 × 14" (27.9 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath, Morning Ragas, Dia Art Foundation, September 1978 Print Acc. 108.2021	1978	Offset lithograph	11 × 13 3/4" (27.9 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath, Morning Ragas, Dia Art Foundation, September 1978 Print Acc. 109.2021	1978	Offset lithograph	11 × 13 3/4" (27.9 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath, Evening Ragas, Dia Art Foundation, June 1979 Print Acc. 111.2021	1979	Offset lithograph	11 × 13 3/4" (27.9 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath, Morning Ragas, Dia Art Foundation, June 1979 Print Acc. 112.2021	1979	Offset lithograph	11 × 13 3/4" (27.9 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath, Morning Ragas, Dia Art Foundation, September 1979 Print Acc. 113.2021	1979	Offset lithograph	10 3/4 × 13 3/4" (27.3 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath, Raga Cycle, Dia Art Foundation, May – June 1980 Print Acc. 114.2021	1980	Offset lithograph	9 × 12" (22.9 × 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath, Raga Cycle, Dia Art Foundation, May – June 1980 Print Acc. 115.2021	1980	Offset lithograph	Other: 11 × 14" (27.9 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Flyer for Pandit Pran Nath, Dia Art Foundation, New York, May 17, 31, June 14, 27, 1981 Print Acc. 4373.2008	1981	Offset	Sheet: 14 x 11" (35.6 x 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Poster for La Monte Young, The Well-Tuned Piano, and Marian Zazeela, The Magenta Lights, Dia Art Foundation, January – February 1981 Print Acc. 116.2021	1981	Offset lithograph	15 × 20" (38.1 × 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for La Monte Young, The Well-Tuned Piano, and Marian Zazeela, The Magenta Lights, Dia Art Foundation, January – February 1981 Print Acc. 117.2021	1981	Offset lithograph	15 × 20" (38.1 × 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath, Raga Cycle, Dia Art Foundation, May – June 1981 Print Acc. 118.2021	1981	Offset lithograph	11 × 14" (27.9 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath, Raga Cycle, Dia Art Foundation, May – June 1982 Print Acc. 119.2021	1982	Offset lithograph	11 1/4 × 14 5/8" (28.6 × 37.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath, Raga Cycle, Dia Art Foundation, May – June 1983 Print Acc. 120.2021	1983	Offset lithograph	11 1/4 × 14 5/8" (28.6 × 37.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath, Raga Cycle, Dia Art Foundation, May – June 1984 Print Acc. 121.2021	1984	Offset lithograph	11 1/4 × 14 5/8" (28.6 × 37.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for La Monte Young, 30-Year Retrospective , Dia Art Foundation, March – May 1987 Print Acc. 122.2021	1987	Offset lithograph	16 × 16" (40.6 × 40.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, and The Theatre of Eternal Music Big Band, Dia Art Foundation, March 1990 Print Acc. 123.2021	1990	Offset lithograph	11 × 13 3/4" (27.9 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Poster for Pandit Pran Nath, Raga Cycle, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, October 1991 Print Acc. 124.2021	1991	Offset lithograph	8 1/2 × 14" (21.6 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund