Artist Monograph

Mario Merz, Italian

Italian, 1925–2003

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	14	63.6%
Other Media	3	13.6%
Oil Painting	2	9.1%
Photography	1	4.5%
Lithography	1	4.5%
Etching	1	4.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	19	86.4%
Painting & Sculpture	3	13.6%

Classification Types

Drawing — 15
Print — 3
Sculpture — 1
Installation — 1
Painting — 1
Periodical — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	4	20%
Medium (30–100 cm)	11	55%
Large (1–3 m)	1	5%
Monumental (> 3 m)	4	20%

Range: 22.2 cm → 640.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1974	1
1981	1
1982	5
1983	1
1986	1
1989	1
1993	1
1996	8
1998	2
2005	1

Italian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 22 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled (A Real Sum Is a Sum of People) Sculpture Acc. 129.1974.a-w	1972	Gelatin silver prints, neon tubing, transformer, and wire	Overall 24" x 16' 7 1/4" x 5 1/8" (60.9 x 506 x 13 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. Armand P. Bartos Fund
Berliner Tasse Drawing Acc. 213.1996.1-7	1974	Spray paint, ink, pencil and fat on paper	19 x 26 1/4" (48.3 x 66.7 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 Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Maria-Gaetana Matisse and the Committee on Drawings
Berliner Tasse Drawing Acc. 213.1996.1	1974	Colored ink, ink, crayon, felt-tip pen, and pencil on yellow paper with cut-out holes	19 x 26 1/4" (48.3 x 66.7 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 Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Maria-Gaetana Matisse and the Committee on Drawings
Berliner Tasse Drawing Acc. 213.1996.2	1974	Spray paint, ink, pencil, and fat on paper	19 x 26 1/4" (48.3 x 66.7 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 Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Maria-Gaetana Matisse and the Committee on Drawings
Berliner Tasse Drawing Acc. 213.1996.3	1974	Spray paint, ink, pencil, and fat on paper	19 x 26 1/4" (48.3 x 66.7 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 Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Maria-Gaetana Matisse and the Committee on Drawings
Berliner Tasse Drawing Acc. 213.1996.4	1974	Spray paint, ink, pencil, and fat on paper	19 x 26 1/4" (48.3 x 66.7 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 Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Maria-Gaetana Matisse and the Committee on Drawings
Berliner Tasse Drawing Acc. 213.1996.5	1974	Spray paint, ink, pencil, and fat on paper	19 x 26 1/4" (48.3 x 66.7 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 Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Maria-Gaetana Matisse and the Committee on Drawings
Berliner Tasse Drawing Acc. 213.1996.6	1974	Spray paint, ink, pencil, and fat on paper	19 x 26 1/4" (48.3 x 66.7 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 Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Maria-Gaetana Matisse and the Committee on Drawings
Berliner Tasse Drawing Acc. 213.1996.7	1974	Spray paint, ink, pencil, and fat on paper	19 x 26 1/4" (48.3 x 66.7 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 Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Maria-Gaetana Matisse and the Committee on Drawings
Fall of the House of Usher Painting Acc. 423.1981.a-e	1979	Oil, metallic paint and charcoal on canvas, with neon fixture and rock	Overall 11' 8 1/2" x 14' 3/4" (356.9 x 428.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Anne and Sid Bass Fund
Prehistoric Wind from Iced Mountains Drawing Acc. 446.1982.1-4	(1981)	Ink and chalk on paper	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Prehistoric Wind from Iced Mountains Drawing Acc. 446.1982.1	(1981)	Ink and chalk on paper	17 3/8 x 17 3/8" (44.1 x 44.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Prehistoric Wind from Iced Mountains Drawing Acc. 446.1982.2	(1981)	Ink and chalk on paper	8 3/4 x 17 1/2" (22.2 x 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Prehistoric Wind from Iced Mountains Drawing Acc. 446.1982.3	(1981)	Ink and chalk on paper	9 x 8 3/4" (22.9 x 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Prehistoric Wind from Iced Mountains Drawing Acc. 446.1982.4	(1981)	Ink and chalk on paper	8 3/4 x 8 3/4" (22.2 x 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Blossom (Prehistoric Wind from Iced Mountains) Drawing Acc. 319.1983	(1982)	Oil, spray paint, charcoal, pastel, clay, branch, pushpins on burlap on brown paper on cardboard	52 7/8 x 75 5/8" (134.1 x 192 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Charles B. Benenson
Untitled from Noi giriamo intorno alle case o girano intorno a noi? Drawing Acc. 2435.2005	1982	Spray paint and charcoal on transparentized paper with bamboo and clothespins	48 x 161 1/4" (121.9 x 409.6 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 2 Print Acc. 190.1986	(1985)	Lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Places with No Street Installation Acc. 41.1993	1987	Aluminum, wire mesh, stones, twigs, neon tubing, and wires	Overall dimensions variable, approximately 6' 6 3/4" x 21' x 28' (200 x 640.5 x 854 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Sid R. Bass Fund and Enid A. Haupt Fund
Parkett no. 15 Periodical Acc. 92.1998.2	1988	Journal	Page: 8 x 10" (20.3 x 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, Lily Auchincloss Fund, and Gift of Parkett
Untitled Print Acc. 14.1989	1988	Aquatint and drypoint	plate: 27 1/2 x 19 1/2" (69.9 x 49.6cm); sheet: 31 1/2 x 24 1/8" (80 x 61.2cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled (for Parkett no. 15) Print Acc. 92.1998.1	1988	Etching, drypoint, and aquatint, printed in color, bound into journal	composition 9 1/4 x 8 7/16" (23.5 x 21.5 cm) sheet 10 x 8 1/16" (25 x 20.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, Lily Auchincloss Fund, and Gift of Parkett