Artist Monograph

Mark Grotjahn, American

American, born 1968

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	15	71.4%
Oil Painting	5	23.8%
Acrylic Painting	1	4.8%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	17	81%
Painting & Sculpture	4	19%

Classification Types

Drawing — 16
Painting — 3
Sculpture — 1
Multiple — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	12	60%
Large (1–3 m)	8	40%

Range: 61.0 cm → 257.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
2005	13
2006	1
2008	1
2011	1
2016	3
2022	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 21 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled (Blue and Cream) Drawing Acc. 1783.2005	2000-01	Colored pencil on paper	30 x 22" (76.2 x 55.9 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 Greens Cream Black Butterfly 74) Drawing Acc. 1784.2005	2002	Colored pencil on paper	24 x 19" (61 x 48.3 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 (Blue and Yellowish Cream Butterfly 76) Drawing Acc. 1785.2005	2002	Colored pencil on paper	24 x 19" (61 x 48.3 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 (Cream with Black Butterfly) Drawing Acc. 1786.2005	2002	Colored pencil on paper	24 x 19" (61 x 48.3 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 (Red Butterfly 112) Drawing Acc. 1787.2005	2002	Colored pencil on paper	24 x 19" (61 x 48.3 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
Big Seed Drawing Drawing Acc. 1788.2005	2003	Ballpoint pen, color pencil and linseed oil on marked paper	29 x 23" (73.7 x 58.4 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 (Butterfly) Drawing Acc. 93.2005.a-b	2003	Colored pencil on paper	38 1/2 x 30" (97.8 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of David Teiger
Untitled (Black and Cream Butterfly 501) Drawing Acc. 1789.2005	2004	Colored pencil on paper	24 x 19" (61 x 48.3 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 (Black and Cream Butterfly 502) Drawing Acc. 1790.2005	2004	Colored pencil on paper	24 x 19" (61 x 48.3 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 (Colored Butterfly White Background Four Wings A#3 505) Drawing Acc. 1791.2005	2004	Colored pencil on paper	30 x 22" (76.2 x 55.9 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 (Colored Butterfly White Background Three Wings A#2 504) Drawing Acc. 1792.2005	2004	Colored pencil on paper	30 x 22 1/4" (76.2 x 56.5 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 (Colored Butterfly White Background Two Wings A#1 503) Drawing Acc. 1793.2005	2004	Colored pencil on paper	30 x 22 1/4" (76.2 x 56.5 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 (large colored butterfly white background 9 wings) Drawing Acc. 94.2005	2004	Colored pencil on paper	72 x 47 3/4" (182.9 x 121.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Fund for the Twenty-First Century
Untitled (Black and Cream 578) Drawing Acc. 691.2022	2005	Colored pencil on paper	62 1/2 × 48" (158.8 × 121.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Teiger Foundation in honor of David Teiger
Untitled (Black and Cream 580) Drawing Acc. 692.2022	2005	Colored pencil on paper	63 1/4 × 48" (160.7 × 121.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Teiger Foundation in honor of David Teiger
Untitled (Red, Orange, Brown and Black Butterfly) #581 Drawing Acc. 374.2006	2005	Colored pencil on paper	58 3/4 x 48" (149.2 x 121.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds provided by Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Untitled (Blue Painting Light to Dark VII) Painting Acc. 220.2011	2006	Oil on linen	60 x 50" (152.4 x 127 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Steven and Alexandra Cohen
Spinner Winner (for Parkett no. 80) Multiple Acc. 296.2008	2007	Multiple of silver coin with acrylic additions in plexiglass case	overall: 1 3/4 x 5 9/16" (4.4 x 14.2 cm) ⌀c 14.20 cm · ⌀ 4.40 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Untitled (Circus No. 1 Face 44.18) Painting Acc. 1795.2015	2012	Oil on cardboard mounted on linen	8' 5 1/2" x 72 1/2" (257.8 x 184.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Donald B. Marron
Untitled (Circus No. 3 Face 44.20) Painting Acc. 1796.2015	2013	Oil on cardboard mounted on linen	8' 5 1/2" x 72 1/2" (257.8 x 184.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Steven and Alexandra Cohen
Untitled (The Skies Remembered II, French Mask M31.e) Sculpture Acc. 5.2016.a-b	2014	Oil on bronze on wood pedestal	47 7/8 × 31 × 39" (121.6 × 78.7 × 99.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the David Geffen Foundation