Artist Monograph

Matthew Barney, American

American, born 1967

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Video 18 24.7%
Other Media 16 21.9%
Acrylic Painting 6 8.2%
Etching 6 8.2%
Drawing 5 6.8%
Printmaking 5 6.8%
Photography 5 6.8%
Screenprint 2 2.7%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Painting & Sculpture 41 56.2%
Drawings & Prints 23 31.5%
Photography 9 12.3%

Production by Decade

4
0s
10
1980s
18
1990s
38
2000s
2
2010s
1
2020s

Classification Types

  • Video — 21
  • Sculpture — 17
  • Photograph — 9
  • Print — 9
  • Drawing — 8
  • Multiple — 3
  • Illustrated Book — 2
  • Audio — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)1225%
Medium (30–100 cm)1939.6%
Large (1–3 m)1531.3%
Monumental (> 3 m)24.2%

Range: 15.3 cm → 1,074.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19932
19951
19963
19971
19983
20003
20026
20053
20063
20071
20083
20093
201032
20132
20142
20164
20191

American Contemporaries

  1. 16315 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  2. 3358 Louise Bourgeois
  3. 2199 Ellsworth Kelly
  4. 1338 Lee Friedlander
  5. 932 George Maciunas