Artist Monograph

Merce Cunningham, American

American, 1919–2009

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	4	40%
Drawing	3	30%
Video	2	20%
Film	1	10%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	7	70%
Media and Performance	3	30%

Production by Decade

5

1950s

2

1960s

3

1980s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	6	85.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	1	14.3%

Range: 17.8 cm → 35.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1987	1
2001	1
2005	1
2014	1
2015	1
2018	2
2023	3

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 10 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Movement Chart II C-D-E Extensions. Drawing for the dance Suite by Chance Drawing Acc. 1352.2001	1952	Ballpoint pen and pencil on graph paper	7 x 6 3/4" (17.8 x 17.2 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 Barbara G. Pine
Space Chart Entrance and Exit. Drawing for the dance Suite by Chance Drawing Acc. 1498.2005	1952	Ballpoint pen and pencil on colored graph paper	7 x 7" (17.8 x 17.8 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 (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
Suite by Chance Movement Notations. IB Drawing Acc. 194.2023	1952	Ballpoint pen on graph paper	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	Richard S. Zeisler Bequest (by exchange)
Suite by Chance Movement Notations. IC Drawing Acc. 195.2023	1952	Ballpoint pen on graph paper	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	Richard S. Zeisler Bequest (by exchange)
Suite by Chance Movement Notations. IE Drawing Acc. 196.2023	1952	Ballpoint pen on graph paper	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	Richard S. Zeisler Bequest (by exchange)
Aeon Drawing Acc. 801.2017.a-d	1961/1963	Ink and colored pencil on three sheets of notebook paper and typewriting on paper	(.a-c): 13 7/8 × 10 13/16" (35.3 × 27.5 cm); (.d): 11 1/8 × 8 1/2" (28.2 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection Gift, Detroit
Antic Meet Video Acc. 1217.2018	1964	16mm film transferred to video (black and white, sound)	27:09 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 Ninah and Michael Lynne
Channels/Inserts Video Acc. 251.2015	1982	Video (color, sound)	32:11 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Notes for Roaratorio Drawing Acc. 1078.2014.a-x	1983	Felt-tip pen on 24 sheets of paper	Each: 11 5/8 x 7 3/4" (29.5 x 19.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Anonymous gift in honor of Margarete Roeder
Points in Space Video Acc. 665.1987	1986	Video (color, sound)	55 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase