Artist Monograph

Meredith Monk, American

American, born 1942

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	11	45.8%
Film	4	16.7%
Other Media	4	16.7%
Oil Painting	2	8.3%
Video	2	8.3%
Drawing	1	4.2%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	18	75%
Media and Performance	6	25%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Classification Types

Print — 11
Video — 6
Drawing — 4
Audio — 3

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	10	55.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	8	44.4%

Range: 19.5 cm → 43.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
2000	6
2005	1
2013	3
2015	11
2018	3

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 24 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Children Video Acc. 1680.2000	1967	16mm transferred to video (black and white, silent)	9 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 Frederieke Taylor
Ball Bearing Video Acc. 1681.2000	1968	16mm film transferred to video (color, silent)	6:30 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 Frederieke Taylor
Dedicated to Dinosaurs: Natural History Museum, Smithsonian Institution Drawing Acc. 1517.2018	1969	Felt-tip pen, oil pastel, and pencil on paper	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	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Floor Plan Of Proposed Project For The Museum of the City of New York Drawing Acc. 1518.2018	1969	Felt-tip pen, oil pastel, and pencil on paper	14 × 11" (35.6 × 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Needle-Brain Lloyd and the System Kid Drawing Acc. 2445.2005.a-b	1970	Felt-tip pen and correction fluid on two pieces of paper	Each: 17 x 14" (43.2 x 35.6 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 (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
Key Audio Acc. 854.2013.176	1971	12-inch vinyl record	cover: 12 3/8 × 12 1/4" (31.4 × 31.1 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
Slide from Our Lady of Late Drawing Acc. 1519.2018.a-b	1972	Ink on two sheets of printed transparentized paper	12 1/2 × 9 5/8" (31.8 × 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Our Lady of Late Audio Acc. 854.2013.177	1973	12-inch vinyl record	cover: 12 3/8 × 12 3/8" (31.4 × 31.4 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
Quarry Video Acc. 1682.2000	1975	16mm film transferred to video (black and white, silent)	5 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 Frederieke Taylor
Ellis Island Video Acc. 1683.2000	1979	16mm film transferred to video (black and white, silent)	7 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 Frederieke Taylor
16 Millimeter Earrings Video Acc. 1684.2000	1980	16mm film transferred to video (color, sound)	25 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 Frederieke Taylor
Dolmen Music Audio Acc. 854.2013.178	1981	12-inch vinyl record	cover: 12 1/4 × 12 1/4" (31.1 × 31.1 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
Faces from Volcano Songs Video Acc. 1685.2000	1994	Video (color, silent)	Continuous loop ⌀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 Frederieke Taylor
Untitled from Vocal Gestures Print Acc. 1684.2015.3	2003	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of nine etchings with chine collé, and one letterpress print with artist's text	plate: 7 11/16 × 6 13/16" (19.5 × 17.3 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 13" (38 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jacob and Yael Samuel in honor of Theodore D. Kerabatsos
Untitled from Vocal Gestures Print Acc. 1684.2015.4	2003	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of nine etchings with chine collé, and one letterpress print with artist's text	plate: 7 11/16 × 6 13/16" (19.5 × 17.3 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 13" (38 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jacob and Yael Samuel in honor of Theodore D. Kerabatsos
Untitled from Vocal Gestures Print Acc. 1684.2015.5	2003	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of nine etchings with chine collé, and one letterpress print with artist's text	plate: 7 11/16 × 6 13/16" (19.5 × 17.3 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 13" (38 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jacob and Yael Samuel in honor of Theodore D. Kerabatsos
Untitled from Vocal Gestures Print Acc. 1684.2015.6	2003	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of nine etchings with chine collé, and one letterpress print with artist's text	plate: 7 11/16 × 6 13/16" (19.5 × 17.3 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 13" (38 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jacob and Yael Samuel in honor of Theodore D. Kerabatsos
Untitled from Vocal Gestures Print Acc. 1684.2015.7	2003	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of nine etchings with chine collé, and one letterpress print with artist's text	plate: 7 11/16 × 6 13/16" (19.5 × 17.3 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 13" (38 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jacob and Yael Samuel in honor of Theodore D. Kerabatsos
Untitled from Vocal Gestures Print Acc. 1684.2015.8	2003	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of nine etchings with chine collé, and one letterpress print with artist's text	plate: 7 11/16 × 6 13/16" (19.5 × 17.3 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 13" (38 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jacob and Yael Samuel in honor of Theodore D. Kerabatsos
Untitled from Vocal Gestures Print Acc. 1684.2015.9	2003	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of nine etchings with chine collé, and one letterpress print with artist's text	plate: 7 11/16 × 6 13/16" (19.5 × 17.3 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 13" (38 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jacob and Yael Samuel in honor of Theodore D. Kerabatsos
Untitled from Vocal Gestures Print Acc. 1684.2015.10	2003	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of nine etchings with chine collé, and one letterpress print with artist's text	plate: 7 11/16 × 6 13/16" (19.5 × 17.3 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 13" (38 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jacob and Yael Samuel in honor of Theodore D. Kerabatsos
Untitled from Vocal Gestures Print Acc. 1684.2015.1	2003	Letterpress print from a portfolio of nine etchings with chine collé, and one letterpress print with artist's text	sheet: 14 15/16 × 13" (38 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jacob and Yael Samuel in honor of Theodore D. Kerabatsos
Untitled from Vocal Gestures Print Acc. 1684.2015.2	2003	Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of nine etchings with chine collé, and one letterpress print with artist's text	plate: 7 11/16 × 6 13/16" (19.5 × 17.3 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 13" (38 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jacob and Yael Samuel in honor of Theodore D. Kerabatsos
Vocal Gestures Print Acc. 1684.2015.1-10	2003	Portfolio of nine etchings with chine collé, and one letterpress print with artist's text	plate (each): 7 11/16 × 6 13/16" (19.5 × 17.3 cm); sheet (each): 14 15/16 × 13" (38 × 33 cm); box: 15 13/16 × 13 1/2 × 13/16" (40.2 × 34.3 × 2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jacob and Yael Samuel in honor of Theodore D. Kerabatsos