Artist Monograph

Michael Heizer, American

American, born 1944

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	9	45%
Other Media	5	25%
Printmaking	2	10%
Lithography	1	5%
Etching	1	5%
Screenprint	1	5%
Drawing	1	5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	19	95%
Painting & Sculpture	1	5%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

Classification Types

Photograph — 9
Print — 7
Drawing — 3
Installation — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	15%
Medium (30–100 cm)	14	70%
Large (1–3 m)	3	15%

Range: 10.2 cm → 229.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1977	1
1979	1
1980	1
1985	1
1987	1
2005	1
2015	13
2018	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 20 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Field Painting No. 2 Drawing Acc. 311.1980	1968	Ballpoint pen, pencil, wash, and cut-and-pasted paper with typewritten text	22 1/4 x 28 1/4" (56.1 x 71.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Carol O. Selle
Human Fault, Earth Rift Drawing Acc. 1847.2005	1968	Typewriting on cut-and-pasted paper and felt-tip pen on paperboard	22 1/8 x 28" (56.2 x 71.1 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
Study for Double Negative Drawing Acc. 1446.2018	1970	Cyanotype	25 × 37" (63.5 × 94 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
Circle III Print Acc. 188.1977	1977	Etching, aquatint and roulette	composition (irreg.): 26 1/2 x 24 15/16" (67.3 x 63.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 40 11/16 x 31 1/4" (103.3 x 79.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Scrap Metal Drypoint #2 Print Acc. 141.1979	1978	Drypoint	irreg composition 29 1/8 x 79 7/8" (74 x 191.7 cm) sheet 35 1/16 x 85" (89 x 204 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired with matching funds from James R. Epstein and the National Endowment for the Arts
Negative Sculpture – Quebec Installation Acc. 274.1987.a-e	1980	Laurentian granite blocks set in steel liners	Overall 67 1/2" x 7' 6 1/2" x 12 1/2" (171.4 x 229.8 x 31.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Xavier Fourcade
45°, 90°, 180° Print Acc. 281.2015	c. 1982	Lithograph with ballpoint pen additions	sheet: 17 15/16 x 32 7/8" (45.5 x 83.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Phyllis Andersen in memory of her husband Wayne Andersen
Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982) Photograph Acc. 282.2015.1	c. 1982	Gelatin silver print	image: 10 5/8 x 13 5/8" (27 x 34.6 cm); sheet: 10 15/16 x 13 15/16" (27.8 x 35.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Phyllis Andersen in memory of her husband Wayne Andersen
Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982) Photograph Acc. 282.2015.2	c. 1982	Gelatin silver print	image: 10 5/8 x 13 5/8" (27 x 34.6 cm); sheet: 10 15/16 x 13 15/16" (27.8 x 35.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Phyllis Andersen in memory of her husband Wayne Andersen
Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982) Photograph Acc. 282.2015.3	c. 1982	Gelatin silver print	image: 10 5/8 x 13 5/8" (27 x 34.6 cm); sheet: 11 x 13 15/16" (28 x 35.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Phyllis Andersen in memory of her husband Wayne Andersen
Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982) Photograph Acc. 282.2015.4	c. 1982	Gelatin silver print	image and sheet: 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	Gift of Phyllis Andersen in memory of her husband Wayne Andersen
Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982) Photograph Acc. 282.2015.5	c. 1982	Gelatin silver print	image and sheet: 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	Gift of Phyllis Andersen in memory of her husband Wayne Andersen
Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982) Photograph Acc. 282.2015.6	c. 1982	Gelatin silver print	sheet: 10 7/8 x 13 7/8" (27.7 x 35.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Phyllis Andersen in memory of her husband Wayne Andersen
Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982) Photograph Acc. 282.2015.7	c. 1982	Gelatin silver print	image: 13 7/16 x 10 1/2" (34.2 x 26.6 cm); sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 7/8" (35.3 x 27.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Phyllis Andersen in memory of her husband Wayne Andersen
Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982) Photograph Acc. 282.2015.8	c. 1982	Gelatin silver print	image: 9 5/8 x 13 3/8" (24.4 x 34 cm); sheet: 10 7/8 x 13 7/8" (27.6 x 35.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Phyllis Andersen in memory of her husband Wayne Andersen
Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982) Photograph Acc. 282.2015.9	c. 1982	Gelatin silver print	image: 9 5/8 x 13 3/8" (24.4 x 34 cm); sheet: 10 7/8 x 13 7/8" (27.6 x 35.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Phyllis Andersen in memory of her husband Wayne Andersen
Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982) Print Acc. 282.2015.10	c. 1982	Blueprint	composition: 5 3/16 x 14 5/8" (13.2 x 37.2 cm); sheet: 10 9/16 x 14 5/8" (26.8 x 37.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Phyllis Andersen in memory of her husband Wayne Andersen
Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982) Print Acc. 282.2015.11	c. 1982	Blueprint	composition: 5 1/8 x 14 11/16" (13 x 37.3 cm); sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 11/16" (26.7 x 37.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Phyllis Andersen in memory of her husband Wayne Andersen
Preparatory material for Levitated Mass (1982) Print Acc. 282.2015.12	c. 1982	Felt-tip pen on paper	sheet: 3 x 4" (7.6 x 10.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Phyllis Andersen in memory of her husband Wayne Andersen
45°, 90°, 180° Print Acc. 14.1985	1983	Etching, lithograph, screenprint and rubber stamp	composition 32 3/16 x 46 7/16" (81.8 x 117.9 cm) sheet 32 3/16 x 46 7/16" (81.8 x 117.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund