Artist Monograph

Mimmo Paladino, Italian

Italian, born 1948

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	19	55.9%
Woodcut	6	17.6%
Printmaking	5	14.7%
Screenprint	1	2.9%
Oil Painting	1	2.9%
Watercolor	1	2.9%
Lithography	1	2.9%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	32	94.1%
Architecture & Design	1	2.9%
Painting & Sculpture	1	2.9%

Production by Decade

1980s

1990s

2010s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 20
Print — 12
Design — 1
Painting — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	19	59.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)	12	37.5%
Large (1–3 m)	1	3.1%

Range: 9.3 cm → 280.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1981	1
1982	1
1986	8
1989	1
1992	19
1994	1
2007	1
2015	1
2016	1

Italian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 34 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Art & Project Bulletin #114 Print Acc. 1099.2007.114	1980	One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy	sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
With Music (Con Musica) Print Acc. 13.1981	1980	Etching and aquatint, with collage additions	composition (irreg.): 21 3/4 x 19 1/16" (55.2 x 48.4 cm); plate: 15 1/16 x 10 7/8" (38.3 x 27.6 cm); sheet: 24 x 22 1/8" (61 x 56.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Richard A. Epstein Fund
Between the Wind and Fire (Tra Il Vento Fuoco) Print Acc. 262.1982	1982	Etching and linoleum cut	plate: 15 11/16 x 11 13/16" (39.8 x 30cm); sheet: 31 x 22 9/16" (78.7 x 57.3cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Bosforo Print Acc. 195.1986.1-6	(1982, published 1983)	Portfolio of six woodcut and linoleum cuts with collage	each approx. sheet 12 15/16 x 10 1/4" (32 x 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Untitled from the portfolio BOSFORO Print Acc. 195.1986.1	1982	Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in color	irreg. composition 8 1/8 x 5 7/8" (20.7 x 15 cm) irreg. sheet 8 1/4 x 6 1/8" (21 x 15.5 cm) mount irreg. sheet 12 15/16 x 10 1/4" (32 x 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Untitled from the portfolio BOSFORO Print Acc. 195.1986.2	1982	Woodcut, printed in black with collage	sl. irreg. composition 5 1/8 x 5 9/16" (13 x 14.2 cm) irreg. sheet 5 5/16 x 5 3/4" (13.5 x 14.7 cm) mount sheet 12 15/16 x 10 1/8" (32 x 25.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Untitled from the portfolio BOSFORO Print Acc. 195.1986.3	1982	Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in color	composition 4 15/16 x 7" (12.6 x 17.8 cm) irreg. sheet 5 3/16 x 7 3/16" (13.2 x 18.3 cm) mount sheet 12 15/16 x 10 1/8" (33 x 25.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Untitled from the portfolio BOSFORO Print Acc. 195.1986.4	1982	Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in black	irreg. composition 5 11/16 x 6 1/4" (14.4 x 15.8 cm) irreg. sheet 5 7/8 x 6 3/8" (15 x 16.2 cm) mount irreg. sheet 13 1/16 x 10 3/16" (33 x 25.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Untitled from the portfolio BOSFORO Print Acc. 195.1986.5	1982	Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in color	composition 5 1/8 x 5 9/16" (13.1 x 14.1 cm) sheet 5 9/16 x 5 15/16" (14.2 x 15.1 cm) mount irreg. sheet 12 7/8 x 10 1/8" (32 x 25.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss fund
Untitled from the portfolio BOSFORO Print Acc. 195.1986.6	1982	Linoleum cut, printed in color	irreg. composition 4 11/16 x 1 3/4" (11.9 x 4.4 cm) irreg. sheet 4 13/16 x 1 13/16" (12.2 x 4.6 cm) mount irreg. sheet 13 3/16 x 10 1/4" (33 x 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss fund
Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics Design Acc. 200.2016.14	1983	Lithograph	33 1/2 × 24 1/4" (85.1 × 61.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Krešimir Penović
Mute (Muto) Print Acc. 283.1989	1985	Etching and aquatint with seal fur collage	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York
Solitary Sun Painting Acc. 391.1986	1986	Oil, metallic paint, and tar on burlap, wood, and linen attached to a gilded and charred plywood panel	9' 2 1/2" x 71 1/4" (280.7 x 181 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Committee on Painting and Sculpture and President's Fund purchase (1986), Donald B. Marron, President
Double page fold-out plate (folios 15 and 16) from Piccolo circolo chiuso (Small Closed Circle) Illustrated Book Acc. 489.1992.9	1991	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with 18 intaglio prints, some on fold-out pages, and letterpress text	plate 8 7/8 x 11 13/16" (22.6 x 30 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Giorgio Upiglio
Double page fold-out plate (folios 17 and 18) from Piccolo circolo chiuso (Small Closed Circle) Illustrated Book Acc. 489.1992.10	1991	Relief printed etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with 18 intaglio prints, some on fold-out pages, and letterpress text	irreg plate 7 15/16 x 9 3/4" (20.1 x 24.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Giorgio Upiglio
Double page fold-out plate (folios 23 and 24) from Piccolo circolo chiuso (Small Closed Circle) Illustrated Book Acc. 489.1992.15	1991	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with 18 intaglio prints, some on fold-out pages, and letterpress text	plate 8 15/16 x 11 15/16" (22.7 x 30.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Giorgio Upiglio
Double page fold-out plate (folios 25 and 26) from Piccolo circolo chiuso (Small Closed Circle) Illustrated Book Acc. 489.1992.16	1991	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with 18 intaglio prints, some on fold-out pages, and letterpress text	plate 9 1/4 x 11 15/16" (23.5 x 30.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Giorgio Upiglio
Double page fold-out plate (folios 29 and 30) from Piccolo circolo chiuso (Small Closed Circle) Illustrated Book Acc. 489.1992.17	1991	Aquatint from an illustrated book with 18 intaglio prints, some on fold-out pages, and letterpress text	plate 8 15/16 x 12 1/16" (22.7 x 30.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Giorgio Upiglio
Double page fold-out plate (folios 7 and 8) from Piccolo circolo chiuso (Small Closed Circle) Illustrated Book Acc. 489.1992.4	1991	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with 18 intaglio prints, some on fold-out pages, and letterpress text	plate 3 7/16 x 8 5/16" (8.7 x 21.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Giorgio Upiglio
Double page in-text plate (folios 22 and 27) from Piccolo circolo chiuso (Small Closed Circle) Illustrated Book Acc. 489.1992.14	1991	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with 18 intaglio prints, some on fold-out pages, and letterpress text	irreg plate 5 7/8 x 11 13/16" (14.9 x 30 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Giorgio Upiglio
Frontispiece from Piccolo circolo chiuso (Small Closed Circle) Illustrated Book Acc. 489.1992.1	1991	Etching and aquatint, unbound frontispiece, from an illustrated book with 18 prints, some on fold-out pages, and letterpress text	plate 5 1/8 x 3 3/4" (13 x 9.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Giorgio Upiglio
In-text plate (folio 12) from Piccolo circolo chiuso (Small Closed Circle) Illustrated Book Acc. 489.1992.7	1991	Relief printed aquatint from an illustrated book with 18 intaglio prints, some on fold-out pages, and letterpress text	plate 7 7/8 x 3 7/8" (20 x 9.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Giorgio Upiglio
In-text plate (folio 13) from Piccolo circolo chiuso (Small Closed Circle) Illustrated Book Acc. 489.1992.8	1991	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with 18 intaglio prints, some on fold-out pages, and letterpress text	plate 8 7/8 x 3 5/8" (22.6 x 9.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Giorgio Upiglio
In-text plate (folio 20) from Piccolo circolo chiuso (Small Closed Circle) Illustrated Book Acc. 489.1992.12	1991	Relief printed etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with 18 intaglio prints, some on fold-out pages, and letterpress text	irreg plate 6 7/16 x 6 5/16" (16.3 x 16 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Giorgio Upiglio
In-text plate (folio 5, variant of frontispiece) from Piccolo circolo chiuso (Small Closed Circle) Illustrated Book Acc. 489.1992.3	1991	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with 18 intaglio prints, some on fold-out pages, and letterpress text	plate 5 1/8 x 3 5/8" (13 x 9.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Giorgio Upiglio
Piccolo circolo chiuso (Small Closed Circle) Illustrated Book Acc. 489.1992.1-18	1991	Illustrated book with 18 aquatints (14 with etching, 6 relief printed, and 1 loose frontispiece), some on fold-out pages; letterpress text	irreg. page 12 x 7 11/16" (30 x 19.5 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Giorgio Upiglio
Plate (folio 10) from Piccolo circolo chiuso (Small Closed Circle) Illustrated Book Acc. 489.1992.5	1991	Relief printed etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with 18 intaglio prints, some on fold-out pages, and letterpress text	plate 8 7/8 x 5 15/16" (22.6 x 15.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Giorgio Upiglio
Plate (folio 11) from Piccolo circolo chiuso (Small Closed Circle) Illustrated Book Acc. 489.1992.6	1991	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with 18 intaglio prints, some on fold-out pages, and letterpress text	plate 8 7/8 x 5 9/16" (22.6 x 14.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Giorgio Upiglio
Plate (folio 19) from Piccolo circolo chiuso (Small Closed Circle) Illustrated Book Acc. 489.1992.11	1991	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with 18 intaglio prints, some on fold-out pages, and letterpress text	plate 8 9/16 x 4 15/16" (21.8 x 12.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Giorgio Upiglio
Plate (folio 21) from Piccolo circolo chiuso (Small Closed Circle) Illustrated Book Acc. 489.1992.13	1991	Relief printed aquatint from an illustrated book with 18 intaglio prints, some on fold-out pages, and letterpress text	irreg plate 8 7/8 x 6 1/8" (22.6 x 15.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Giorgio Upiglio
Title page from Piccolo circolo chiuso (Small Closed Circle) Illustrated Book Acc. 489.1992.2	1991	Etching from an illustrated book with 18 intaglio prints, some on fold-out pages, and letterpress text	irreg plate 3 1/4 x 4 1/16" (8.2 x 10.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Giorgio Upiglio
Vignette (folio 32) from Piccolo circolo chiuso (Small Closed Circle) Illustrated Book Acc. 489.1992.18	1991	Relief printed etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with 18 intaglio prints, some on fold-out pages, and letterpress text	plate 3 11/16 x 1 1/2" (9.3 x 3.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Giorgio Upiglio
Flores Seraphici Illustrated Book Acc. 598.1994.1-15	1993	Illustrated Book with 15 etchings with watercolor additions and 1 etching (frontispiece)	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Print for Alan from Alan Cristea Gallery Twentieth Anniversary Portfolio Print Acc. 705.2015.16	2015	Aquatint from a portfolio of three aquatints (one with carborundum relief), one carborundum relief, one chromogenic print, three digital prints, four etchings (two with chine collé, one with embossing), one linoleum cut, one lithograph, three screenprints, two woodcuts, and two polymer gravures (one with woodcut)	composition: 18 1/4 × 18 1/4" (46.4 × 46.4 cm); sheet: 19 13/16 × 19 11/16" (50.3 × 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Alan Cristea Gallery, London, in honor of Alan Cristea