Artist Monograph

Mira Schendel, Brazilian

Brazilian, born Switzerland. 1919–1988

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Oil Painting	39	68.4%
Other Media	7	12.3%
Mixed Media	5	8.8%
Drawing	3	5.3%
Tempera	2	3.5%
Acrylic Painting	1	1.8%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	50	87.7%
Painting & Sculpture	7	12.3%

Production by Decade

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

Classification Types

Drawing — 47
Painting — 5
Print — 2
Sculpture — 2
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	6	10.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	48	85.7%
Large (1–3 m)	2	3.6%

Range: 20.0 cm → 198.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1999	1
2001	2
2005	27
2006	3
2008	6
2009	11
2016	5
2018	2

Brazilian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 57 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Still Life Painting Acc. 863.2016	1953	Oil on canvas	25 1/2 x 21 1/8" (64.8 x 53.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund
A Fabric Net (A trama) Drawing Acc. 1883.2008	1960s	Oil transfer drawing on paper	17 3/4 x 24 1/2" (45.1 x 62.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ada Schendel through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 111.2005	1960s	Mixed media on paper	8 1/4 x 6 1/8" (21 x 15.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 112.2005	1960s	Mixed media on paper	8 1/4 x 6 1/8" (21 x 15.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 113.2005	1960s	Mixed media on paper	8 1/4 x 6 1/8" (21 x 15.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 103.2005	1960s	Mixed media on paper	8 1/4 x 6 1/8" (21 x 15.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 104.2005	1960s	Mixed media on paper	8 1/4 x 6 1/8" (21 x 15.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 105.2005	1960s	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/2" (47 x 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 106.2005	1960s	Oil transfer drawing on paper	19 x 9 3/8" (48.3 x 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 107.2005	1960s	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/2" (47 x 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 108.2005	1960s	Oil transfer drawing on paper	19 x 9 3/8" (48.3 x 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Print Acc. 810.2017	1960s	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 5/8 × 9" (47.3 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marina D. Whitman
Untitled Print Acc. 811.2017	1960s	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 5/8 × 9" (47.3 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marina D. Whitman
Untitled, from the series Refrigerators (Geladeiras) Painting Acc. 864.2016	1960	Tempera on wood	17 1/4 × 12 1/8" (43.8 × 30.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Untitled Painting Acc. 214.2006	1963	Tempera on canvas	31 1/2 x 23 5/8" (80 x 60 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds
Sign of Signs (Segno dei Segni) Drawing Acc. 1884.2008.a-e	1964–65	Oil transfer drawing on paper	each: 18 1/8 × 9 1/16" (46 × 23 cm); overall (approx.): 24 × 73 5/8" ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1124.2009	1964	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/16" (47 x 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
Untitled Drawing Acc. 120.2005	1964	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/2" (47 x 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 121.2005	1964	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/2" (47 x 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 122.2005	1964	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/2" (47 x 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 123.2005	1964	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/2" (47 x 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 124.2005	1964	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/2" (47 x 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Painting Acc. 865.2016	1964	Oil and tempera on board and wood	57 7/8 × 44 7/8 × 13/16" (147 × 114 × 2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund in honor of Andrea and José Olympio Pereira
Untitled Drawing Acc. 109.2005	c. 1964–65	Oil transfer drawing on paper	19 x 9 3/8" (48.3 x 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 110.2005	c. 1964–65	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/2" (47 x 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2454.2001	1964	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/4 x 9" (46.4 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Luisa Strina in memory of Lydia and Ferdinando Strina
Untitled (Red) Drawing Acc. 2453.2001	1964	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9" (47 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Luisa Strina in memory of Lydia and Ferdinando Strina
Untitled from the series Cuts and Letters (Cortes e Letras) Drawing Acc. 989.2005.a-c	c. 1964–65	Oil transfer drawing on three sheets of paper	each: 18 1/2 x 9" (47 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Fractional and promised gift of Mimi Haas
Untitled from the series Cuts and Letters (Cortes e Letras) Drawing Acc. 116.2005	c. 1964–65	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/8" (47 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled from the series Droguinhas (Little Nothings) Sculpture Acc. 68.2005	c.1964-66	Japanese paper	Dimensions variable, approximately 35 1/2 x 27 1/2" (90 x 70 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Scott Burton Fund
Untitled from the series Letters (Letras) Drawing Acc. 1123.2009	1964	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/16" (47 x 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ada Schendel
Untitled from the series Letters and Lines (Letras e Linhas) Drawing Acc. 115.2005	c. 1964–65	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/8" (47 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled from the series Written (Escritas) Drawing Acc. 1121.2009	1964	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/16" (47 x 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ada Schendel
Untitled from the series Written (Escritas) Drawing Acc. 1122.2009	1964	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/16" (47 x 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ada Schendel
Little Train Sculpture Acc. 1903.2008	1965	Japanese paper and nylon	Dimensions variable ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Richard Zeisler Bequest, gift of John Hay Whitney, and Marguerite K. Stone Bequest (all by exchange); and gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and Mimi Haas through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 990.2005.a-c	1965	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9" (47 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Fractional and promised gift of Mimi Haas
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1125.2009	1965	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/8 x 9 1/16" (46 x 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ada Schendel
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1126.2009	1965	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/8 x 9 1/16" (46 x 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ada Schendel
Untitled Drawing Acc. 125.2005	1965	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/2" (47 x 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled from the series Letters and Lines (Letras e Linhas) Drawing Acc. 126.2005	1965	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/8" (47 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled from the series Letters and Lines (Letras e Linhas) Drawing Acc. 127.2005	1965	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/8" (47 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled from the series Written (Escritas) Drawing Acc. 1127.2009	1965	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/16" (47 x 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ada Schendel
Untitled from the series Written (Escritas) Drawing Acc. 1128.2009	1965	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/16" (47 x 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ada Schendel
Untitled from the series Written (Escritas) Drawing Acc. 1129.2009	1965	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/16" (47 x 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ada Schendel
Untitled from the series Written (Escritas) Drawing Acc. 1130.2009	1965	Oil transfer drawing on paper	17 13/16 × 9 1/16" (45.2 × 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ada Schendel
Untitled from the series Written (Escritas) Drawing Acc. 1131.2009	1965	Oil transfer drawing on paper	17 15/16 × 9 1/16" (45.5 × 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ada Schendel
Untitled from the series Letters and Lines (Letras e Linhas) Drawing Acc. 128.2005	1966	Oil transfer drawing on paper	18 1/2 x 9 1/8" (47 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled from Graphic Objects (Objetos gráficos) Drawing Acc. 866.2016	1967	Graphite, transfer type, and oil on paper between transparent acrylic sheets with transfer type	39 5/16 x 39 5/16 x 3/8" (99.8 x 99.8 x 1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund in honor of Luis Pérez-Oramas
Perforated II (Perfurados II) Drawing Acc. 117.2005	c. 1970s	Perforated paper	12 5/8 x 12 5/8" (32 x 32 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Perforated III (Perfurados III) Drawing Acc. 118.2005	c. 1970s	Perforated paper	12 5/8 x 12 5/8" (32 x 32 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Perforated IV (Perfurados IV) Drawing Acc. 119.2005	c. 1970s	Perforated paper	12 5/8 x 12 5/8" (32 x 32 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Perforated V (Perfurados V) Drawing Acc. 114.2005	c. 1970s	Perforated paper	12 5/8 x 12 5/8" (32 x 32 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled from the series Typed Writings (Datiloscritos) Drawing Acc. 1885.2008	(c. 1970s)	Typewriting and ink on paper	19 3/4 x 14 1/4" (50.2 x 36.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings Funds
Untitled from the series Typed Writings (Datiloscritos) Drawing Acc. 1886.2008	(c. 1970s)	Typewriting and ink on paper	19 3/4 x 14 1/4" (50.2 x 36.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Untitled from the series Typed Writings (Datiloscritos) Drawing Acc. 1887.2008	1974	Typewriting, ink, and transfer type on paper	19 3/4 x 14 1/4" (50.2 x 36.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings Funds
Trabalho concebido em 1971 Illustrated Book Acc. 65.1999	1975	Artist's book	page 7 7/8 x 7 13/16" (20 x 19.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Luiz Buarque de Hollanda
Untitled from the series Splints (Sarrafos) Painting Acc. 867.2016	1987	Acrylic on wood	77 15/16 x 70 7/8 x 3 5/8" (198 x 180 x 9.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund