Artist Monograph

Neil Jenney, American

American, born 1945

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Sculpture	3	42.9%
Lithography	1	14.3%
Oil Painting	1	14.3%
Other Media	1	14.3%
Drawing	1	14.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Painting & Sculpture	6	85.7%
Drawings & Prints	1	14.3%

Classification Types

Painting — 5
Print — 1
Sculpture — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	14.3%
Large (1–3 m)	2	28.6%
Monumental (> 3 m)	4	57.1%

Range: 21.9 cm → 656.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1977	2
1985	1
1989	1
2003	1
2005	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 7 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Bucks American from S.M.S. No. 5 Print Acc. 460.1977.5e	1968	Offset lithograph	sheet (each): 8 5/8 × 6 9/16" (21.9 × 16.6 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
The Joanne Duffy Piece Sculpture Acc. 1.2003.a-h	1968	Corrugated tin sheeting and fluorescent fixtures	Overall 7' 4" x 20' 7" x 67 1/2" (223.5 x 627.4 x 171.5 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
Implements and Entrenchments Painting Acc. 412.1977	1969	Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, with painted wood frame	54 1/4 × 74 1/4 × 3 5/8" (137.8 × 188.6 × 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 Philip Johnson
Them and Us Painting Acc. 131.1985	1969	Synthetic polymer paint with pencil on canvas, with painted wood frame	61" x 11' 3" x 3 1/2" (154.9 x 342.9 x 8.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Louis G. and Susan B. Reese
Beasts and Burdens Painting Acc. 742.2005	1970	Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, with painted wood frame	58 3/8" x 10' 6 7/8" x 3 1/2" (148.3 x 322.3 x 8.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Trash and Trashcan Painting Acc. 27.1989	1970	Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, with painted wood frame	58 1/2 × 55 5/8 × 3 3/8" (148.6 × 141.3 × 8.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Ruth and Seymour Klein
Biosphere #4 Painting Acc. 743.2005.a-b	1971-76	Oil on wood, with painted wood frame	32 1/2" x 21' 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" (82.6 x 656.6 x 16.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida