Artist Monograph

Peter Halley, American

American, born 1953

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	7	38.9%
Printmaking	6	33.3%
Digital Art	2	11.1%
Screenprint	2	11.1%
Acrylic Painting	1	5.6%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	17	94.4%
Painting & Sculpture	1	5.6%

Production by Decade

4

1980s

11

1990s

3

2000s

Classification Types

Print — 13
Drawing — 2
Painting — 1
Wallpaper — 1
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	33.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	44.4%
Large (1–3 m)	2	22.2%

Range: 25.7 cm → 121.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1989	2
1990	1
1993	1
1996	8
1998	1
1999	1
2001	1
2005	2
2011	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 18 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Red Cell with Conduit Painting Acc. 45.2011	1982	Acrylic, Day-Glo acrylic, and Roll-a-Tex on canvas	64 x 42" (162.6 x 106.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the artist
Final Attributes Print Acc. 412.1990	1988-90	Screenprint	composition: 21 1/4 x 24 7/16" (54 x 62 cm); sheet: 31 x 38 9/16" (78.7 x 98 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
Untitled from the portfolio A Tour of the Monuments of Passaic, New Jersey Print Acc. 257.1989	1989	Line block	Composition (irreg.): 9 13/16 x 17 1/4" (24.9 x 43.8 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 x 20 1/16" (40 x 50.9 cm) ⌀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
Untitled from the portfolio A Tour of the Monuments of Passaic, New Jersey Print Acc. 258.1989	1989	Line block	composition: 9 11/16 x 15 9/16" (24.6 x 39.6 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 20 1/16" (40 x 50.9 cm) ⌀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
Cell Print Acc. 663.1993	1992–93	Monoprint	composition (irreg.): 19 11/16 × 19 1/2" (50 × 49.5 cm); sheet: 24 3/16 × 32 3/16" (61.5 × 81.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Garner Tullis
Narrative Print Acc. 666.1996.a-b	1992	Relief halftone on two sheets	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Cell with Explosions Print Acc. 667.1996	1993	Relief halftone	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Cell with Explosions (Grey Cell) Print Acc. 668.1996	1993	Relief print	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Cell with Explosions II (Tan Cell), Print Acc. 669.1996	1993	Relief print	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Exploding Cell Print Acc. 670.1996.1-9	1994	Series of nine screenprints	composition and sheet (each): 36 1/2 x 47 1/8" (92 x 119.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Exploding Cell Wallpaper Wallpaper Acc. 663.1996.a-j	1995	Wallpaper	composition and sheet (each): 36 1/2 x 47 3/4" (92.7 x 121.3 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 and Howard B. Johnson Fund
Is Response Improved? Print Acc. 665.1996	(1995)	Digital image for press-on vinyl transfer to a wall	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Relationship among primary, second-order, and third-order factors extracted from the objective tes (T-data) battery Print Acc. 664.1996	(1995)	Digital image for press-on vinyl transfer to a wall	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Cartoon Views #1-4 Print Acc. 70.1998.1-4	1997	Series of 4 Iris prints	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Muse X Editions
Exploding Cell Print Acc. 468.1999	1997	Interactive kiosk project	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Peter Halley: Maintain Speed Illustrated Book Acc. 1130.2001	2000	Artist's book	Page: 10 1/8 x 8 9/16" (25.7 x 21.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1807.2005	2003	Synthetic polymer paint on printed paper	11 x 8 1/2" (27.9 x 21.6 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
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1808.2005	2003	Synthetic polymer paint on printed paper	11 x 8 1/2" (27.9 x 21.6 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