Artist Monograph

Piero Dorazio, Italian

Italian, 1927–2005

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	3	25%
Oil Painting	1	8.3%
Other Media	1	8.3%
Etching	1	8.3%
Drawing	1	8.3%
Screenprint	1	8.3%
Sculpture	1	8.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	9	75%
Painting & Sculpture	2	16.7%
Architecture & Design	1	8.3%

Production by Decade

2

1950s

5

1960s

5

1980s

Classification Types

Print — 4
Illustrated Book — 4
Design — 1
Sculpture — 1
Painting — 1
Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	25%
Medium (30–100 cm)	8	66.7%
Large (1–3 m)	1	8.3%

Range: 18.5 cm → 162.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1961	1
1962	1
1965	3
1966	1
1969	1
1985	4
2016	1

Italian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 12 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Relief Sculpture Acc. 286.1961	1953	Painted wood and celluloid in frame	17 x 21 1/2 x 5 1/8" (43 x 54.8 x 13 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Untitled Drawing Acc. 8.1962	1959	Charcoal and wash on paper	22 5/8 x 30 5/8" (57.5 x 77.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	L-B Foundation Fund
Untitled Print Acc. 618.1966	1961	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 25 3/8 × 20 11/16" (64.5 × 52.6 cm); sheet: 34 15/16 × 25 5/16" (88.7 × 64.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund
SCINTILLATION II Print Acc. 158.1965	1962	Etching and aquatint	Plate 7 7/8 x 8 3/4" (20.0 x 22.2 cm) Sheet 13 5/8 x 17 11/16" (34.7 x 45.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Law Foundation Fund
Untitled Print Acc. 159.1965	1962	Lithograph	composition: 15 7/8 x 22 3/8" (40.3 x 56.8cm); sheet: 19 7/8 x 27 5/16" (50.5 x 69.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Law Foundation Fund
Hand of Mercy Painting Acc. 107.1965	1963	Oil on canvas	64 1/8 x 51 3/8" (162.6 x 130.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Bertram F. and Susie Brummer Foundation Fund
Untitled XXI Print Acc. 428.1969	1968	Aquatint	plate: 12 3/4 x 16 3/8" (32.4 x 41.6cm); sheet: 19 1/2 x 25 1/2" (49.6 x 64.7cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	D. S. and R. H. Gottesman Foundation Fund
Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics Design Acc. 200.2016.2	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
Dust jacket from LA BRACE DELLE PAROLE Illustrated Book Acc. 327.1985.3	1984		irreg. composition 12 9/16 x 17 11/16" (32 x 44.9 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
La Brace delle Parole: 1981-1983 Illustrated Book Acc. 327.1985.1-3	1984	Illustrated book with three screenprints	Page (irreg.): 12 3/16 x 8 1/4" (31 x 21 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
Plate (page 37) from LA BRACE DELLE PAROLE Illustrated Book Acc. 327.1985.2	1984		irreg. composition 7 1/4 x 6 3/4" (18.5 x 17.2 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
Plate (page 7) from LA BRACE DELLE PAROLE Illustrated Book Acc. 327.1985.1	1984		irreg. composition 8 1/16 x 7 3/16" (20.5 x 18.3 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