Artist Monograph

Rachel Whiteread, British

British, born 1963

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Screenprint	15	31.9%
Other Media	12	25.5%
Drawing	9	19.1%
Printmaking	5	10.6%
Photography	3	6.4%
Gouache	2	4.3%
Oil Painting	1	2.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	38	80.9%
Photography	5	10.6%
Painting & Sculpture	4	8.5%

Classification Types

Print — 20
Drawing — 15
Photograph — 5
Sculpture — 3
Multiple — 2
Installation — 1
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	10	21.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	32	68.1%
Large (1–3 m)	3	6.4%
Monumental (> 3 m)	2	4.3%

Range: 5.7 cm → 480.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1992	1
1994	1
1996	13
1997	1
1998	2
1999	1
2000	8
2001	1
2003	6
2005	1
2006	6
2011	4
2013	1
2016	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 1" — 5
"MoMA, Floor 1, Sculpture Garden" — 1

British Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 47 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled (Bed) Sculpture Acc. 2481.2001.a-b	1991	Plaster	12" x 6' 2" x 54" (30.5 x 188 x 137.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Agnes Gund
Furniture: Bath Tub Photograph Acc. 687.2006.1	1992	Silver dye bleach print	6 7/16 × 9 5/8" (16.3 × 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Elizabeth Kessenides
Furniture: Bath Tub Furniture: Wardrobe and Bed, London Furniture: Mattress, Athens Furniture: Three Piece Suite with Radiator, London Photograph Acc. 687.2006.1-4	1992-97	Four silver dye bleach prints	each 6 1/4 × 9 5/8" (15.9 × 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Elizabeth Kessenides
Furniture: Wardrobe and Bed, London Photograph Acc. 687.2006.2	1992	Silver dye bleach print	6 5/16 × 9 5/8" (16 × 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Elizabeth Kessenides
House Drawing Acc. 846.2011	1992	Ink and correction fluid on graph paper	23 1/4 x 16 1/2" (59.1 x 41.9 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
Mausoleum Under Construction from the portfolio London Print Acc. 484.1992	1992	Screenprint with varnish	composition 22 x 31 1/16" (55.9 x 78.9 cm) sheet 28 x 34 13/16" (71 x 88.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Study for Convex and Concave Beds Drawing Acc. 3419.2005	1992	Correction fluid and ink on paper	11 3/4 x 16 1/2" (29.8 x 41.9 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
Study for Wax Floor Drawing Acc. 183.1997	1992	Oil crayon, correction fluid, felt-tip pen and pencil on graph paper	18 x 12" (45.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by Barbara G. Pine
Furniture: Mattress, Athens Photograph Acc. 687.2006.3	1993	Silver dye bleach print	6 1/4 × 9 5/8" (15.9 × 24.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Elizabeth Kessenides
Untitled (Room) Sculpture Acc. 615.1994	1993	Plaster	9' 1/4" x 9' 10" x 11' 5 3/4" (275 x 299.7 x 349.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Robert and Meryl Meltzer, Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro, Emily and Jerry Spiegel, The Norman and Rosita Winston Foundation, Inc., and Barbara Jakobson Funds
Switch (for Parkett no. 42) Multiple Acc. 143.1998	1994	Multiple of plaster and brass	Overall: 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 x 1 3/16" (9 x 9 x 3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, Lily Auchincloss Fund, and gift of Parkett
Demolished Print Acc. 705.1996.1-12	1996	Portfolio of twelve screenprints	composition and sheet: 19 3/16 x 29 5/16" (48.8 x 74.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled (Table) Drawing Acc. 847.2011	(1996)	Varnish, crayon and ink on graph paper	26 1/4 x 19 1/2" (66.7 x 49.5 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 Demolished Print Acc. 705.1996.1	1996	One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints	composition and sheet: 19 3/16 x 29 5/16" (48.8 x 74.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled from Demolished Print Acc. 705.1996.10	1996	One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints	composition and sheet: 19 3/16 x 29 5/16" (48.8 x 74.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled from Demolished Print Acc. 705.1996.11	1996	One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints	composition and sheet: 19 3/16 x 29 5/16" (48.8 x 74.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled from Demolished Print Acc. 705.1996.12	1996	One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints	composition and sheet: 19 3/16 x 29 5/16" (48.8 x 74.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled from Demolished Print Acc. 705.1996.2	1996	One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints	composition and sheet: 19 3/16 x 29 5/16" (48.8 x 74.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled from Demolished Print Acc. 705.1996.3	1996	One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints	composition and sheet: 19 3/16 x 29 5/16" (48.8 x 74.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled from Demolished Print Acc. 705.1996.4	1996	One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints	composition and sheet: 19 3/16 x 29 5/16" (48.8 x 74.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled from Demolished Print Acc. 705.1996.5	1996	One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints	composition and sheet: 19 3/16 x 29 5/16" (48.8 x 74.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled from Demolished Print Acc. 705.1996.6	1996	One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints	composition and sheet: 19 3/16 x 29 5/16" (48.8 x 74.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled from Demolished Print Acc. 705.1996.7	1996	One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints	composition and sheet: 19 3/16 x 29 5/16" (48.8 x 74.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled from Demolished Print Acc. 705.1996.8	1996	One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints	composition and sheet: 19 3/16 x 29 5/16" (48.8 x 74.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled from Demolished Print Acc. 705.1996.9	1996	One from a portfolio of twelve screenprints	composition and sheet: 19 3/16 x 29 5/16" (48.8 x 74.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Drawing for Water Tower, I Drawing Acc. 1623.2000	1997	Graphite with cut-and-pasted color photocopy, varnish and ink on graph paper	33 1/8 x 23 1/4" (84.1 x 59.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Drawing for Water Tower, II Drawing Acc. 1624.2000	(1997)	Correction fluid, varnish, pencil, and ink on graph paper	33 1/8 x 23 1/4" (84.1 x 59.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Drawing for Water Tower, III Drawing Acc. 1625.2000	1997	Graphite, varnish, gouache and ink on graph paper with cut-and-pasted color photo copy	33 1/8 x 23 1/4" (84.1 x 59.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Drawing for Water Tower, IV Drawing Acc. 1626.2000	(1997)	Color photographs	11 7/8 x 13 1/4" (30.2 x 33.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Drawing for Water Tower, V Drawing Acc. 1627.2000	(1997)	Tape, ink, varnish and correction fluid on color photographs	19 7/8 x 17 1/2" (50.5 x 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Drawing for Water Tower, VI Drawing Acc. 1628.2000	1997	Varnish, ink, and pencil on graph paper	33 1/8 x 23 1/4" (84.1 x 59.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Drawing for Water Tower, VII Drawing Acc. 1629.2000	(1997)	Varnish and pencil on graph paper	33 1/8 x 23 1/4" (84.1 x 59.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Drawing for Water Tower, VIII Drawing Acc. 1630.2000	(1997)	Varnish and pencil on black and white photograph	10 5/8 x 7 3/4" (27 x 19.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Furniture: Three Piece Suite with Radiator, London Photograph Acc. 687.2006.4	1997	Silver dye bleach print	6 5/16 × 9 9/16" (16.1 × 24.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Elizabeth Kessenides
Untitled (Paperbacks) Drawing Acc. 242.2016	1997	Correction fluid, pencil, and cut-and-pasted printed paper on graph paper	44 7/8 × 33 1/16" (114 × 84 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
Untitled (Paperbacks) Installation Acc. 745.1998	1997	Plaster and steel	Overall 14' 9 1/8" x 15' 9" x 20' 8 3/4" (450 x 480 x 632 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Agnes Gund; Thomas W. Weisel, Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Frances R. Dittmer, John Kaldor, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, and Leon Black Funds, and an anonymous fund
24 Switches both on and off Drawing Acc. 848.2011	1998	Silver leaf and yellow ink on paper	26 1/4 x 19 1/2" (66.7 x 49.5 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
Water Tower Sculpture Acc. 1260.1999.a-b	1998	Translucent resin and painted steel	12' 2" (370.8 cm) high x 9' (274.3 cm) in diameter ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Freedman Family in memory of Doris C. and Alan J. Freedman
Doorknob Multiple Acc. 308.2006	2001	Multiple of Technogel	object (irreg.): 2 1/4 x 2 3/16 x 5 1/8" (5.7 x 5.5 x 13 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Coco Kim and Richard Schetman
Untitled (Nets) Print Acc. 42.2003.1-5	2002	Series of five etched metal sheets	Mount: 25 9/16 x 20 1/2" (65 x 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund
Untitled (Nets) Print Acc. 42.2003.1	2002	Etched metal sheet from a series of five	sheet: 25 9/16 x 20 1/2" (65 x 52 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund
Untitled (Nets) Print Acc. 42.2003.2	2002	Etched metal sheet from a series of five	25 9/16 x 20 1/2" (65 x 52 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund
Untitled (Nets) Print Acc. 42.2003.3	2002	Etched metal sheet from a series of five	25 9/16 x 20 1/2" (65 x 52 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund
Untitled (Nets) Print Acc. 42.2003.4	2002	Etched metal sheet from a series of five	25 9/16 x 20 1/2" (65 x 52 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund
Untitled (Nets) Print Acc. 42.2003.5	2002	Etched metal sheet from a series of five	25 9/16 x 20 1/2" (65 x 52 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1792.2012	2004	Gouache, graphite, and cut-and-pasted paper	6 x 4" (15.2 x 10.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Douglas S. Cramer
Mike and the Modelmakers from the series Ex Libris Illustrated Book Acc. 1019.2011.20	2008 (originally published 1970)	Artist's book with screenprint bookplate	overall (closed): 11 x 8 1/16 x 3/8" (28 x 20.5 x 1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of an anonymous donor in honor of Glenn D. Lowry