Artist Monograph

Raimund Abraham, American

American, born Austria. 1933–2010

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	10	50%
Photography	3	15%
Other Media	3	15%
Printmaking	1	5%
Acrylic Painting	1	5%
Gouache	1	5%
Collage	1	5%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	5	25%
Medium (30–100 cm)	13	65%
Large (1–3 m)	2	10%

Range: 17.8 cm → 149.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1965	6
1968	7
1980	1
1993	1
1994	1
1995	1
1996	1
2000	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 20 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Glacier City, from the Linear City Series Project, Sectional perspective Architecture Acc. 282.1965.2	1964	Ink and graphite on paper	8 1/4 x 15 1/2" (21 x 39.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Philip Johnson Fund
Linear City Project, Perspective Architecture Acc. 282.1965.1-2	1964	.1: Ink and graphite on paper .2: Ink and graphite on paper	.1: 17 1/2 x 24 3/4" (44.5 x 62.9 cm) .2: 8 1/4 x 15 1/2" (21 x 39.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Philip Johnson Fund
Linear City, project, Plan Architecture Acc. 282.1965.1	1964	Ink and graphite on paper	17 1/2 x 24 3/4" (44.5 x 62.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Philip Johnson Fund
Metropolitan Core, project, Sectional elevation Architecture Acc. 1286.1968	1964	Print montage	9 1/4 x 21 3/4" (23.5 x 55.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase
Transplantation I, Perspective and plan Architecture Acc. 281.1965.a	1964	.a: Pen and ink	.a: 5 5/8 x 7" (14.3 x 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Philip Johnson Fund
Transplantation I, Perspective and plan Architecture Acc. 281.1965.b	1964	Collage	.b: 4 1/2 x 7" (11.4 x 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Philip Johnson Fund
Transplantation I, Perspective and plan Architecture Acc. 281.1965.a-b	1964	.a: Pen and ink .b: Collage	.a: 5 5/8 x 7" (14.3 x 17.8 cm) .b: 4 1/2 x 7" (11.4 x 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Philip Johnson Fund
Continuous Building Project, Perspective Architecture Acc. 1287.1968	1966	Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver prints with ink and graphite on board	5 7/8 x 8 3/4" (15 x 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase
Transplantation II: Floating Underwater Environment, project, Aerial sectional perspective Architecture Acc. 1288.1968	1966	Photomontage, color pencil on paper	13 1/2 x 17 1/4" (34.3 x 43.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase
Universal City Project (Aerial perspective of New York) Architecture Acc. 1291.1968	1966	Photomontage	15 1/4 x 23" (38.7 x 58.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Universal City, from the Linear City Series, project, Aerial perspective of Earth's horizon Architecture Acc. 1292.1968	1966	Cut-and-pasted printed papers, cut-and-pasted gelatin silver photograph, and ink on board	13 1/8 x 17" (33.3 x 43.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase
Universal City, project, Sectional perspective Architecture Acc. 1290.1968	1966	Photomontage, ink and graphite on paper	19 1/2 x 22 1/4" (49.5 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Universal House, project (Perspective) Architecture Acc. 1289.1968	1967	Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver print, printed paper, and ink on printed paper	9 1/2 x 8 1/4" (24.1 x 20.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Earth-Cloud House, project Architecture Acc. 19.1980	1970	Graphite	34 3/8 x 53 1/2" (87.3 x 135.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Philip Johnson
The House with Curtains Project, Perspective Architecture Acc. 1180.2000	1972	Crayon and graphite on paper	36 1/8 x 56 3/4" (91.8 x 144.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation
The House without Rooms Project, Elevation and plan Architecture Acc. 1181.2000	1974	Colored pencil, graphite, and cut-and-pasted printed paper on paper	34 5/8 x 38 1/8" (87.9 x 96.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation
Hospital: House of Hope, Houses of Birth, Houses of No Return, project, Venice, Italy, Sectional perspective Architecture Acc. 131.1995	1979	Color pencil, graphite, and gouache	27 1/4 x 32 3/4" (69.2 x 83.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Dorothy and Leroy Lavine
Times Square Tower Project, New York, NY (Exterior perspective) Architecture Acc. 369.1994	1984	Graphite and colored pencil on cut-and-pasted papers on sepia diazoprint	33 1/2 x 25 1/2" (85.1 x 64.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect in honor of Lily Auchincloss
Jewish Museum Project, Judenplatz, Vienna, Austria Project, Exterior perspective Architecture Acc. 343.1996	1992	Photocopy-transfer and acrylic	24 x 31 1/2" (61 x 80 cm) (sight) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect in honor of Philip Johnson
Austrian Cultural Institute, New York, New York, Exterior perspective, Architecture Acc. 350.1993	1993	Photocopy, photocopy on vellum, laser photocopy, graphite, and color pencil on paper	36 x 36" (91.4 x 91.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect