Artist Monograph

Rebecca Horn, German

German, 1944–2024

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	30	81.1%
Drawing	4	10.8%
Other Media	3	8.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	36	97.3%
Painting & Sculpture	1	2.7%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Classification Types

Print — 30
Drawing — 3
Multiple — 2
Sculpture — 1
Periodical — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	15	71.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	23.8%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	4.8%

Range: 18.4 cm → 335.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1987	1
1998	3
2015	30
2018	1
2023	2

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 37 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Unicorn (Einhorn) Drawing Acc. 26.2023	1968-69	Pencil on paper	11 13/16 × 8 1/4" (30 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jack Shear
Untitled Drawing Acc. 27.2023	1968-69	Pencil on paper	11 13/16 × 8 1/4" (30 × 21 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 Alice and Tom Tisch
Headstand (Kopfstand) Drawing Acc. 1872.2018	1976	Ink on paper	12 3/8 × 9" (31.4 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Parkett no. 13 Periodical Acc. 75.1998.2	1987	Journal	page (each): 9 13/16 × 8 1/16" (25 × 20.4 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
The Double (Der Doppelgänger) (for Parkett no. 13) Multiple Acc. 75.1998.1	1987	Multiple of silver-plated brass double-headed hammer	Overall: 10 x 3 1/8 x 1/2" (25.4 x 7.9 x 1.2 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
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 522.1987	1987	Electrically powered assemblage with strainer, hammer, raw pigment, egg and metal brackets	Dimensions variable, height approximately 11' (335.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Sid R. Bass Fund
Swan Ladder (for Parkett no. 40/41) Multiple Acc. 74.1998	1994	Multiple of swan feather, metal-frame glass box, glass funnel, ink, and mirror	composition 12 3/16 x 8 1/4 x 3 1/8" (31 x 21 x 8 cm) crate plate 18 11/16 x 12 15/16 x 8 7/8" (47.5 x 33 x 22.5 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
Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.1-28	1998	Portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	plate (each): 7 1/4 × 6 1/4" (18.4 × 15.9 cm); sheet (each): 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled Print Acc. 1666.2015	1998	Etching	plate: 11 5/8 × 18 11/16" (29.5 × 47.5 cm); sheet: 24 13/16 × 30 7/8" (63 × 78.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jacob and Yael Samuel
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.1	1998	Letterpress print from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.2	1998	Letterpress print from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.3	1998	Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 5/16 × 6 1/4" (18.5 × 15.8 cm); sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.4	1998	Letterpress print from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.5	1998	Letterpress print from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.6	1998	Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 5/16 × 6 1/4" (18.5 × 15.9 cm); sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.7	1998	Letterpress print from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.8	1998	Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 1/4 × 6 5/16" (18.4 × 16 cm); sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.9	1998	Letterpress print from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.10	1998	Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 1/4 × 6 1/4" (18.4 × 15.8 cm); sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.11	1998	Letterpress print from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.12	1998	Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 1/4 × 6 1/4" (18.4 × 15.9 cm); sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.13	1998	Letterpress print from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.14	1998	Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 1/4 × 6 1/4" (18.4 × 15.9 cm); sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.15	1998	Letterpress print from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.16	1998	Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 1/4 × 6 1/4" (18.4 × 15.9 cm); sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.17	1998	Letterpress print from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.18	1998	Letterpress print from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.19	1998	Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 5/16 × 6 5/16" (18.6 × 16 cm); sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.20	1998	Letterpress print from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.21	1998	Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 1/4 × 6 1/4" (18.4 × 15.9 cm); sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.22	1998	Letterpress print from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.23	1998	Etching and aquatint with chine collé and hand additions from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 1/4 × 6 5/16" (18.4 × 16.1 cm); sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.24	1998	Letterpress print from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.25	1998	Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 5/16 × 6 5/16" (18.5 × 16 cm); sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.26	1998	Letterpress print from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.27	1998	Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	plate: 7 5/16 × 6 5/16" (18.5 × 16 cm); sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer
Untitled from Tailleur du Coeur (Tailor of the Heart) Print Acc. 1665.2015.28	1998	Letterpress print from a portfolio of twelve etching and aquatints with chine collé; and sixteen letterpress prints with artist's text	sheet: 18 15/16 × 15 13/16" (48.1 × 40.1 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 John Baldessari, Catie and Donald Marron, and Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer