Artist Monograph

Reiner Ruthenbeck, German

German,1937–2016

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	3	60%
Other Media	2	40%

Classification Types

Drawing — 3
Illustrated Book — 1
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	4	80%
Medium (30–100 cm)	1	20%

Range: 20.6 cm → 38.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1979	3
1985	1
2022	1

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 5 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Metal Frame (Corner) Drawing Acc. 120.1979	1967-68	Pencil and colored pencil on paper	8 1/4 x 10 1/4" (20.9 x 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Cosmopolitan Arts Foundation
Drawing 1968-69 Drawing Acc. 121.1979	1968	Ink and crayon on paper	8 1/4 x 11 3/4" (20.9 x 29.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Cosmopolitan Arts Foundation
Drawing 1969 Drawing Acc. 122.1979	1969	Pencil on paper	8 1/4 x 11 3/4" (21 x 29.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Cosmopolitan Arts Foundation
Paper-heap (Papierhaufen) from En Bloc Print Acc. 167.1985.15	1969	Crumpled paper	overall: 13 x 14 15/16" (33 x 38 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Christopher Gray
Box catalogue for the exhibition RUTHENBECK at the Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach, Germany, January 11 – February 20, 1972 Illustrated Book Acc. 524.2022.14	1972	Cardboard box containing three single cards, accordion leaflet, and record	Box: 8 1/8 × 7 5/16 × 9/16" (20.6 × 18.5 × 1.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Helen and Sam Zell