Artist Monograph

Richard Artschwager, American

American, 1923–2013

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Sculpture	14	25%
Other Media	14	25%
Drawing	12	21.4%
Etching	6	10.7%
Screenprint	4	7.1%
Photography	3	5.4%
Lithography	2	3.6%
Acrylic Painting	1	1.8%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	38	67.9%
Painting & Sculpture	16	28.6%
Photography	2	3.6%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Classification Types

Drawing — 13
Print — 11
Multiple — 10
Sculpture — 9
Painting — 7
Photograph — 2
Periodical — 2
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	12	23.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)	26	51%
Large (1–3 m)	12	23.5%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	2%

Range: 13.4 cm → 401.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1968	1
1969	2
1970	1
1971	1
1972	1
1977	2
1978	3
1979	8
1990	2
1991	3
1992	1
1994	5
1996	3
1997	1
1998	6
1999	2
2001	1
2002	1
2005	8
2012	1
2013	1
2015	1
2018	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 56 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Seated Group Painting Acc. 92.2002	1962	Charcoal and synthetic polymer paint on Celotex	42 x 60" (106.7 x 152.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of UBS
Three Women Painting Acc. 647.2005	1963	Synthetic polymer paint on board with metal frame	49 1/2 x 48 7/8" (125.7 x 124.1 cm) including frame ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Tower Sculpture Acc. 671.1971	1964	Painted formica and wood	6' 6" x 24 1/8" x 39" (198.1 x 61.1 x 99 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 80.29 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Philip Johnson
Table and Two Chairs Drawing Acc. 808.1969	1965	Charcoal on paper	19 x 25" (48.3 x 63.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Paul Bianchini
Key Member Sculpture Acc. 220.1968	1967	Formica veneer and felt on wood	11 7/8 x 29 1/8 x 8 5/8" (30.1 x 74 x 21.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Philip Johnson
Where to Go Drawing Acc. 807.1969	1967	Charcoal on paper	25 x 19" (63.3 x 48.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Lester Avnet Fund
Cover for S.M.S. No. 6, December 1968 Illustrated Book Acc. 460.1977.6m	1968	Offset lithograph	Various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Carol O. Selle
Black Blp from Locations Multiple Acc. 77.1979.4	1969	Multiple of plexiglass	overall (irreg.): 6 7/8 × 4 1/2 × 13/16" (17.5 × 11.4 × 2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Brooke Alexander, Inc.
Clear Blp from Locations Multiple Acc. 77.1979.2	1969	Multiple of plexiglass and paint	overall (irreg.): 13 7/16 × 4 3/8 × 5/8" (34.1 × 11.1 × 1.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Brooke Alexander, Inc.
Hair Blp from Locations Multiple Acc. 77.1979.5	1969	Multiple of rubberized horsehair and formica	overall (irreg.): 8 11/16 × 5 3/16 × 1 9/16" (22 × 13.2 × 4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Brooke Alexander, Inc.
Locations Multiple Acc. 77.1979.1-6	1969	Multiple of formica on wood with redwood, glass, plexiglass, mirror, rubberized horsehair with formica, metal, paint, plastic, and screenprint	overall (see child records): dimensions vary ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Brooke Alexander, Inc.
Mirror Blp from Locations Multiple Acc. 77.1979.3	1969	Multiple of mirror and plastic	overall (irreg.): 13 7/16 × 4 7/16 × 11/16" (34.2 × 11.3 × 1.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Brooke Alexander, Inc.
Sculpture/Container from Locations Multiple Acc. 77.1979.6	1969	Multiple of formica on wood with plexiglass and screenprint	overall (irreg.): 15 × 10 11/16 × 4 13/16" (38.1 × 27.2 × 12.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Brooke Alexander, Inc.
Space Knob from Locations Multiple Acc. 77.1979.1	1969	Multiple of redwood, paint, and metal hook	overall (irreg.): 7 1/16 × 3 3/8 × 3 3/8" (18 × 8.6 × 8.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Brooke Alexander, Inc.
Study #8 Drawing Acc. 1185.2005	late 1970s	Ballpoint pen on newspaper with masking tape on cardboard	8 1/2 x 9" (21.6 x 22.9 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 (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
Umble #2 Drawing Acc. 157.1970	1970	Charcoal on paper	25 1/4 x 19" (64.1 x 48.3 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
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1184.2005	(1970)	Ballpoint pen and pencil on gelatin silver print with masking tape on board	11 3/4 x 11 1/8" (29.8 x 28.3 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 (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
Interior Print Acc. 220.1972	1972	Screenprint	composition (right): 28 3/4 x 19 9/16" (71.6 x 49.7 cm); composition (left): 28 5/16 x 19 9/16" (71.9 x 49.6 cm); sheet 32 3/4 x 46 3/16" (83 x 117.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Sailors from an untitled portfolio Print Acc. 114.1990	1972	Screenprint	composition: 14 13/16 x 13 1/8" (37.7 x 33.4 cm); sheet: 24 7/16 x 17 3/4" (62 x 45.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Untitled (Utrecht Project) Audio Acc. 854.2013.22	1972	7-inch flexi disk and catalogue	dimensions vary ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Garden II Painting Acc. 513.1978.a-c	1974	Synthetic polymer paint on board, three panels	Overall 6' 5/8" x 13' 3 5/8" (184.6 x 405.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Lauder Foundation in memory of J. Frederic Byers III
Johnson Wax Building Painting Acc. 648.2005	1974	Acrylic on board with metal frame	47 1/2 x 59 1/2" (120.7 x 151.1 cm) including frame ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Untitled from the Rubber Stamp Portfolio Print Acc. 181.1977.2	1976, published 1977	One from a portfolio of thirteen rubber stamps	composition (irreg.): 5 3/16 x 5 1/4" (13.2 x 13.4 cm); sheet: 8 x 8" (20.3 x 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Parasol Press, Ltd. and the Publications Department of The Museum of Modern Art
Interior #1 Print Acc. 236.1978	1977	Etching	plate: 9 x 9 13/16" (22.9 x 24.9 cm); sheet: 23 9/16 x 21 1/16" (59.8 x 53.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Janet K. Ruttenberg Fund
Interior #2 Print Acc. 237.1978	1977	Drypoint	plate: 9 15/16 x 11 15/16" (25.2 x 30.3 cm); sheet: 22 3/8 x 19 13/16" (56.9 x 50.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Janet K. Ruttenberg Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1157.2011	1978	Pencil on transparentized paper over ink and pencil on paper	24 x 26" (61 x 66 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	From the Collection of Laura-Lee and Robert Woods
Untitled (Project for Hamburg) Photograph Acc. 252.1996	1978	Gelatin silver print (with paper collage and graphite)	14 3/4 × 19 3/4" (37.5 × 50.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of The Contemporary Arts Council in memory of Eugene M. Schwartz
Untitled (Project for Hamburg) Photograph Acc. 253.1996	1978	Gelatin silver print (with paper collage and graphite)	13 3/8 × 19 7/8" (34 × 50.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of The Contemporary Arts Council in memory of Eugene M. Schwartz
Untitled Print Acc. 1040.1979	1979	Aquatint, etching and roulette	plate: 9 x 10 3/4" (22.9 x 27.3 cm); sheet: 30 x 22 1/2" (76.2 x 57.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
The Organ of Cause & Effect Painting Acc. 163.1996	1981	Synthetic polymer paint and charcoal on board with mirrors	69 3/4" x 6' 9 1/2" x 11 1/8" (177.2 x 207 x 28.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Dannheisser Foundation
Volcano Drawing Acc. 408.1991	(1986)	Charcoal on paper	19 x 25 1/4" (48.3 x 64.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	From the Collection of Laura-Lee and Robert Woods
Book Multiple Acc. 143.1997	1987	Multiple of wood and formica	overall: 5 1/8 x 20 1/8 x 12 1/16" (13 x 51.1 x 30.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Virginia Cowles Schroth Fund
Double Sitting Painting Acc. 64.1991	1988	Synthetic polymer paint on board and paint on formica	6' 3 3/8" x 67 7/8" (192 x 172.3 cm) including painted wood frame ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Agnes Gund
Horizon Drawing Acc. 409.1991	1989	Charcoal on paper	25 1/8 x 37 7/8" (63.8 x 96.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	From the Collection of Laura-Lee and Robert Woods
Building Riddled with Listening Devices (Beta) Print Acc. 1.1990	1990	Etching and drypoint	plate 20 9/16 x 23 15/16" (52.3 x 60.8 cm) sheet 32 15/16 x 35" (83 x 89 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Barth and Mr. J. Edward Barth in honor of Linda B. Goldstein
Hair Box (for Parkett no. 23) Multiple Acc. 22.1998.1	1990	Multiple of rubber, paint, and wood	composition 10 x 15 x 5" (26 x 38 x 13 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
Parkett no. 23 Periodical Acc. 22.1998.2×1-x2	1990	Journal	Page: 10 x 8 1/4" (25.4 x 21 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 Print Acc. 1.2000	1990	Lithograph with aquatint	composition: 11 5/16 x 14 7/8" (28.7 x 37.8 cm); plate: 11 5/16 x 14 7/8" (28.7 x 37.8 cm); sheet: 22 x 25 7/8" (55 x 65.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Eileen and Peter Norton
Cherokee Print Acc. 132.1992	1991	Aquatint, drypoint and etching	composition: 28 1/8 x 40 11/16" (71.5 x 103.4 cm); sheet: 39 1/4 x 50 5/8" (99.7 x 128.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marian Goodman Gallery
Splatter Chair I Sculpture Acc. 316.1999.a-c	1992	Enamel on wood and formica	Overall 53 x 42 1/8 x 38 3/4" (134.6 x 106.9 x 98.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled (Stack of Crates) Drawing Acc. 1371.2018	1993	Pencil and ink on paper (recto and verso)	11 × 8 1/2" (27.9 × 21.6 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
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 601.1994	1994	Wood and metal	26 1/2 x 7' 6" x 22 1/2" (67.4 x 230 x 57.2 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 and Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro Fund
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 602.1994	1994	Wood and metal	29 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 42" (74.9 x 82.6 x 106.6 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 and Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro Fund
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 603.1994.a-b	1994	Wood and metal	13' 2" x 50" x 36" (401.6 x 127 x 91.5 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 and Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro Fund
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 604.1994	1994	Wood and metal	46 x 13 1/2 x 16 1/4" (117 x 34.4 x 41.3 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 and Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro Fund
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 605.1994	1994	Wood and metal	6' 8" x 29" x 12 1/2" (203.2 x 73.8 x 31.6 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 and Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro Fund
Untitled (RA-5) Sculpture Acc. 1142.2001	1995	Wood and metal	56 1/2 x 65 1/2 x 21" (143.5 x 166.4 x 53.5 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
Parkett no. 46 Periodical Acc. 96.1998.1.x1-x2	1996	Journal	plate 10 x 8 1/4" (25.5 x 21 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 (1000 Cubic Inches) (for Parkett no. 46) Multiple Acc. 23.1998	1996	Multiple of plywood and pine crate	object: 7 x 7 x 20 1/2" (17.8 x 17.8 x 52 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
Splatter Table Painting Acc. 649.2005	1997-98	Synthetic polymer paint and formica on wood with metal plate, five parts	6' 4" x 8' 2" (193 x 248.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Untitled from Notes on a Room Print Acc. 633.1998.2	1998	Etching	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda Barth Goldstein
Untitled from Notes on a Room Print Acc. 633.1998.3	1998	Etching	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Linda Barth Goldstein
Haltestelle I Drawing Acc. 1186.2005	2001	Charcoal and pastel on paper	23 x 31 3/4" (58.4 x 80.6 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
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1187.2005	2002	Charcoal on paper	25 1/8 x 24" (63.8 x 61 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
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1188.2005	2002	Charcoal on paper	25 1/8 x 19" (63.8 x 48.3 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
Lenin Drawing Acc. 1612.2015	2003	Pastel on flocked paper	22 × 20" (55.9 × 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Anonymous gift