Artist Monograph

Richard Meier, American

American, born 1934

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	24	70.6%
Drawing	10	29.4%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	23	67.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	11	32.4%

Range: 18.6 cm → 70.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1984	13
2009	1
2015	20

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 34 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Richard Meier letterhead Design Acc. 1284.2015.1-12	1960s-1970s	Letterpress	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	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, Gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Richard Meier letterhead Design Acc. 1284.2015.1	1960s-1970s	Letterpress	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	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Richard Meier letterhead Design Acc. 1284.2015.2	1960s-1970s	Letterpress	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	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Richard Meier letterhead Design Acc. 1284.2015.3	1960s-1970s	Letterpress	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	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Richard Meier letterhead Design Acc. 1284.2015.4	1960s-1970s	Letterpress	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	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Richard Meier letterhead Design Acc. 1284.2015.5	1960s-1970s	Letterpress	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	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Richard Meier letterhead Design Acc. 1284.2015.6	1960s-1970s	Letterpress	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	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Richard Meier letterhead Design Acc. 1284.2015.7	1960s-1970s	Letterpress	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	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Richard Meier letterhead Design Acc. 1284.2015.8	1960s-1970s	Letterpress	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	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Richard Meier letterhead Design Acc. 1284.2015.9	1960s-1970s	Letterpress	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	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Richard Meier stationery envelope Design Acc. 1284.2015.10	1960s-1970s	Letterpress	4 1/8 × 9 1/4" (10.5 × 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Richard Meier stationery envelope Design Acc. 1284.2015.11	1960s-1970s	Letterpress	4 1/8 × 9 1/4" (10.5 × 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
The Atheneum, New Harmony, IN (Interior persepective) Architecture Acc. 511.1984	1975–1979	Pencil on tracing paper	14 7/8 x 15" (37.8 x 38.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
The Atheneum, New Harmony, IN (Preliminary sketch: plan) Architecture Acc. 512.1984	1975-79	Pencil on tracing paper	12 1/8 x 7 1/2" (30.8 x 19.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, Plan, preliminary study Architecture Acc. 316.1984	1975	Graphite on tracing paper	16 5/8 x 12 3/16" (42.2 x 31 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
The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, Site plan, study Architecture Acc. 319.1984	1975-79	Graphite on tracing paper	27 5/8 x 17 7/8" (70.2 x 45.4 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
The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, Axonometric Architecture Acc. 313.1984	c.1976	Graphite on tracing paper	21 1/4 x 21" (54 x 53.3 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
The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, Elevation Architecture Acc. 314.1984	1976	Graphite on tracing paper	11 1/8 x 25 3/4" (28.3 x 65.4 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
The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, Perspective Architecture Acc. 315.1984	c.1976	Graphite on paper	15 x 15" (38.1 x 38.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, Site plan, study Architecture Acc. 317.1984	c.1976	Graphite on tracing paper	24 x 21 1/8" (61 x 53.7 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
Richard Meier letterhead Design Acc. 1285.2015.1-2	1977	Letterpress with ink on paper	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	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, Gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Richard Meier letterhead Design Acc. 1285.2015.1	1977	Letterpress with ink on paper	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	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
The Atheneum, New Harmony, IN (Plan, preliminary sketch) Architecture Acc. 320.1984	1979	Graphite on tracing paper	12 1/4 x 18 1/2" (31.1 x 47 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
The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, Site plan, study Architecture Acc. 318.1984	1979	Graphite on tracing paper	21 3/4 x 18" (55.2 x 45.7 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
Richard Meier stationery card Design Acc. 1284.2015.12	1982	Letterpress	4 1/8 × 9 1/4" (10.5 × 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Champagne Goblet Design Acc. 292.1984	1984	Lead crystal	9 15/16 x 2 1/4" (25.3 x 5.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 5.72 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Marshall Cogan Purchase Fund
Wine Goblet Design Acc. 293.1984	1984	Lead crystal	7 1/2 x 3 1/4" (19.1 x 8.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 8.30 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Marshall Cogan Purchase Fund
Wine Goblet Design Acc. 294.1984	1984	Lead crystal	7 5/16 x 2 3/4" (18.6 x 7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 7.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Marshall Cogan Purchase Fund
Richard Meier letterhead with sketch Design Acc. 1286.2015.1	1987	Letterpress with ink on paper	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	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Richard Meier letterhead with sketch Design Acc. 1286.2015.2	1987	Letterpress with ink on paper	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	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Richard Meier letterhead with sketch Design Acc. 1286.2015.3	1987	Letterpress with ink on paper	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	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Richard Meier letterhead with sketches Design Acc. 1286.2015.1-3	1987	Letterpress with ink on paper	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	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Richard Meier letterhead Design Acc. 1285.2015.2	1990	Letterpress with ink on paper	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	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
J. Paul Getty Center, Los Angeles, California, Perspective sketch Architecture Acc. 603.2009	1991	Pencil on tracing paper	18 x 24" (45.7 x 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Ana Meier