Artist Monograph

Robert Venturi, American

American, 1925–2018

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Sculpture	6	46.2%
Other Media	5	38.5%
Ceramics	2	15.4%

Production by Decade

7

1950s

2

1970s

4

1980s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	15.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)	10	76.9%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	7.7%

Range: 3.2 cm → 598.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1984	3
1985	1
1988	8
2005	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 13 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Beach House Project (Scale model, 1/4" = 1') Architecture Acc. 126.1988	c. 1959	Cardboard and wooden dowels	11 1/4 x 14 3/4 x 9 1/2" (28.5 x 37.5 x 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Venturi, Rauch, and Scott Brown, Inc.
Vanna Venturi House, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, Scheme III A (Scale model, 1/4" = 1') Architecture Acc. 127.1988	1959–1964	Cardboard and wood	12 x 10 1/2 x 13" (30.5 x 26.7 x 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Venturi, Rauch, and Scott Brown, Inc.
Vanna Venturi House, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, Scheme III B (Scale model, 1/4" = 1') Architecture Acc. 128.1988	1959-64	Cardboard and wooden dowels	10 1/8 x 15 1/4 x 10 3/8" (25.7 x 38.7 x 26.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Venturi, Rauch, and Scott Brown, Inc.
Vanna Venturi House, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, Scheme IV A (Scale model, 1/4" = 1') Architecture Acc. 129.1988	1959-64	Balsa wood and cardboard	9 1/4 x 14 1/4 x 9 3/4" (23.5 x 36.2 x 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Venturi, Rauch, and Scott Brown, Inc.
Vanna Venturi House, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, Scheme IV B (Scale model, 1/4" = 1') Architecture Acc. 130.1988	1959-64	Cardboard and paper	8 3/8 x 14 3/4 x 9 3/4" (21.2 x 37.5 x 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Venturi, Rauch, and Scott Brown, Inc.
Vanna Venturi House, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, Scheme V (Scale model, 1/4" = 1') Architecture Acc. 131.1988	1959-64	Cardboard and paper	9 3/4 x 18 1/2 x 10" (24.8 x 47 x 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Venturi, Rauch, and Scott Brown, Inc.
Vanna Venturi House, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, Scheme VI (final) (Scale model, 1/4" = 1') Architecture Acc. 132.1988	1959-64	Cardboard and paper	7 3/4 x 20 1/2 x 6 3/4" (19.7 x 52.1 x 17.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown, Inc.
Façade Panels from Best Products Showroom, Langhorne, Pennsylvania Architecture Acc. 829.2005.a-h	1973-79	Porcelain-enameled steel	92 x 235 3/4 x 1 3/4" (233.7 x 598.8 x 4.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Carlin McLaughlin, Nalin Patel, Rajnikant Shah and Gregory Zollner
House, Northern Delaware, Preliminary study of west elevation Architecture Acc. 121.1988	1978	Felt-tipped pen on tracing paper	12 x 23 1/2" (30.5 x 59.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown, Inc.
Empire Side Chair Design Acc. 303.1984	1983	Birch plywood and maple veneer	38 1/2 x 26 3/8 x 23 1/4" (97.8 x 67 x 59 cm), seat h. 19" (48.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the manufacturer
Queen Anne Side Chair Design Acc. 302.1984	1983	Maple plywood and plastic laminate	38 1/2 × 26 5/8 × 23 1/2" (97.8 × 67.6 × 59.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the manufacturer
Notebook Plate Design Acc. 304.1984	1984	Glazed porcelain	1 1/4 x 12 1/16" (3.2 x 30.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 30.70 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Marshall Cogan Purchase Fund
Tumbler Design Acc. 305.1984	1984	Lead crystal	4 1/8 x 3 1/2" (10.5 x 8.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 8.90 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Marshall Cogan Purchase Fund