Artist Monograph

Robert Whitman, American

American, 1935–2024

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	5	45.5%
Lithography	2	18.2%
Other Media	2	18.2%
Photography	1	9.1%
Etching	1	9.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	10	90.9%
Architecture & Design	1	9.1%

Classification Types

Drawing — 5
Print — 3
Design — 1
Audio — 1
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	20%
Medium (30–100 cm)	8	80%

Range: 15.1 cm → 90.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1963	1
1967	1
1974	1
1993	1
2005	3
2013	1
2016	1
2018	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 11 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Garbage Bag Drawing Acc. 1617.2018	c. 1962	Pencil and crayon on paper	14 × 11" (35.6 × 27.9 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
Hole (Poster published in conjunction with a happening / theatrical performance) Design Acc. 394.1963	1963	Lithograph	22 x 17" (55.8 x 43.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the artist
Untitled Drawing Acc. 3420.2005	(1964)	Pencil and colored pencil on paper	22 1/4 x 24 x 1/2" (56.5 x 61 x 1.3 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
Untitled (plate 20) from The International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The International Avant-Garde, Volume 5: America Discovered (Anthologia internazionale dell'incisione contemporanea: L'Avanguardia internazionale: Volume 5: Scoperta dell'America) Illustrated Book Acc. 324.1967.20	1964	Etching from an album of 16 etchings (one with aquatint, one with drypoint, one with pencil additions), three photogravures (two with etching), and one relief halftone	plate: 3 15/16 x 5 15/16" (10 x 15.1cm); page: 11 3/4 x 9 7/16" (29.8 x 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Deitsch Gallery
Sounds for 4 Cinema Pieces Audio Acc. 854.2013.341	1968	7-inch flexi disc 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
Art Cash Print Acc. 23.1993.a-c	1971	Lithograph on three sheets, offset printed	ccomposition: 25 1/16 x 19 5/8" (63.6 x 49.8 cm); sheet: 27 3/4 x 22 1/16" (70.5 x 56 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Experiments in Art and Technology
Untitled Drawing Acc. 3421.2005	1971	Pastel, pencil, pressure-sensitive tape, and string on paper	23 3/4 x 19 1/4" (60.3 x 48.9 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
Study for Stairs Drawing Acc. 1618.2018	1973	Pencil and colored pencil on paper	18 × 23 3/4" (45.7 × 60.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Untitled Drawing Acc. 3422.2005	1973	Pencil and colored pencil on 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	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Untitled from The New York Collection for Stockholm Print Acc. 625.1973.30	1973	Double-sided screenprint, folded, from a portfolio of seventeen screenprints, nine lithographs, two lithographs with screenprint, one photocopy, and one photograph	composition (irreg.): 3/16 x 35 11/16" (0.5 x 90.7cm); sheet: 11 15/16 x 17 7/8" (30.3 x 45.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Steven M. Feinstein
Untitled Print Acc. 611.2016.a-t	1974	Set of twenty color photocopies	composition and sheet (each): 10 3/4 × 8 1/2" (27.3 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints