Artist Monograph

Sandro Chia, Italian

Italian, born 1946

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	3	15.8%
Printmaking	1	5.3%
Oil Painting	1	5.3%
Other Media	1	5.3%
Watercolor	1	5.3%
Lithography	1	5.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	18	94.7%
Painting & Sculpture	1	5.3%

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 13
Print — 4
Painting — 1
Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	11	57.9%
Medium (30–100 cm)	7	36.8%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	5.3%

Range: 21.5 cm → 386.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1981	2
1982	1
1983	1
1985	12
1989	1
2007	1
2013	1

Italian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 19 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Art & Project Bulletin #115 Print Acc. 1099.2007.115	1980	One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy	sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Bestiario Illustrated Book Acc. 324.1985.1-11	(1980)	Illustrated book with 11 lithographs and line block ornament	Page: 13 3/8 x 9 5/8" (34 x 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Carta d'Olanda Illustrated Book Acc. 66.2013.1-10	1980	Illustrated book with ten etchings	page (each): 12 5/8 x 9 7/16" (32 x 24 cm); overall (closed): 12 15/16 x 9 13/16 x 3/8" (32.8 x 25 x 1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Plate (folio 12) from BESTIARIO Illustrated Book Acc. 324.1985.4	1980		irreg. composition 9 3/8 x 6 3/4" (23.9 x 17.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 14) from BESTIARIO Illustrated Book Acc. 324.1985.5	1980		irreg. composition 9 3/8 x 6 5/8" (23.9 x 16.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 17) from BESTIARIO Illustrated Book Acc. 324.1985.6	1980		composition 9 7/16 x 6 5/8" (24 x 16.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 19) from BESTIARIO Illustrated Book Acc. 324.1985.7	1980		irreg. composition 9 3/8 x 6 11/16" (23.9 x 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 22) from BESTIARIO Illustrated Book Acc. 324.1985.8	1980		composition 9 7/16 x 6 11/16" (24 x 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 25) from BESTIARIO Illustrated Book Acc. 324.1985.9	1980		irreg. composition 9 7/16 x 6 5/8" (24 x 16.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 28) from BESTIARIO Illustrated Book Acc. 324.1985.10	1980		irreg. composition 8 7/16 x 6 5/16" (21.5 x 16.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 30) from BESTIARIO Illustrated Book Acc. 324.1985.11	1980		composition 9 3/8 x 6 5/8" (23.9 x 16.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 4) from BESTIARIO Illustrated Book Acc. 324.1985.1	1980		irreg. composition 9 7/16 x 6 5/8" (24 x 16.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 7) from BESTIARIO Illustrated Book Acc. 324.1985.2	1980		irreg. composition 9 7/16 x 6 5/8" (24 x 16.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 9) from BESTIARIO Illustrated Book Acc. 324.1985.3	1980		irreg. composition 9 3/8 x 6 3/4" (23.9 x 17.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Sketch for Genoa, No. 2 Drawing Acc. 70.1981	1980	Watercolor, pencil, and ballpoint pen on paper	17 1/2 x 20 3/8" (44.5 x 51.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Contemporary European Drawings Fund
The Artifice (L'artificio) from the portfolio April Manual (Manuale d'Aprile) Print Acc. 228.1982	1981	Etching, aquatint, drypoint and roulette	composition: 11 13/16 x 12 1/2" (30 x 31.7 cm); sheet: 30 x 22 5/16" (76.2 x 56.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	International Print Fund
The Idleness of Sisyphus Painting Acc. 418.1981.a-b	1981	Oil on canvas, two panels	10' 2" x 12' 8 1/4" (309.9 x 386.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Acquired through the Carter Burden, Barbara Jakobson, and Saidie A. May Funds and purchase
Figure Looking Out Print Acc. 248.1989	1982	Etching	plate: 10 7/8 x 13 13/16" (27.6 x 35.1 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 x 22 1/16" (75 x 56.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edition Schellmann, Munich and New York
Mechanical Figure I Print Acc. 610.1983	1982	Drypoint and photogravure with chine collé	Composition: 29 11/16 x 22 3/4" (75.4 x 57.8 cm) Sheet: 29 1/2 x 22 3/4" (75 x 57.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Elinor and Edmund Grasheim