Artist Monograph

Sheila Hicks, American

American, born 1934

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	20	95.2%
Acrylic Painting	1	4.8%

Production by Decade

1950s

1960s

2010s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	15%
Medium (30–100 cm)	10	50%
Large (1–3 m)	4	20%
Monumental (> 3 m)	3	15%

Range: 14.6 cm → 518.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1960	1
1961	1
1962	1
1964	1
1966	1
1967	2
1975	5
1987	1
2015	3
2016	1
2017	2
2025	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 21 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Blue Letter Design Acc. 338.1960	1959	Hand-woven wool	17 3/4 x 17" (45.1 x 43.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 45.09 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Philip Johnson Fund
Peluca verde Design Acc. 175.2025	1960–1961	Wool	23 5/8 × 14 9/16" (60 × 37 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 in honor of Glenn Lowry
Greta (no. 55) Design Acc. 259.1962	1961	Wool	9 x 5 3/4" (22.9 x 14.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 22.86 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift in memory of Greta Daniel and Greta Daniel Design Fund
Wall Hanging Design Acc. 348.1961	1961	Hand-woven wool	27 1/2 x 27" (69.8 x 68.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Philip Johnson Fund
Cartridges and Zapata Design Acc. 582.2017.a-c	1962–1965	Linen	.a: 141 × 21" (358.1 × 53.3 cm) .b: 133 × 21" (337.8 × 53.3 cm) .c: 170 × 24" (431.8 × 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Melvin Bedrick
Multi-Colored Minime Design Acc. 479.1975	c. 1962	Hand-woven wool	10 1/2 x 11 1/2" (26.7 x 29.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 26.67 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Given anonymously
Wall-Hanging Design Acc. 480.1975	c. 1962	Wool	38 1/2 x 42" (97.8 x 106.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 106.68 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Given anonymously
White Letter Design Acc. 430.1964	1962	Hand-spun wool	46 1/2 × 38" (118.1 × 96.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Knoll Associates
Ribbons Design Acc. 98.2015	c. 1964	Cotton mounted on bamboo	102 3/8 x 36 1/4" (260 x 92 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Demisch Danant
Badagara Cloth Design Acc. 481.1975.1	1965	Cotton	16 x 17" (40.6 x 43.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 40.64 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Given anonymously
Badagara Cloth Design Acc. 481.1975.2	1965	Cotton	14 1/2 x 17" (36.8 x 43.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 36.83 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Given anonymously
Kerala Cloth Design Acc. 482.1975	1965	Cotton	13 1/4 x 19" (33.7 x 48.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 33.66 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Given anonymously
Prayer Rug Design Acc. 357.1966	1965	Hand-spun wool	87 x 43" (221 x 109.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 220.98 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Dr. Mittelsten Schied
Quipu blanco Design Acc. 176.2025	c. 1965 -1966	Wool	59 1/16 × 23 5/8 × 3 15/16" (150 × 60 × 10 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 in honor of Glenn Lowry
Echantillon: Dove Wing (Sample for a textile wall at the Ford Foundation, New York) Design Acc. 2235.1967	1967	Linen and silk	39 1/4 x 31 1/2" (99.7 x 80 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 99.70 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designers
Echantillon: Medallion (Sample for a textile wall at the Ford Foundation, New York) Design Acc. 2234.1967	1967	Linen and silk	39 1/2 x 29" (100.3 x 73.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 100.33 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designers
The Evolving Tapestry: He/She Design Acc. 452.1987.a-vvv	1967–1968	Linen and silk	Dimensions variable ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Given in Memory of Arthur Drexler by Sheila Hicks, Jack Lenor Larsen, and Henry and Alison Kates; and Department Purchase Funds
Panel for interior of Air France Boeing 747 aircraft Design Acc. 584.2017	1969–1977	Embroidered silk on polished cotton	51 3/4 × 157 × 2" (131.4 × 398.8 × 5.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Melvin Bedrick
Pillar of Inquiry/Supple Column Design Acc. 99.2015	2013–2014	Acrylic fiber	204 x 48 x 48 inches (variable) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Sheila Hicks, Glen Raven Inc., and Sikkema Jenkins and Co.
Minime Design Acc. 100.2015	2014	Linen and silk	9 1/2 × 5 1/2" (24.1 × 14 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Hicks Family in honor of the artist's 80th birthday
Minime (Four Tunnels of Exploration) Design Acc. 138.2016	2015	Wool, linen, cotton, razor clam shells	8 1/8 × 11 7/8" (20.6 × 30.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Sheila Hicks and Cecily Langdale Davis in honor of Roy Davis