Artist Monograph

Shoichi Ida, Japanese

Japanese, 1941–2006

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	8	32%
Other Media	8	32%
Lithography	8	32%
Screenprint	1	4%

Production by Decade

1970s

1980s

1990s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	9.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	20	90.9%

Range: 2.7 cm → 94.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1971	1
1979	7
1982	1
1983	6
1987	7
1991	1
1992	1
1994	1

Japanese Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 25 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Black Sofa Print Acc. 638.1971	1970	Lithograph and screenprint	composition: 25 x 20 7/16" (63.5 x 51.9 cm); sheet: 27 13/16 x 21 3/16" (70.7 x 53.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wolfgang Schoenborn
Stone on Paper No. 1-No. 5 from the series Surface is the Between Print Acc. 22.1979.1-5	1977	Portfolio of five lithographs, offset printed	composition: (various); sheet: 15 3/4 x 15 3/4" (40 x 40 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Surface is the Between, Paper Between Two Stones and Rock Print Acc. 23.1979	1977	Lithograph, offset printed with embossing and chine collé	composition (irreg.): 37 x 23 1/2" (94 x 59.7cm); sheet (irreg.): 37 3/4 x 23 3/4" (95.9 x 60.3cm); chine collé: 10 1/16 x 8 1/8" (25.6 x 20.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Surface is the Between, Stone on Paper No. 1 Print Acc. 22.1979.1	1977	Offset lithograph from a portfolio of five	composition (irreg.): 1 1/16 x 1" (2.7 x 2.5 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 15 3/4" (40.0 x 40.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Surface is the Between, Stone on Paper No. 2 Print Acc. 22.1979.2	1977	Offset lithograph from a portfolio of five	composition (irreg.): 15 1/16 x 1 3/4" (38.3 x 4.5 cm); sheet 15 3/4 x 15 3/4" (40.0 x 40.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Surface is the Between, Stone on Paper No. 3 Print Acc. 22.1979.3	1977	Offset lithograph from a portfolio of five	composition (irreg.): 15 1/16 x 15 1/8" (38.2 x 38.4 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 15 3/4" (40.0 x 40.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Surface is the Between, Stone on Paper No. 4 Print Acc. 22.1979.4	1977	Offset lithograph from a portfolio of five	composition (irreg.): 15 1/4 x 15 1/4" (38.7 x 38.7 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 15 3/4" (40.0 x 40.0 cm) . ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Surface is the Between, Stone on Paper No. 5 Print Acc. 22.1979.5	1977	Offset lithograph from a portfolio of five	composition (irreg.): 3 5/8 x 4 1/4" (9.2 x 10.8 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 15 3/4" (40.0 x 40.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Surface is the Between, Between Gravity and Stain Print Acc. 128.1982	1981	Lithograph with chine collé	composition (irreg.): 28 9/16 x 20 11/16" (72.6 x 52.5 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 5/16" (76 x 56.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Prasada Press, Inc.
Surface is the Between, Between Vertical and Horizon – Descended Blue Print Acc. 223.1983.1-5	1982, published 1983	Portfolio of five etching, aquatint, and drypoints with chine collé	various plate dimensions; sheet: 30 1/4 x 22 1/2" (76 x 57.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Yoh Art Gallery
Surface is the Between, Between Vertical and Horizon – Descended Blue No. 1 Print Acc. 223.1983.1	1982, published 1983	One from a portfolio of five etching, aquatint, and drypoints with chine collé	plate: 17 3/4 x 15 3/4" (45.1 x 40 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 5/16" (76 x 56.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Yoh Art Gallery
Surface is the Between, Between Vertical and Horizon – Descended Blue No. 2 Print Acc. 223.1983.2	1982, published 1983	One from a portfolio of five etching, aquatint, and drypoints with chine collé	plate: 17 3/4 x 15 13/16" (45.1 x 40.1 cm); sheet: 30 11/16 x 22 3/8" (78 x 56.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Yoh Art Gallery
Surface is the Between, Between Vertical and Horizon – Descended Blue No. 3 Print Acc. 223.1983.3	1982, published 1983	One from a portfolio of five etching, aquatint, and drypoints with chine collé	plate: 17 11/16 x 15 5/8" (44.9 x 39.7 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 5/8" (76 x 57.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Yoh Art Gallery
Surface is the Between, Between Vertical and Horizon – Descended Blue No. 4 Print Acc. 223.1983.4	1982, published 1983	One from a portfolio of five etching, aquatint, and drypoints with chine collé	plate: 19 13/16 x 17 3/4" (50.3 x 45.1 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 1/2" (76 x 57.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Yoh Art Gallery
Surface is the Between, Between Vertical and Horizon – Descended Blue No. 5 Print Acc. 223.1983.5	1982, published 1983	One from a portfolio of five etching, aquatint, and drypoints with chine collé	plate: 17 7/8 x 15 7/8" (45.4 x 40.3 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 3/8" (76 x 56.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Yoh Art Gallery
Surface is the Between, Between Vertical and Horizon – Descended Triangle Print Acc. 364.1987.1-6	1987	Portfolio of six aquatints and drypoints with chine collé	various plate dimensions; sheet (each): 26 × 22 1/4" (66 × 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Crown Point Press in celebration of its 25th anniversary
Surface is the Between, Between Vertical and Horizon – Descended Triangle No. 1 Print Acc. 364.1987.1	1987	One from a portfolio of six aquatints and drypoints with chine collé	Plate: 14 1/16 x 14" (35.7 x 35.6 cm); sheet: 26 x 22 1/2" (66 x 57.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Crown Point Press in celebration of its 25th anniversary
Surface is the Between, Between Vertical and Horizon – Descended Triangle No. 2 Print Acc. 364.1987.2	1987	One from a portfolio of six aquatints and drypoints with chine collé	Plate: 14 1/16 x 14 1/16" (35.7 x 35.7 cm); sheet: 26 x 22 13/16" (66.1 x 57.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Crown Point Press in celebration of its 25th anniversary
Surface is the Between, Between Vertical and Horizon – Descended Triangle No. 3 Print Acc. 364.1987.3	1987	One from a portfolio of six aquatints and drypoints with chine collé	Plate: 14 1/16 x 13 7/8" (35.7 x 35.3 cm); sheet: 26 x 22 9/16" (66.1 x 57.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Crown Point Press in celebration of its 25th anniversary
Surface is the Between, Between Vertical and Horizon – Descended Triangle No. 4 Print Acc. 364.1987.4	1987	One from a portfolio of six aquatints and drypoints with chine collé	Plate: 14 1/16 x 14 1/16" (35.7 x 35.7 cm); sheet: 26 1/16 x 22 9/16" (66.2 x 57.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Crown Point Press in celebration of its 25th anniversary
Surface is the Between, Between Vertical and Horizon – Descended Triangle No. 5 Print Acc. 364.1987.5	1987	One from a portfolio of six aquatints and drypoints with chine collé	Plate: 14 1/16 x 14 1/16" (35.7 x 35.7 cm); sheet: 26 1/8 x 22 11/16" (66.4 x 57.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Crown Point Press in celebration of its 25th anniversary
Surface is the Between, Between Vertical and Horizon – Descended Triangle No. 6 Print Acc. 364.1987.6	1987	One from a portfolio of six aquatints and drypoints with chine collé	Plate: 14 1/16 x 14" (35.7 x 35.5 cm); sheet: 26 1/16 x 22 1/2" (66.2 x 57.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Crown Point Press in celebration of its 25th anniversary
Walla Walla Tribe Station, Camp No. 5 Print Acc. 152.1994	1987	Drypoint with hand additions and chine appliqué	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Schimmel in honor of Riva Castleman's 30th anniversary at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
Well from Karma – Black Echo Print Acc. 270.1992	1989	Etching and drypoint with chine collé	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Associates Fund in honor of Riva Castleman
Blue Swan in Well – Locus Sutra No. 6 Print Acc. 253.1991	1990	Drypoint and etching with chine collé	plate: 17 7/8 x 17 13/16" (45.4 x 45.2 cm); sheet: 27 3/16 x 22 3/8" (69 x 56.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Yoh Art Gallery