Artist Monograph

Shusaku Arakawa, American

American, born Japan. 1936–2010

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Engraving	9	29%
Screenprint	8	25.8%
Acrylic Painting	7	22.6%
Etching	4	12.9%
Drawing	2	6.5%
Oil Painting	1	3.2%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	29	93.5%
Painting & Sculpture	2	6.5%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1990s

Classification Types

Print — 19
Illustrated Book — 9
Painting — 2
Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	24	77.4%
Large (1–3 m)	7	22.6%

Range: 33.0 cm → 225.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1966	1
1967	1
1971	1
1973	1
1974	1
1975	10
1979	1
1984	4
1987	1
1991	9
2011	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 31 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Back and Front of Time: S.A. Equation Painting Acc. 2307.1967	1965	Oil, pencil, and colored pencil on canvas	88 7/8 x 63 3/4" (225.8 x 161.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mrs. Bliss Parkinson
Untitled Drawing Acc. 119.1966	1965	Pencil, colored pencil, crayon, ballpoint pen, and paint	30 x 22 1/8" (76.3 x 56.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Marjorie Veith More Memorial Fund
Next to the Last Print Acc. 625.1971	1967–71	Screenprint	composition: 27 1/4 x 42 5/16" (69.2 x 107.4 cm); sheet: 31 1/8 x 46 1/8" (79 x 117.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Reiss-Cohen Fund
Still Life from the special edition boxed set of To and From Rrose Selavy Print Acc. 436.1973.2	signed 1967, published 1968	Screenprint on colored paper	13 × 10 1/4" (33 × 26.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Leo Castelli Fund (by exchange)
The Portrait of Mr. M Painting Acc. 600.2011	1967	Synthetic polymer paint, felt-tipped pen, ink, and pencil on canvas	64 3/16 x 46 5/8 x 1 3/16" (163 x 118.5 x 3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Partial gift of the Daled Collection and partial purchase through the generosity of Maja Oeri and Hans Bodenmann, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Agnes Gund, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, and Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley
"No!" says the signified Print Acc. 248.1975.1-6	1973	Portfolio of six lithographs (three with screenprint, two double-sided with offset lithograph, two with acrylic and collage additions)	composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each approx.): 22 1/4 x 30 1/16" (56.6 x 76.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lynn Epsteen
Bonjour Picasso from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) Print Acc. 22.1987.11	1973	Screenprint from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 21 1/8 x 29 15/16" (53.6 x 76.1 cm); sheet: 22 7/16 x 29 15/16" (57 x 76.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dorothy Miller (by exchange)
The Degrees of Meaning from Reality and Paradoxes Print Acc. 367.1974	1973	Screenprint and lithograph	composition (irreg.): 27 1/2 × 18 7/16" (69.8 × 46.8 cm); sheet: 30 1/16 × 22 3/8" (76.3 × 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 Frayda and Ronald Feldman
Untitled 1 from "No!" says the signified Print Acc. 248.1975.1.a-b	1973	Double-sided lithograph and offset lithograph with acrylic and collage additions from a portfolio of six lithographs (three with screenprint, two double-sided with offset lithograph, two with acrylic and collage additions)	composition (.a) and sheet: 22 1/4 x 30 1/8" (56.5 x 76.5 cm); composition (.b): 2 3/4 x 3 7/8" (7 x 9.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lynn Epsteen
Untitled 2 from "No!" says the signified Print Acc. 248.1975.2.a-b	1973	Double-sided lithograph, screenprint, and offset lithograph from a portfolio of six lithographs (three with screenprint, two double-sided with offset lithograph, two with acrylic and collage additions)	composition (.a) and sheet: 22 1/4 x 30" (56.5 x 76.2 cm); composition (.b): 5 3/4 x 7 3/4" (14.7 x 19.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lynn Epsteen
Untitled 3 from "No!" says the signified Print Acc. 248.1975.3	1973	Lithograph and screenprint from a portfolio of six lithographs (three with screenprint, two double-sided with offset lithograph, two with acrylic and collage additions)	composition and sheet: 22 3/8 x 30 1/16" (56.8 x 76.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lynn Epsteen
Untitled 4 from "No!" says the signified Print Acc. 248.1975.4	1973	Lithograph with acrylic and collage additions from a portfolio of six lithographs (three with screenprint, two double-sided with offset lithograph, two with acrylic and collage additions)	composition and sheet: 22 3/8 x 30 1/8" (56.8 x 76.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lynn Epsteen
Untitled 5 from "No!" says the signified Print Acc. 248.1975.5	1973	Lithograph and screenprint from a portfolio of six lithographs (three with screenprint, two double-sided with offset lithograph, two with acrylic and collage additions)	composition and sheet: 22 1/4 x 30 1/8" (56.5 x 76.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lynn Epsteen
Untitled 6 from "No!" says the signified Print Acc. 248.1975.6	1973	Lithograph from a portfolio of six lithographs (three with screenprint, two double-sided with offset lithograph, two with acrylic and collage additions)	composition and sheet: 22 1/4 x 30" (56.5 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lynn Epsteen
Evening on Which Print Acc. 1356.1974	1974	Lithograph, screenprint and embossing	composition and sheet: 31 3/16 × 62 1/8" (79.2 × 157.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and Multiples, Inc.
Iris Field Print Acc. 1355.1974	1974	Lithograph and screenprint with embossing	composition and sheet: 29 7/8 × 41 13/16" (75.9 × 106.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and Multiples, Inc.
Redolence Print Acc. 1354.1974	1974	Lithograph and screenprint with embossing	composition and sheet: 29 7/8 × 41 13/16" (75.9 × 106.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and Multiples, Inc.
and/or in profile Print Acc. 859.1978	1975	Lithograph and screenprint with collage additions and embossing	composition and sheet: 31 1/16 x 42 5/16" (78.9 x 107.5 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. Harry Kahn
The Signified or If, no. 1 Print Acc. 710.1983	1975–76	Etching and aquatint with pastel additions	plate: 23 7/8 × 35 1/2" (60.6 × 90.1 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 41 1/2" (75 × 105.4 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. Harry Kahn
The Signified or If, no. 2 Print Acc. 711.1983	1975–76	Etching and aquatint with pastel additions	plate: 23 7/8 × 35 11/16" (60.6 × 90.6 cm); sheet: 29 9/16 × 41 1/2" (75.1 × 105.4 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. Harry Kahn
The Signified or If, no. 4 Print Acc. 712.1983	1975–76	Etching and aquatint with pastel additions	plate: 23 7/8 × 35 11/16" (60.6 × 90.6 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 41 9/16" (75 × 105.5 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. Harry Kahn
The Signified or If, no. 5 Print Acc. 713.1983	1975–76	Etching and aquatint with pastel additions	plate: 23 7/8 × 35 9/16" (60.6 × 90.4 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 41 7/16" (75 × 105.2 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. Harry Kahn
Double page plate (pages 10 and 11) from Eureka: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1992.1	1991	Photoengraving from an iIllustrated book with eight photoengravings	composition (irreg.): 12 5/16 × 19 1/8" (31.3 × 48.6 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 9 9/16" (34 × 24.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Double page plate (pages 22 and 23) from Eureka: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1992.2	1991	Photoengraving from an iIllustrated book with eight photoengravings	composition (irreg.): 11 7/8 × 19 1/8" (30.2 × 48.6 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 9 9/16" (34 × 24.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Double page plate (pages 34 and 35) from Eureka: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1992.3	1991	Photoengraving from an iIllustrated book with eight photoengravings	composition (irreg.): 13 7/16 × 19 1/8" (34.2 × 48.6 cm); page: 13 7/16 × 9 9/16" (34.2 × 24.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Double page plate (pages 46 and 47) from Eureka: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1992.4	1991	Photoengraving from an iIllustrated book with eight photoengravings	composition (irreg.): 13 1/2 × 19 1/8" (34.3 × 48.6 cm); page: 13 1/2 × 9 9/16" (34.3 × 24.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Double page plate (pages 58 and 59) from Eureka: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1992.5	1991	Photoengraving from an iIllustrated book with eight photoengravings	composition (irreg.): 12 15/16 × 19 1/8" (32.8 × 48.6 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 9 9/16" (34 × 24.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Double page plate (pages 70 and 71) from Eureka: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1992.6	1991	Photoengraving from an iIllustrated book with eight photoengravings	composition (irreg.): 12 7/16 × 19 1/8" (31.6 × 48.6 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 9 9/16" (34 × 24.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Double page plate (pages 82 and 83) from Eureka: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1992.7	1991	Photoengraving from an iIllustrated book with eight photoengravings	composition (irreg.): 13 1/2 × 19 1/8" (34.3 × 48.6 cm); page: 13 1/2 × 9 9/16" (34.3 × 24.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Double page plate (pages 94 and 95) from Eureka: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1992.8	1991	Photoengraving from an iIllustrated book with eight photoengravings	composition (irreg.): 13 3/8 × 19 1/8" (34 × 48.6 cm); page: 13 3/8 × 9 9/16" (34 × 24.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Eureka: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe Illustrated Book Acc. 150.1992.1-8	1991	Illustrated book with eight photoengravings	page (each approx.): 13 3/8 × 9 9/16" (34 × 24.3 cm; overall (closed): 13 3/4 × 10 1/16 × 7/8" (35 × 25.5 × 2.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund