Artist Monograph

Siah Armajani, American

American, born Iran. 1939–2020

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Woodcut	8	72.7%
Lithography	1	9.1%
Photography	1	9.1%
Other Media	1	9.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	10	90.9%
Painting & Sculpture	1	9.1%

Production by Decade

1

1970s

9

1990s

1

2020s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 8
Print — 1
Drawing — 1
Sculpture — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	9	90%
Large (1–3 m)	1	10%

Range: 38.1 cm → 287.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1991	1
1992	8
2018	1
2022	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 11 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Fibonacci Discovery Bridge Drawing Acc. 1370.2018	1970	Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver prints and board on board with felt-tip pen	17 7/8 × 25 5/8" (45.4 × 65.1 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
Elements Number 30 Sculpture Acc. 92.1991.a-j	1990	Diamond plate aluminum, painted steel, and mirrors stained with translucent color	9' 5" x 53 7/8" x 7' (289.5 x 136.6 x 213.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Agnes Gund, Anna Marie and Robert F. Shapiro, Jerry I. Speyer and The Norman and Rosita Winston Foundation, Inc.
Bridge Book Illustrated Book Acc. 151.1992.1-7	1991	Illustrated book with seven woodcuts (one with letterpress and one with collaged letterpress)	page dimensions vary; overall (closed): 9 5/8 × 13 1/8 × 9/16" (24.4 × 33.3 × 1.5 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
Bridge over a Nice Triangle Tree (double page fold-out plate, folios 27 and 28) from Bridge Book Illustrated Book Acc. 151.1992.6	1991	Woodcut from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts (one with letterpress and one with collaged letterpress)	composition (irreg.): 8 1/2 × 24 7/8" (21.6 × 63.2 cm); page (unfolded): 9 7/16 × 25 9/16" (23.9 × 65 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
Bridge with Its Own Shadow (double page fold-out plate, folios 15 and 16) from Bridge Book Illustrated Book Acc. 151.1992.3	1991	Woodcut from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts (one with letterpress and one with collaged letterpress)	composition (irreg.): 8 1/16 × 25" (20.5 × 63.5 cm); page (unfolded): 9 7/16 × 25 9/16" (23.9 × 65 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
First Bridge (double page fold-out plate, folios 7 and 8) from Bridge Book Illustrated Book Acc. 151.1992.1	1991	Woodcut from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts (one with letterpress and one with collaged letterpress)	composition (irreg.): 8 7/16 × 24 15/16" (21.5 × 63.4 cm); page (unfolded): 9 7/16 × 25 9/16" (23.9 × 65 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
Fourth Bridge (double page fold-out plate, folios 19 and 20) from Bridge Book Illustrated Book Acc. 151.1992.4	1991	Woodcut from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts (one with letterpress and one with collaged letterpress)	composition (irreg.): 7 3/4 × 24 5/16" (19.7 × 61.7 cm); page (unfolded): 9 7/16 × 25 9/16" (23.9 × 65 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
Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge (double page fold-out plate, folios 23 and 24) from Bridge Book Illustrated Book Acc. 151.1992.5	1991	Woodcut with collaged letterpress from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts (one with letterpress and one with collaged letterpress)	composition (irreg.): 8 1/8 × 24 1/2" (20.7 × 62.2 cm); page (unfolded): 9 7/16 × 25 9/16" (23.9 × 65 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
Münster Pedestrian Bridge (double page fold-out plate, folios 31 and 32) from Bridge Book Illustrated Book Acc. 151.1992.7	1991	Woodcut from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts (one with letterpress and one with collaged letterpress)	composition (irreg.): 7 5/8 × 23 1/2" (19.3 × 59.7 cm); page (unfolded): 9 7/16 × 25 9/16" (23.9 × 65 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
NOAA Bridges (double page fold-out plate, folios 11 and 12) from Bridge Book Illustrated Book Acc. 151.1992.2	1991	Woodcut and letterpress from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts (one with letterpress and one with collaged letterpress)	composition (irreg.): 8 × 25 1/8" (20.3 × 63.8 cm); page (unfolded): 9 7/16 × 25 9/16" (23.9 × 65 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
House Above Bridge from the portfolio The Met 150 Print Acc. 386.2022.1	2021	Lithograph	15 × 15" (38.1 × 38.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jack Shear