Artist Monograph

Simone Forti, American

American, born Italy. 1935

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	13	35.1%
Other Media	9	24.3%
Photography	5	13.5%
Sculpture	4	10.8%
Video	4	10.8%
Lithography	1	2.7%
Acrylic Painting	1	2.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Media and Performance	28	75.7%
Drawings & Prints	9	24.3%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

2010s

2020s

Classification Types

Performance — 13
Drawing — 8
Ephemera — 7
Photograph — 5
Video — 3
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	8	34.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	9	39.1%
Large (1–3 m)	4	17.4%
Monumental (> 3 m)	2	8.7%

Range: 25.4 cm → 853.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1984	2
2008	1
2013	7
2015	26
2022	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 37 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Handwritten draft of "Huddle" Performance Ephemera Acc. 1766.2015.3		Pencil on paper	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Roller Boxes Performance Acc. 1768.2015	1960	Performance with three plywood boxes on wheels and rope	10 min. Component (Manila natural fiber rope): 48 × 1 1/2" (121.9 × 3.8 cm) Component (3 hollow plywood boxes, each:): 36 × 36 × 12" (91.4 × 91.4 × 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
See Saw Performance Acc. 1769.2015.1-3	1960–2011	Performance, drawing, and notebook	Dimensions variable ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
See Saw Performance Acc. 1769.2015.1	1960	Performance with plywood seesaw	Dimensions and duration variable ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Accompaniment for La Monte's "2 sounds" and La Monte's "2 sounds" Performance Acc. 1760.2015	1961	Performance with natural fiber rope, sound (13:11 min.)	Dimensions variable. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Censor Performance Acc. 1761.2015.1-2	1961	Performance and drawing	Dimensions variable ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Censor Performance Acc. 1761.2015.1	1961	Performance with metal pan, screws, sound	Dimensions and duration variable ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
From Instructions Performance Acc. 1764.2015	1961	Performance with rope and hardware	10 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Hangers Performance Acc. 1765.2015.1-3	1961–2010	Performance and drawings	Dimensions variable. 10 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Hangers Performance Acc. 1765.2015.1	1961	Performance with natural fiber ropes	Dimensions variable. 10 min. Component (Manila natural fiber rope): 336 × 1 1/2" (853.4 × 3.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Huddle Performance Acc. 1766.2015.1	1961	Performance	10 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Huddle Performance Acc. 1766.2015.1-3	1961–1974	Performance, video, and handwritten draft	10 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Platforms Performance Acc. 1767.2015	1961	Performance with two plywood boxes, sound	10 min. Component (Plywood box 1): 60 × 36 × 30" (152.4 × 91.4 × 76.2 cm) Component (Plywood box 2): 65 × 36 × 24" (165.1 × 91.4 × 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Slant Board Performance Acc. 1770.2015	1961	Performance with plywood and rope	10 min. Component (2 plywood sheets, each:): 96 × 48" (243.8 × 121.9 cm) Component (6 Manila natural fiber ropes, each:): 5/8" (1.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Dance Constructions: Photographs from the Stedelijk Photograph Acc. 1762.2015.1-4	1968–1982	Four black and white photographs	Each: 8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Photograph of "Huddle" Performance at the Stedelijk Museum Photograph Acc. 1762.2015.3	1968	Black and white photograph	Image: 8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Photograph of "Huddle" Performance at the Stedelijk Museum Photograph Acc. 1762.2015.4	1968/1982	Black and white photograph	Image: 8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Large Illumination Drawings Drawing Acc. 648.2013.1-6	1972	Five drawings charcoal on paper (one with felt-tip pen) and one drawing colored crayon on paper	Each: 19 x 24" (48.3 x 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Modern Women's Fund
See Saw – hand drawn/written description of original performance (1961), with notes about Bob Morris Ephemera Acc. 1769.2015.2	c. 1972	Ink on newsprint	14 x 11" ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Untitled from Large Illumination Drawings Drawing Acc. 648.2013.1	1972	Charcoal on paper	19 x 24" (48.3 x 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Modern Women's Fund
Untitled from Large Illumination Drawings Drawing Acc. 648.2013.2	1972	Charcoal and felt-tip pen on paper	19 x 24" (48.3 x 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Modern Women's Fund
Untitled from Large Illumination Drawings Drawing Acc. 648.2013.3	1972	Charcoal on paper	19 x 24" (48.3 x 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Modern Women's Fund
Untitled from Large Illumination Drawings Drawing Acc. 648.2013.4	1972	Charcoal on paper	19 x 24" (48.3 x 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Modern Women's Fund
Untitled from Large Illumination Drawings Drawing Acc. 648.2013.5	1972	Charcoal on paper	19 x 24" (48.3 x 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Modern Women's Fund
Untitled from Large Illumination Drawings Drawing Acc. 648.2013.6	1972	Colored crayon on paper	19 x 24" (48.3 x 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Modern Women's Fund
Handbook in Motion: Original drawing from Censor Ephemera Acc. 1761.2015.2	1973	Pencil on paper	Image: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Dance Constructions: Yoko Ono Chambers St. Loft Map Ephemera Acc. 1763.2015	1974	Pen on paper	Image: 7 × 10" (17.8 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Huddle Video Acc. 1766.2015.2	1974	Standard-definition video (black and white, sound)	29:49 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Solo No. 1 Video Acc. 552.1984	1974	Video (black and white, sound)	18:40 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase
Three Grizzlies Video Acc. 553.1984	1974	Video (black and white, sound)	17 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase
Poster for 2 Performances by Simone Forti and Peter van Riper, Artist's Space, New York, November 14–15, 1975 Print Acc. 4270.2008	1975	Offset lithograph	sheet: 17 x 11 1/4" (43.2 x 28.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Photograph of "Slant Board Performance" at the Stedelijk Museum Photograph Acc. 1762.2015.1	1982	Black and white photograph	Image: 8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Photograph of "Slant Board" Performance at the Stedelijk Museum Photograph Acc. 1762.2015.2	1982	Black and white photograph	Image: 8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Sketches from "Hangers" Performance Ephemera Acc. 1765.2015.2	2010	Three sketches, pen and pencil on paper	Each: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Solo drawing from the "Hangers" Performance Ephemera Acc. 1765.2015.3	2010	Pen on paper	17 x 14" ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Notebook – See Saw Notes Ephemera Acc. 1769.2015.3	2011	Bound notebook	11 x 14 x 1" ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Figure Bag Drawings Drawing Acc. 784.2022.a-c	2020	Acrylic and felt-tip pen on three brown paper bags	53 1/2 × 41" (135.9 × 104.1 cm) Each (approx): 16 9/16 × 36 5/8" (42 × 93 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Frances Keech Fund