Artist Monograph

Skidmore Owings & Merrill, American

American, founded 1936

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	7	41.2%
Other Media	6	35.3%
Sculpture	3	17.6%
Acrylic Painting	1	5.9%

Production by Decade

4

1950s

1

1960s

12

1970s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	6.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	8	50%
Large (1–3 m)	7	43.8%

Range: 13.7 cm → 142.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1959	1
1960	1
1969	1
1983	12
2001	1
2014	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 17 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Lever House, New York, New York (Scale model, 1/8" = 1') Architecture Acc. 730.1959	1950–1952	Paper, wood, plastic, plexiglass, metal, aluminum and paint	40 3/4 x 37 7/8 x 40 3/4" (103.5 x 96.2 x 103.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lever Brothers Company, 1953
Manufacturers Trust Co., New York, NY Architecture Acc. 329.2014	c.1953-1954	Plastic, wood, plexiglass, aluminum and acrylic paint	26 x 38 x 32" (66 x 96.5 x 81.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Alice M. Tisch, Andrea Woodner, and Dietrich Neumann
1 Chase Manhattan Bank Plaza, New York, New York Architecture Acc. 1258.1969	1956-61	Aluminum and Plexiglass	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
Memo Paper Tray Design Acc. 333.1960	1958	Polished aluminum with felt bottom	7/8 x 5 3/8 x 8 3/8" (2.2 x 13.7 x 21.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Mark Cross Company
John Hancock Center, Chicago, Illinois Architecture Acc. 2353.2001	1965-70	Wood and metal	14 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 1 5/8" (37.5 x 7 x 4.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Given anonymously
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Elevation of service block) Architecture Acc. 483.1983	1977	Felt-tipped pen and color pencil on tracing paper	56 1/4 x 30" (142.9 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Five plans, preliminary study) Architecture Acc. 476.1983	1977	Felt-tipped pen on tracing paper	12 x 35 1/2" (30.5 x 90.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Five plans, preliminary study) Architecture Acc. 479.1983	1977	Felt tip pen and colored pencil on tracing paper	12 x 35 1/2" (30.5 x 90.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Five plans) Architecture Acc. 480.1983	1977	Ink on tracing paper	29 3/4 x 47 3/4" (75.6 x 121.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Four plans, preliminary study) Architecture Acc. 474.1983	1977	Felt tip pen on tracing paper	12 x 35 1/2" (30.5 x 90.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Four plans, preliminary study) Architecture Acc. 478.1983	1977	Felt tip pen on tracing paper	12 x 35" (30.5 x 88.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Principal elevation) Architecture Acc. 481.1983	1977	Felt-tipped pen and colored pencil on tracing paper	55 1/2 x 30 1/4" (141 x 76.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Scale model, 1:150) Architecture Acc. 485.1983	1977–1983	Plastic, painted wood and other materials	42 x 45 x 60 1/2" (106.7 x 114.3 x 153.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of The National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Section) Architecture Acc. 484.1983	1977	Ink on tracing paper	29 3/4 x 39 3/4" (75.6 x 101 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Thirteen plans, preliminary study) Architecture Acc. 477.1983	1977	Felt-tipped pen on tracing paper	12 x 35 3/4" (30.5 x 90.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Three plans, preliminary study) Architecture Acc. 475.1983	1977	Felt tip pen and colored pencil on tracing paper	12 x 36" (30.5 x 91.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Elevation) Architecture Acc. 482.1983	1978	Felt-tipped pen and color pencil on tracing paper	55 1/2 x 30 1/4" (141 x 76.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill