Artist Monograph

Steven Holl, American

American, born 1947

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	10	28.6%
Other Media	10	28.6%
Watercolor	9	25.7%
Sculpture	3	8.6%
Etching	1	2.9%
Mixed Media	1	2.9%
Gouache	1	2.9%

Production by Decade

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	6	17.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	25	71.4%
Large (1–3 m)	3	8.6%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	2.9%

Range: 8.6 cm → 422.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1989	14
1994	1
1997	2
2004	1
2005	6
2008	6
2009	5

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 35 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Gymnasium Bridge, project, New York City, New York, Plan, site plan, and exterior perspective Architecture Acc. 85.1989	1977	Graphite on paper	22 x 29 3/4" (55.9 x 75.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Roblee McCarthy Fund
Gymnasium-Bridge Project, New York, New York, Perspective Architecture Acc. 84.1989	1977	Ink and graphite on paper	13 1/2 x 22" (34.3 x 55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Roblee McCarthy Fund
Gymnasium-Bridge, project, New York City, New York, Perspective Architecture Acc. 83.1989	1977	Graphite on paper	13 1/8 x 11 7/8" (33.3 x 30.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Roblee McCarthy Fund
Autonomous Artisans' House project, Staten Island, New York Architecture Acc. 81.1989	1980–1984	Balsawood	4 3/4 x 26 3/8 x 9 1/4" (12 x 67 x 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Edward Larrabee Barnes Purchase Fund
Autonomous Artisans' House, project, Staten Island, New York, Perspective Architecture Acc. 86.1989	1980	Graphite and watercolor on paper	3 1/4 x 13" (8.3 x 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Edward Larrabee Barnes Purchase Fund
Bridge of Houses Project, New York, NY (Isometric perspective, elevation, section and plan) Architecture Acc. 490.2005	1981	Colored pencil on diazotype	26 1/2 x 36" (67.3 x 91.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Mrs. Gianluigi Gabetti and Suzanne Slesin Purchase Fund
Bridge of Houses Project, New York, NY (Isometric sketch) Architecture Acc. 485.2005	1981	Pencil, watercolor, ink, and colored pencil on paper	5 x 7" (12.7 x 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Mrs. Gianluigi Gabetti and Suzanne Slesin Purchase Funds
Bridge of Houses Project, New York, NY (Isometric sketch) Architecture Acc. 486.2005	1981	Pencil, watercolor, and ink on paper	5 x 7" (12.7 x 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Mrs. Gianluigi Gabetti and Suzanne Slesin Purchase Fund
Bridge of Houses Project, New York, NY (Isometric sketch) Architecture Acc. 488.2005	1981	Ink and gouache on lithograph	3 3/8 x 3 1/4" (8.6 x 8.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Mrs. Gianluigi Gabetti and Suzanne Slesin Purchase Fund
Bridge of Houses Project, New York, NY (Perspective and plan) Architecture Acc. 489.2005	1981	Pencil and ink on cardstock	26 3/8 x 20 1/2" (67 x 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Mrs. Gianluigi Gabetti and Suzanne Slesin Purchase Fund
Bridge of Houses Project, New York, NY (Perspective) Architecture Acc. 487.2005	1981	Etching	6 x 5 5/8" (15.2 x 14.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Mrs. Gianluigi Gabetti and Suzanne Slesin Purchase Fund
Autonomous Artisans' House, project, New York (Staten Island), New York, Perspective Architecture Acc. 87.1989	1984	Graphite on vellum	20 1/2 x 40 3/4" (52.1 x 103.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Edward Larrabee Barnes Purchase Fund
Berkowitz House, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Exterior perspective Architecture Acc. 88.1989	1985	Graphite and watercolor on paper	20 1/2 x 42 1/2" (52.1 x 108 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Kenneth Walker Fund
Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, Garden of Sounds, perspective and plan Architecture Acc. 90.1989	1986	Graphite, ink and ink wash on paper	29 3/4 x 22 3/8" (75.6 x 56.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Pritzker Foundation Fund and Architecture & Design Purchase Fund
Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, New subway station opening onto elongated gap, perspective and plan Architecture Acc. 91.1989	1986	Graphite, ink and ink wash on paper	29 3/4 x 22 1/4" (75.6 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Pritzker Foundation Fund and Architecture & Design Purchase Fund
Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, Passage below water basin, perspective and plan Architecture Acc. 95.1989	1986	Graphite, ink and ink wash on paper	29 3/4 x 22 1/4" (75.6 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Pritzker Foundation Fund and Architecture & Design Purchase Fund
Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, Subway station and shops, ticket-taker tower, perspective and plan Architecture Acc. 93.1989	1986	Graphite, ink and ink wash on paper	29 3/4 x 22 1/4" (75.6 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Pritzker Foundation Fund and Architecture & Design Purchase Fund
Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, View at elliptical passage, perspective and plan Architecture Acc. 92.1989	1986	Graphite, ink and ink wash on paper	30 x 22 1/4" (76.2 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Pritzker Foundation Fund and Architecture & Design Purchase Fund
Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, View from court of four-sided pentagon, perspective, site plan Architecture Acc. 89.1989	1986	Graphite, ink and ink wash on paper	29 3/4 x 22 1/4" (75.6 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Pritzker Foundation Fund and Architecture & Design Purchase Fund
Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, Water basin, amphitheater, and jack-up rig, perspective and plan Architecture Acc. 94.1989	1986	Graphite, ink and ink wash on paper	29 3/4 x 22 1/4" (75.6 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Pritzker Foundation Fund and Architecture & Design Purchase Fund
Void Space/Hinge Space Housing, Fukuoka, Japan, Exterior perspective Architecture Acc. 381.1994	1989	Watercolor, black pencil, and graphite on paper	22 x 30" (55.9 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 the architect in honor of Lily Auchincloss
Edge of a City, Parallax Towers project, New York, NY (Scale model, 1/16" = 1'0") Architecture Acc. 11.1997	1990	Wood and paper	144 1/4 × 166 1/2 × 85" (366.4 × 422.9 × 215.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Given anonymously and David Rockefeller, Jr. Purchase Fund
Charrette Submission for The Museum of Modern Art Expansion 1997, New York, NY (First Phase) Architecture Acc. 474.1997.1-99	1997	Mixed media	11 x 17" (28 x 43.2 cm) (approx.) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
5th Avenue and 42nd Street Tower project, New York, NY Architecture Acc. 486.2004	2002	Plexiglas and wood	83 1/4 x 25 1/2 x 20 3/8" (211.5 x 64.8 x 51.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Tall Buildings Exhibition Fund and gift of the architect
Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Final site model, scale 1:500) Architecture Acc. 607.2009	2003–2006	Chipboard and plexiglass	6 1/4 x 19 3/4 x 29 1/2" (15.9 x 50.2 x 74.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Contemporary Arts Council of the Museum of Modern Art and the Architecture and Design Purchase Fund
Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Perspective sketch) Architecture Acc. 377.2009	2003	Watercolor and pencil on paper	9 x 12" (22.9 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Contemporary Arts Council of the Museum of Modern Art and the Architecture and Design Purchase Fund
Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Perspective sketch) Architecture Acc. 378.2009	2003	Watercolor and pencil on paper	9 x 12" (22.9 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Contemporary Arts Council of the Museum of Modern Art and the Architecture and Design Purchase Fund
Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Site studies) Architecture Acc. 1774.2008.1-5	2003-2006	Chipboard and plexiglass	Each: 7 x 16 x 20" (17.8 x 40.6 x 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Contemporary Arts Council of the Museum of Modern Art and the Architecture and Design Purchase Fund
Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Site study) Architecture Acc. 1774.2008.1	2003-2006	Chipboard and plexiglass	7 x 16 x 20" (17.8 x 40.6 x 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Contemporary Arts Council of the Museum of Modern Art and the Architecture and Design Purchase Fund
Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Site study) Architecture Acc. 1774.2008.2	2003-2006	Chipboard and plexiglass	7 x 16 x 20" (17.8 x 40.6 x 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Contemporary Arts Council of the Museum of Modern Art and the Architecture and Design Purchase Fund
Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Site study) Architecture Acc. 1774.2008.3	2003-2006	Chipboard and plexiglass	7 x 16 x 20" (17.8 x 40.6 x 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Contemporary Arts Council of the Museum of Modern Art and the Architecture and Design Purchase Fund
Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Site study) Architecture Acc. 1774.2008.4	2003-2006	Chipboard and plexiglass	7 x 16 x 20" (17.8 x 40.6 x 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Contemporary Arts Council of the Museum of Modern Art and the Architecture and Design Purchase Fund
Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Site study) Architecture Acc. 1774.2008.5	2003-2006	Chipboard and plexiglass	7 x 16 x 20" (17.8 x 40.6 x 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Contemporary Arts Council of the Museum of Modern Art and the Architecture and Design Purchase Fund
Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Perspective sketch) Architecture Acc. 379.2009	2004	Watercolor and charcoal pencil on paper	5 x 7" (12.7 x 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Contemporary Arts Council of the Museum of Modern Art and the Architecture and Design Purchase Fund
Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Perspective sketch) Architecture Acc. 380.2009	2004	Watercolor and charcoal pencil on paper	5 x 7" (12.7 x 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Contemporary Arts Council of the Museum of Modern Art and the Architecture and Design Purchase Fund