Artist Monograph

Susan Rothenberg, American

American, 1945–2020

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	8	15.1%
Lithography	7	13.2%
Woodcut	7	13.2%
Acrylic Painting	6	11.3%
Gouache	4	7.5%
Oil Painting	4	7.5%
Drawing	3	5.7%
Etching	3	5.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	45	84.9%
Painting & Sculpture	8	15.1%

Production by Decade

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Classification Types

Print — 24
Illustrated Book — 10
Drawing — 9
Painting — 8
Multiple — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	4.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	21	50%
Large (1–3 m)	17	40.5%
Monumental (> 3 m)	2	4.8%

Range: 18.5 cm → 358.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1977	3
1980	1
1983	1
1984	7
1985	2
1986	4
1988	4
1990	4
1992	1
1994	12
1998	1
1999	2
2002	2
2005	6
2009	2
2022	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 53 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Study for Triphammer Bridge Drawing Acc. 714.2022	1974	Acrylic, flashe and pencil on paper	24 × 36" (61 × 91.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Triphammer Bridge Painting Acc. 769.2005	1974	Acrylic and tempera on canvas	67 1/8" x 9' 7 3/8" (170.5 x 292.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Axes Painting Acc. 144.1977	1976	Acrylic, gesso, charcoal, and pencil on canvas	64 5/8" x 8' 8 7/8" (164.2 x 266.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchased with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts
Black in Place Painting Acc. 770.2005	1976	Acrylic and tempera on canvas	68 1/4" x 7' 1 1/2" (174 x 217.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2922.2005	c. 1977	Charcoal and gouache on paper	29 1/2 x 41 1/2" (74.9 x 105.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2923.2005	1977	Charcoal and gouache on paper	29 1/4 x 41" (74.3 x 104.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2924.2005	1977	Charcoal and gouache on paper	29 1/2 x 41 1/2" (74.9 x 105.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Untitled Drawing, No. 41 Drawing Acc. 174.1977	1977	Synthetic polymer paint, gouache, pencil, and crayon on paper	22 5/8 x 30" (57.5 x 76.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired with matching funds from Alice C. Simkins and the National Endowment for the Arts
Untitled Drawing, No. 44 Drawing Acc. 352.1977	1977	Acrylic, gouache, and pencil on paper	38 1/4 x 50 1/8" (97.4 x 127.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman
Smoker Painting Acc. 771.2005	1978-79	Acrylic and Flashe paint on canvas	62 1/2 x 45" (158.8 x 114.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Doubles Print Acc. 609.1980	1980	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 13 1/16 x 31" (33.1 x 78.7 cm); sheet: 25 11/16 x 40" (65.2 x 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Richard A. Epstein Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 150.1984	1982	Pencil on paper	30 7/8 x 21 7/8" (78.6 x 55.7 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. Gifford Phillips
Between the Eyes Print Acc. 244.1984	1983-84	Lithograph and woodcut, with ink and paper collage additions	composition (irreg.): 41 11/16 x 27 5/8" (105.9 x 70.2 cm); sheet: 57 7/16 x 34" (145.9 x 86.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Landau
Plug Print Acc. 60.1984	1983	Lithograph	Composition (irreg.) and sheet: 30 1/8 x 22 1/4" (76.5 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Untitled Print Acc. 566.1983	1983	Etching, aquatint and drypoint	plate: 25 11/16 x 21 11/16" (65.2 x 55.1 cm); sheet: 33 7/8 x 30 3/16" (86 x 76.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Richard A. Epstein Fund
BLACK WATER Print Acc. 161.1985	1984-85	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg composition 42 13/16 x 30 1/4" (108.8 x 76.8 cm) sheet 59 1/2 x 39 7/8" (151.2 x 101.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Landau
Four Green Lines Print Acc. 61.1984	1984	Lithograph	Composition (irreg.): 21 7/8 x 29 15/16" (55.5 x 76 cm); sheet: 30 11/16 x 35 3/16" (78 x 89.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Missing Corners Print Acc. 23.1985	1984	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 12 9/16 x 7 5/8" (31.9 x 19.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 23 9/16 x 15 13/16" (59.9 x 40.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Monkey in a Tree Print Acc. 245.1984	1984	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 17 9/16 x 13 3/4" (44.6 x 35 cm); sheet (irreg.): 30 5/8 x 22 7/16" (77.8 x 57 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Otis Print Acc. 162.1985	1984-85	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 17 7/8 x 14 5/16" (45.4 x 36.3 cm); sheet: 29 5/8 x 22 1/4" (75.2 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Landau
Untitled Drawing Acc. 51.1985	1984	Charcoal on gray paper	30 1/8 x 43 3/4" (76.5 x 111.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Carol O. Selle
Biker Painting Acc. 26.1986	1985	Oil on canvas	6' 2 1/4" x 69" (188.3 x 175.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of UBS
Stumblebum Print Acc. 201.1986	1985-86	Lithograph	composition (irreg.) and sheet (irreg.): 86 11/16 x 42 1/2" (220.2 x 108 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Blue Violin Print Acc. 335.1986	1986	Woodcut	composition 39 3/8 x 37 7/8" (100 x 96.2 cm) irreg. sheet 65 1/8 x 43 5/16" (165 x 110 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Boneman Print Acc. 336.1986	1986	Mezzotint on wood veneer paper	composition and sheet: 30 x 20 1/8" (76.2 x 51.2 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
Alius Print Acc. 188.1988	1987-88	Etching, aquatint, drypoint and roulette, with chine collé additions	plate: 7 5/16 x 7 5/16" (18.5 x 18.5cm); sheet: 21 5/8 x 14 1/8" (55 x 35.9cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Fish Sculpture Multiple Acc. 187.1988	(1987)	Multiple of synthetic resin	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Three Parts Print Acc. 372.1988	1987-88	Mezzotint with chine collé	composition: 17 11/16 x 8 1/16" (45 x 20.4 cm); sheet: 25 9/16 x 20 3/8" (65 x 51.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Yellow Spinner Print Acc. 189.1988	1987-88	Mezzotint	plate: 10 7/8 x 8 7/8" (27.7 x 22.6cm); sheet: 22 7/16 x 15 3/8" (57 x 39.1cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Painting Acc. 106.2002.a-f	1988	Oil on wood, six panels	Each panel 10' 6 3/4" x 46 1/8" (321.9 x 117.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of UBS
Listening Bamboo Print Acc. 454.1990	1989-90	Woodcut	sheet: 54 1/4 × 83 1/2" (137.8 × 212.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Mezzo Fist #1 Print Acc. 214.1990	1990	Mezzotint	plate 19 7/16 x 19 1/2" (49.4 x 49.6 cm) sheet 31 1/8 x 22 1/4" (79 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Mezzo Fist #2 Print Acc. 215.1990	1990	Mezzotint	plate: 17 13/16 x 13 5/8" (45.3 x 34.6 cm); sheet (slightly irreg.): 24 7/16 x 19 3/4" (62 x 50.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Untitled Drawing Acc. 558.1990	(1990)	Charcoal on paper	59 3/4 x 83 3/4" (151.8 x 212.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Dogs Killing Rabbit Painting Acc. 107.2002	1991-92	Oil on canvas	7' 3" x 11' 9" (221 x 358.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of UBS
Red Bamboo Print Acc. 144.1992	1991	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 36 3/4 x 24 1/16" (93.4 x 61.1 cm); sheet: 45 13/16 x 32 3/16" (116.4 x 81.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Dead Rooster #4 Print Acc. 171.1994	1993	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 22 15/16 x 29 3/16" (58.3 x 74.1 cm); sheet: 26 x 31 1/2" (66 x 80 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Brooke and Carolyn Alexander
DEAD ROOSTER #4 (RED VERSION) Print Acc. 170.1994	1993	Woodcut	irreg. composition 22 7/8 x 29 3/16" (58.1 x 74.2 cm) sheet 26 1/16 x 31 1/2" (66 x 80.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Brooke and Carolyn Alexander
Parts Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1994.1	1993		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Parts Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1994.1-9	1993	Illustrated book with nine mezzotints and one drypoint	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
PARTS by Robert Creeley Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1994.2	1993		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
PARTS by Robert Creeley Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1994.3	1993		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
PARTS by Robert Creeley Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1994.4	1993		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
PARTS by Robert Creeley Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1994.5	1993		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
PARTS by Robert Creeley Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1994.6	1993		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
PARTS by Robert Creeley Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1994.7	1993		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
PARTS by Robert Creeley Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1994.8	1993		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
PARTS by Robert Creeley Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1994.9	1993		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Bear Skin Rug (for Parkett no. 43) Multiple Acc. 115.1998.1	1995	Multiple of latex	irreg composition 12 3/16 x 12 9/16 x 1 15/16" (31 x 32 x 5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, Lily Auchincloss Fund, and Gift of Parkett
Untitled (Black Arm) Print Acc. 449.1999	1999	Sugar-lift aquatint on chine collé	composition: 12 13/16 x 16 11/16" (32.6 x 42.4 cm); sheet: 19 5/16 x 23 9/16" (49 x 59.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Untitled (Geese) Print Acc. 448.1999	1999	Etching, aquatint, and sugar-lift aquatint on chine collé	composition: 13 11/16 x 20 1/2" (34.8 x 52.1 cm); sheet: 16 1/8 x 22 7/8" (41 x 58.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Emily Fisher Landau
Green Bar Painting Acc. 602.2009	2008	Oil on canvas	88 x 66" (223.5 x 167.6 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
Twisted Cat from Artists for Obama Print Acc. 1625.2009.10	2008	Lithograph from a portfolio of six lithographs (one with screenprint), three screenprints, three etchings (one with aquatint), and two drypoints with chine collé	composition: 10 5/8 x 12" (27 x 30.5 cm); sheet: 14 x 14" (35.6 x 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Agnes Gund