Artist Monograph

Tacita Dean, British

British European, born 1965

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Film	6	42.9%
Other Media	5	35.7%
Lithography	2	14.3%
Photography	1	7.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	8	57.1%
Media and Performance	6	42.9%

Production by Decade

3

1990s

10

2000s

1

2010s

Classification Types

Installation — 5
Print — 4
Drawing — 2
Film — 1
Audio — 1
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	37.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)	3	37.5%
Monumental (> 3 m)	2	25%

Range: 10.8 cm → 487.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
2001	2
2005	1
2006	4
2007	1
2008	4
2013	1
2019	1

British Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 14 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Trying to Find the Spiral Jetty Audio Acc. 854.2013.81	1998	Cassette tape	cover: 4 1/4 × 2 3/4" (10.8 × 7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund
Banewl from The Sun Quartet Installation Acc. 251.2008.1	1999	16mm film (color, sound)	63 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the Hess Foundation, Kathy Fuld and Department of Film Funds
The Sun Quartet Installation Acc. 251.2008.1-4	1999-2002	Four 16mm films (color, silent and sound)	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the Hess Foundation, Kathy Fuld and Department of Film Funds
Totality from The Sun Quartet Installation Acc. 251.2008.2	2000	16mm film (color, silent)	11 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the Hess Foundation, Kathy Fuld and Department of Film Funds
Parkett no. 62 Illustrated Book Acc. 2560.2001	2001	Journal with three special edition projects	Page: 10 1/16 x 7 15/16" (25.5 x 20.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Parkett
The Green Ray (for Parkett no. 62) Print Acc. 2485.2001	2001	Multiple of mailed postcard	composition: 4 1/8 × 5 13/16" (10.5 × 14.7 cm); sheet: 4 1/8 × 5 13/16" (10.5 × 14.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Alexandra Herzan Fund
The Green Ray from The Sun Quartet Installation Acc. 251.2008.3	2001	16mm film (color, silent)	2 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the Hess Foundation, Kathy Fuld and Department of Film Funds
Chère petite soeur (Dear Little Sister) Drawing Acc. 1531.2005.a-h	2002	Chalk on two blackboards	each: 96 x 192" (243.8 x 487.7 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
Diamond Ring from The Sun Quartet Installation Acc. 251.2008.4	2002	16mm film (color, silent)	12 films (each): 0:27 min. Total duration: 6 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the Hess Foundation, Kathy Fuld and Department of Film Funds
Washington Cathedral from the Museum in Progress project With an Open Mind – Tolerance and Diversity Print Acc. 514.2006.364a-b	(newspapers published October 2 and 10, 2002)	Two lithographs, offset printed	Sheet: 18 1/2 x 12 3/8" (47 x 31.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
Play as Cast from the Museum in Progress project Safety Curtain Print Acc. 514.2006.397	(newspaper published Deceber 3, 2004)	Lithograph, offset printed	sheet: 18 1/8 x 11 13/16" (46 x 30 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
Crowhurst Drawing Acc. 586.2006.a-d	(2006)	Gouache on gelatin silver print	118 1/8 x 161 3/8" (300 x 409.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds provided by Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
T&I Print Acc. 726.2006.a-y	2006	Photogravure on twenty-five sheets	sheet (each): 26 3/4 x 33 7/8" (68 x 86 cm); installation: 134 x 170" (340.4 x 431.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Edgar Wachenheim III Fund and Edward John Noble Foundation Fund
Antigone Film Acc. 78.2019	2018	Two synchronized 35mm anamorphic color films, optical sound, with a running time of exactly 1 hour, continuous loop synched to start on the hour	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of Maja Oeri