Artist Monograph

Tadao Ando, Japanese

Japanese, born 1941

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	5	35.7%
Drawing	5	35.7%
Sculpture	2	14.3%
Acrylic Painting	1	7.1%
Lithography	1	7.1%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	14.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	7	50%
Large (1–3 m)	4	28.6%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	7.1%

Range: 25.7 cm → 400.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1993	7
1994	1
1996	6

Japanese Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 14 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Church of the Light, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan (Scale model, 1:50) Architecture Acc. 404.1996	1984-89	Wood	7 1/8 x 17 3/4 x 7" (18.1 x 45.1 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 architect in honor of Philip Johnson
Church on the Water, Hokkaido, Japan Architecture Acc. 157.1993	1985-89	Wood and Plexiglass	5 1/2 x 53 11/16 x 32" (14 x 136.4 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 the architect
Church on the Water, Tomamu, Hokkaido, Japan (Elevation and plan) Architecture Acc. 137.1993	1985–1988	Crayon, graphite, color pencil	41 3/8 x 157 5/8" (105.1 x 400.4 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
Church on the Water, Tomamu, Hokkaido, Japan, Elevation and plan, sketch Architecture Acc. 139.1993	1985–1988	Crayon and ink on paper	12 x 12 3/4" (30.5 x 32.4 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
Church on the Water, Tomamu, Hokkaido, Japan, Plan and sketch Architecture Acc. 138.1993	1985–1988	Crayon on mulberry paper	12 1/8 x 17 1/2" (30.8 x 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Chikatsa-Asuka Historical Museum, Minami-Kawachi, Osaka, Japan Architecture Acc. 141.1993	1989-1993	Crayon, pencil, colored pencil, ink, charcoal	13 1/4 x 47 1/2" (33.7 x 120.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Chikatsa-Asuka Historical Museum, Osaka, Japan Architecture Acc. 158.1993	1989-91	Wood and acrylic	9 x 68 1/4 x 33" (22.9 x 173.4 x 83.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Chikatsu-Asuka Historical Museum, Minami-Kawachi, Osaka, Japan, Exterior perspective Architecture Acc. 140.1993	c. 1989-91	Graphite and crayon with scoring on paper	11 5/8 x 33 1/8" (29.5 x 84.1 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
Church of the Light, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan (Interior perspective) Architecture Acc. 346.1996	1989	Color pencil on paper	10 1/8 x 7 1/8" (25.7 x 18.1 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 Philip Johnson
Church of the Light, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan (Plan) Architecture Acc. 350.1996	1989	Graphite on rice paper	12 3/8 x 10 7/8" (31.4 x 27.6 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 Philip Johnson
Church of the Light, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan, Interior perspective Architecture Acc. 347.1996	1989	Color pencil (blue and black) on note paper	10 1/8 x 7 1/8" (25.7 x 18.1 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 Philip Johnson
Church of the Light, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan, Plan Architecture Acc. 348.1996	1989	Graphite on Japanese paper	16 3/8 x 24" (41.6 x 61 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 in honor of Philip Johnson
Church of the Light, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan, Plan Architecture Acc. 349.1996	1989	Lithograph with color pencil	40 1/2 x 28 5/8" (102.9 x 72.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect in honor of Philip Johnson
Chikatsu-Asuka Historical Museum, Minami-Kawachi, Osaka, Japan, Perspective sketch Architecture Acc. 373.1994	1991	Crayon on mulberry paper	11 7/8 x 18 11/16" (30.2 x 47.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect in honor of Lily Auchincloss