Artist Monograph

Tomas Schmit, German

German, 1943–2006

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	13	65%
Drawing	4	20%
Photography	2	10%
Lithography	1	5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	19	95%
Fluxus Collection	1	5%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 9
Print — 4
Drawing — 3
Photograph — 2
Installation — 1
Multiple — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	15	83.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	3	16.7%

Range: 13.2 cm → 99.7 cm (largest side)

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 20 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
From Sanitas – 200 Sheet Theater from Fluxshop Installation Acc. 2980.2008.54		103 copies of double-sided offset	sheet (each): 7 5/8 x 4 5/8" (19.4 x 11.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Sanitas 1, Sanitas 2, Sanitas 10, Sanitas 13, Sanitas 35, Sanitas 79, Sanitas 92, Sanitas 137, Sanitas 141, Sanitas 143, Sanitas 147, Sanitas 151, and Sanitas 156 from Sanitas – 200 theater pieces Print Acc. 2691.2008	1962	Typewriting on paper with pencil additions	sheet: 10 7/8 x 7" (27.7 x 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Scores from Fluxus 1 Illustrated Book Acc. 2183.2008.44	1962, assembled c. 1976	Double-sided offset lithograph	book: 7 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 1 15/16" (19.1 × 21 × 5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Scores from Fluxus 1 Illustrated Book Acc. 3084.2008.36	1962, assembled c. 1965-66	Double-sided offset	book: 7 9/16 × 8 7/16 × 2 3/8" (19.2 × 21.5 × 6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Scores from Fluxus 1 Illustrated Book Acc. 2187.2008.35	1962, assembled 1964	Double-sided offset	book: 7 1/2 × 8 1/4 × 2 3/16" (19.1 × 21 × 5.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Scores from Fluxus 1 Illustrated Book Acc. 2904.2008.36	1962, assembled 1964–65	Double-sided offset	book: 7 1/2 × 8 3/8 × 1 13/16" (19.1 × 21.2 × 4.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Scores from Fluxus 1 Illustrated Book Acc. 2987.2008.37	1962, assembled c.1965	Double-sided offset	book: 7 1/2 × 8 7/16 × 1 15/16" (19.1 × 21.4 × 5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Scores from Fluxus 1 Illustrated Book Acc. 2430.2008.35	1962, assembled 1964	Double-sided offset	book: 7 1/2 × 8 7/16 × 2 3/16" (19.1 × 21.4 × 5.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Scores from Fluxus 1 Illustrated Book Acc. 2986.2008.36	1962, assembled 1964	Double-sided offset	book: 7 9/16 x 8 1/4 x 1 3/16" (19.2 x 21 x 3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Three Piano Pieces for George Maciunas (Drei Klavierstuecke fuer George Maciunas) Print Acc. 2692.2008	1962	Typewriting on paper with pencil additions	sheet: 10 7/8 x 7" (27.7 x 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Tomas Schmit's, Shaving a Book, and Wolf Vostell's, St. Tropez, performed during Nam June Paik's Moving Theatre No. 1, Paralelle Aufführungen Neuster Musik, on the street outside Kunsthandel Monet, Amsterdam, October 5, 1962 Photograph Acc. 3723.2008.H01	1962	Gelatin silver print	sheet: 10 × 7 15/16" (25.4 × 20.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Zyklus for Water-Pails Drawing Acc. 2693.2008	1962	Typewriting through carbon on paper	sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 3/16" (29.5 x 20.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Poem V Print Acc. 2695.2008	1963	Glass jar with typewriting on paper, containing torn paper, crumbled matchbooks, cigarette butts, and ashes	overall: 5 3/16 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8" (13.2 x 8.6 x 8.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Typewriter Poem Drawing Acc. 3922.2008	1963	Ink on paper	sheet: 8 3/16 x 11 11/16" (20.8 x 29.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Zyklus for Water-Pails (1962), performed during Internationaal Programma Nieuwste Muziek, Nieuwste Theater, Nieuwste Literatuur, De Kleine Komedie, Amsterdam, December 18, 1963 Photograph Acc. 2694.2008	1963	Gelatin silver print	image and sheet: 6 15/16 x 9 3/8" (17.6 x 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Actions/Agit Pop/Dé-Coll/Age Happening/Events/Anti Art/L'Autrisme/Art Total/Refluxus Drawing Acc. 2174.2008	1964	Felt-tip pen on paper	sheet: 39 1/4 x 29 7/16" (99.7 x 74.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Von Phall zu Phall Illustrated Book Acc. 3191.2008	1966	Artist's book	page: 7 5/8 x 5 13/16" (19.3 x 14.7 cm); overall: 9/16 x 7 5/8 x 6" (1.5 x 19.3 x 15.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Tischtheater Multiple Acc. FC1980	1968	Cardboard box with letterpress, containing five offsets and five offsets on board	overall: 1 1/8 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/8" (2.8 x 32 x 16.2 cm); sheet (each board, folded): 12 7/16 x 6 1/8" (31.6 x 15.5 cm); sheet (each board, unfolded): 12 7/16 x 12 3/8" (31.6 x 31.4 cm); sheet (instructions, folded): 11 11/16 x 5 3/4" (29.7 x 14.6 cm); sheet (each instruction, unfolded): 11 5/8 x 15 9/16" (29.5 x 39.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Fluxus Collection	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
Das Gute Duenken Illustrated Book Acc. 3921.2008	1970	Artist's book	page: 5 7/8 x 5 1/2" (15 x 13.9 cm); overall: 1 x 5 1/2 x 5 7/8" (2.5 x 13.9 x 15 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle (Die Heisenbergsche Unschärferelation) from En Bloc Print Acc. 167.1985.16	1971	Wood and taut wire with ink additions	overall: 7 7/8 x 14 3/16 x 13/16" (20 x 36 x 2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Christopher Gray