Artist Monograph

Ulrich Rückriem, German

German, born 1938

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	4	44.4%
Other Media	3	33.3%
Photography	1	11.1%
Printmaking	1	11.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	8	88.9%
Painting & Sculpture	1	11.1%

Production by Decade

3

1960s

5

1970s

1

1980s

Classification Types

Drawing — 6
Sculpture — 1
Illustrated Book — 1
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	11.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	7	77.8%
Large (1–3 m)	1	11.1%

Range: 20.6 cm → 177.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1991	1
2007	1
2009	2
2018	4
2022	1

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 9 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1570.2018	1961	Colored pencil and felt-tip pen on paper	11 3/4 × 17 1/4" (29.8 × 43.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Untitled Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 282.2009	1969	Felt-tip pen on transparentized paper	16 1/2 x 12" (41.9 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jan Christiaan Braun in honor of Steingrim Laursen
Untitled Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 283.2009	1969	Felt-tip pen on transparentized paper	16 1/2 x 12" (41.9 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jan Christiaan Braun in honor of Steingrim Laursen
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1571.2018	1971	Graphite, photograph and paper on graph paper	11 3/4 × 16 1/2" (29.8 × 41.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Box catalogue for the exhibition RÜCKRIEM [Sculptures] at the Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach, Germany, August 21 – September 23, 1973 Illustrated Book Acc. 524.2022.20	1973	Cardboard box containing typescript, drawing (unique), and a book	Box: 8 1/8 × 6 × 3/8" (20.6 × 15.2 × 1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Helen and Sam Zell
Art & Project Bulletin #91 Print Acc. 1099.2007.91	1975	One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy	sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1572.2018.a-c	1977	Two pieces of wood, number 43 from an uncompleted edition of 100; together with a certificate for the work, graphite and ink on paper	(.a): 11 5/8 × 16 1/2" (29.5 × 41.9 cm); (.b): 3 3/4 × 25 3/8 × 3 1/8" (9.5 × 64.5 × 7.9 cm); (.c): 3 5/8 × 13 3/4 × 3" (9.2 × 34.9 × 7.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 83.1991.a-d	1979	Stone	Overall approximately 4 1/4 x 70 x 70" (10.8 x 177.8 x 177.8 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
Study for Untitled Granite Drawing Acc. 1573.2018	1988	Pencil on transparentized paper	11 3/4 × 16 1/2" (29.8 × 41.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit