Artist Monograph

Vija Celmins, American

American, born Latvia 1938

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Other Media 20 35.1%
Etching 9 15.8%
Lithography 7 12.3%
Acrylic Painting 7 12.3%
Oil Painting 6 10.5%
Drawing 3 5.3%
Woodcut 3 5.3%
Engraving 1 1.8%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 50 87.7%
Painting & Sculpture 7 12.3%

Production by Decade

7
1960s
12
1970s
7
1980s
8
1990s
12
2000s
9
2010s
2
2020s

Classification Types

  • Print — 26
  • Drawing — 12
  • Illustrated Book — 9
  • Painting — 4
  • Sculpture — 3
  • Periodical — 1
  • Portfolio — 1
  • Multiple — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)1222.2%
Medium (30–100 cm)4074.1%
Large (1–3 m)23.7%

Range: 8.6 cm → 249.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19702
19711
19741
19831
19871
19912
19921
19982
20012
20021
20031
200519
20067
20112
20178
20214
20221
20261

Currently On View

  • "MoMA, Floor 4, 420" — 1

American Contemporaries

  1. 16315 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  2. 3358 Louise Bourgeois
  3. 2199 Ellsworth Kelly
  4. 1338 Lee Friedlander
  5. 932 George Maciunas