Artist Monograph

Walter De Maria, American

American, 1935–2013

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	4	33.3%
Drawing	4	33.3%
Sculpture	1	8.3%
Photography	1	8.3%
Lithography	1	8.3%
Screenprint	1	8.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	7	58.3%
Painting & Sculpture	4	33.3%
Fluxus Collection	1	8.3%

Classification Types

Sculpture — 4
Drawing — 4
Print — 3
Audio — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	18.2%
Medium (30–100 cm)	7	63.6%
Large (1–3 m)	2	18.2%

Range: 11.4 cm → 216.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1966	1
1972	1
1974	1
1977	1
1987	1
1993	1
2004	1
2008	1
2018	2
2024	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 12 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Ball Drop Sculpture Acc. 318.2024	1961	Plywood box and solid wood ball	Box: 6' 4" × 24" × 6 1/4" (193 × 61 × 15.9 cm); Ball: 4" (10 cm) diameter ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mrs. Bliss Parkinson (by exchange)
Cricket Music Audio Acc. FC915	c. 1961	Audio cassette tape	20 min. (confirm) ⌀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
Untitled (For La Monte) Drawing Acc. 1404.2018	1963	Colored pencil on paper	17 7/8 × 24" (45.4 × 61 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
Desert Walk / Walls in the Desert Drawing Acc. 802.2017.a-f	1964	Pencil and colored pencil on six sheets of paper	Each: 9 × 11 3/4" (22.9 × 29.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection Gift, Detroit
Nine Mountains and the Sun Drawing Acc. 132.2004	1964	Pencil and colored pencil on paper	23 x 35" (58.4 x 88.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky
The Three Mountains with the Four Fires Floated on the Blue Sea toward the Green Mountains Drawing Acc. 495.1966	1964	Colored pencil on paper on board	14 7/8 x 20" (37.9 x 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery
Cage II Sculpture Acc. 210.1993	1965	Stainless steel	7' 1 1/4" x 14 1/4" x 14 1/4" (216.5 x 36.2 x 36.2 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 and Lily Auchincloss
High Energy Bar and Certificate Sculpture Acc. 38.1972.a-b	1966	Stainless steel and artist certificate	Steel bar, 1 1/2 x 14 x 1 1/2" (3.9 x 35.5 x 3.9 cm); certificate, 8 1/2 x 13 1/2" (21.7 x 34.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase
Bouquet Sculpture Acc. 319.2024	1967	Stainless steel	4 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 1 1/2" (11.4 × 11.4 × 3.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Paula Cooper in memory of Jack Macrae
Chicago Project from S.M.S. No. 1 Print Acc. 460.1977.1d	1968	Eight offset lithographs	envelope: 11 15/16 x 8 15/16" (30.4 x 22.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Carol O. Selle
Untitled from The New York Collection for Stockholm Print Acc. 625.1973.4	1973	Photograph from a portfolio of seventeen screenprints, nine lithographs, two lithographs with screenprint, one photocopy, and one photograph	composition: 4 9/16 x 11 13/16" (11.6 x 30cm); sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 13/16" (22.3 x 30 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Steven M. Feinstein
Untitled from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) Print Acc. 22.1987.62	1974, published 1975	Screenprint from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 17 1/2 x 12 3/4" (44.4 x 32.4cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 1/16" (76 x 56cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dorothy Miller (by exchange)