Artist Monograph

Wolfgang Laib, German

German, born 1950

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Oil Painting	4	50%
Sculpture	4	50%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	4	50%
Painting & Sculpture	4	50%

Production by Decade

1

1970s

4

1980s

2

1990s

1

2000s

Classification Types

Drawing — 3
Sculpture — 3
Installation — 1
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	75%
Large (1–3 m)	1	12.5%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	12.5%

Range: 30.2 cm → 333.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1991	1
1995	1
1998	1
2000	1
2005	4

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 8 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Milkstone Sculpture Acc. 77.1991	1978	Marble and milk	2 1/4 x 22 x 17 3/4" (5.7 x 56 x 45 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
Milkstone Sculpture Acc. 746.2005	1983-87	Marble and milk	7/8 x 41 x 43" (2.2 x 104.1 x 109.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Untitled Drawing Acc. 297.2000	1983	Oil and pencil on paper	35 3/8 x 24 3/4" (90.5 x 62.9 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
Rice House Sculpture Acc. 747.2005	1988	Marble, rice, and hazelnut pollen	Marble 8 1/2 x 35 1/8 x 9" (21.6 x 89.2 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
The Passageway Installation Acc. 701.1995	1988	Beeswax, and wood construction with two electric light bulbs	Interior dimensions, 10' 11 3/8" x 6' 1 1/2" x 18' 9 1/4" (333.6 x 86.6 x 572.1 cm), exterior dimensions variable ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds
A Wax Room for a Mountain (for Parkett no. 39) Print Acc. 88.1998.1	1994	Screenprint, with oilstick additions	composition (irreg.): 11 7/16 x 11 7/8" (29 x 30.2 cm); sheet: 19 7/16 x 16 1/8" (49.3 x 41 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, Lily Auchincloss Fund, and Gift of Parkett
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2153.2005	1996	Oil crayon and pencil on paper	35 x 29 1/2" (88.9 x 74.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2154.2005	2002	Oil crayon and pencil on paper	19 1/2 x 16 1/4" (49.5 x 41.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift