Artist Monograph

Yinka Shonibare, British

British-Nigerian, born 1962

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Screenprint	6	40%
Woodcut	6	40%
Sculpture	1	6.7%
Acrylic Painting	1	6.7%
Printmaking	1	6.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	12	80%
Painting & Sculpture	3	20%

Production by Decade

1

1990s

1

2000s

12

2010s

1

2020s

Classification Types

Print — 12
Sculpture — 1
Painting — 1
Installation — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	12	80%
Large (1–3 m)	2	13.3%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	6.7%

Range: 82.8 cm → 850.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
2002	1
2016	1
2018	6
2023	6
2025	1

British Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 15 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
How Does a Girl Like You Get to Be a Girl Like You? Installation Acc. 163.2002	1995	Dutch wax print cotton on mannequins	Overall height approximately 68" (172.7 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
100 Years Painting Acc. 1346.2016.a-vvvv	2000	Emulsion, acrylic on Dutch wax printed cotton textile, painted wall	Each 11 3/4 × 11 3/4 × 2 1/4" (29.8 × 29.8 × 5.7 cm), overall 98 × 335" (248.9 × 850.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Ninah and Michael Lynne
Twins I Print Acc. 209.2023.1	2015	One from a series of five screenprints with gold leaf	composition: 32 7/8 × 32" (83.5 × 81.3 cm); sheet: 40 15/16 × 39 3/8" (104 × 100 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Twins I-V Print Acc. 209.2023.1-5	2015	Series of five screenprints with gold leaf	composition (each): 32 7/8 × 32" (83.5 × 81.3 cm); sheet (each): 40 15/16 × 39 3/8" (104 × 100 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Twins II Print Acc. 209.2023.2	2015	One from a series of five screenprints with gold leaf	composition: 32 7/8 × 32" (83.5 × 81.3 cm); sheet: 40 15/16 × 39 3/8" (104 × 100 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Twins III Print Acc. 209.2023.3	2015	One from a series of five screenprints with gold leaf	composition: 32 7/8 × 32" (83.5 × 81.3 cm); sheet: 40 15/16 × 39 3/8" (104 × 100 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Twins IV Print Acc. 209.2023.4	2015	One from a series of five screenprints with gold leaf	composition: 32 7/8 × 32" (83.5 × 81.3 cm); sheet: 40 15/16 × 39 3/8" (104 × 100 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Twins V Print Acc. 209.2023.5	2015	One from a series of five screenprints with gold leaf	composition: 32 7/8 × 32" (83.5 × 81.3 cm); sheet: 40 15/16 × 39 3/8" (104 × 100 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Cowboy Angels Print Acc. 376.2018.1-5	2017	Portfolio of five woodcuts with fabric collage	composition (each, approx.): 32 11/16 × 23 3/8" (83 × 59.3 cm); sheet (each, approx.): 37 3/16 × 27 1/2" (94.4 × 69.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund
Cowboy Angels I from Cowboy Angels Print Acc. 376.2018.1	2017	One from a portfolio of five woodcuts with fabric collage	composition: 32 11/16 × 23 7/16" (83 × 59.5 cm); sheet: 37 3/16 × 27 9/16" (94.5 × 70 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund
Cowboy Angels II from Cowboy Angels Print Acc. 376.2018.2	2017	One from a portfolio of five woodcuts with fabric collage	composition: 32 5/8 × 23 3/8" (82.9 × 59.4 cm); sheet: 37 3/16 × 27 9/16" (94.4 × 70 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund
Cowboy Angels III from Cowboy Angels Print Acc. 376.2018.3	2017	One from a portfolio of five woodcuts with fabric collage	composition: 32 5/8 × 23 1/4" (82.8 × 59.1 cm); sheet: 37 3/16 × 27 3/8" (94.4 × 69.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund
Cowboy Angels IV from Cowboy Angels Print Acc. 376.2018.4	2017	One from a portfolio of five woodcuts with fabric collage	composition: 32 11/16 × 23 1/4" (83 × 59.1 cm); sheet: 37 1/8 × 27 7/16" (94.3 × 69.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund
Cowboy Angels V from Cowboy Angels Print Acc. 376.2018.5	2017	One from a portfolio of five woodcuts with fabric collage	composition: 23 3/8 × 32 5/8" (59.3 × 82.9 cm); sheet: 27 1/2 × 37 3/16" (69.9 × 94.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	General Print Fund
Wind Sculpture in Bronze V Sculpture Acc. 260.2025	2023	Bronze sculpture, hand-painted with Dutch wax pattern	6′ 6 3/4′′ x 59′′ x 54′′ (200 × 150 × 137 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture