Other Media Artists

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Other Media Artists

22,470 works at MoMA 8 nationalities

Leading Artists in Other Media

  1. 1493 Louise Bourgeois American
  2. 455 Unknown artist
  3. 364 George Maciunas American
  4. 297 Ben Kinmont American
  5. 292 Christian Boltanski French
  6. 267 Various Artists
  7. 228 John Thomson British
  8. 227 Pablo Picasso Spanish
  9. 221 Unidentified photographer
  10. 219 Pope.L American

National Distribution

NationalityWorksShare
American1007944.9%
French18328.2%
German16087.2%
British10934.9%
Italian8273.7%
Russian6232.8%
Swiss4472%
Japanese4251.9%

Classification Sub-types

Classification Works Share
Print 5965 26.5%
Design 5523 24.6%
Illustrated Book 2687 12%
Drawing 1760 7.8%
Photograph 1557 6.9%
Sculpture 791 3.5%
Audio 741 3.3%
Multiple 693 3.1%

Department Distribution

  • Drawings & Prints (MOMA) — 12456
  • Architecture & Design (MOMA) — 6249
  • European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (MET) — 5890
  • Drawings and Prints (MET) — 3989
  • The American Wing (MET) — 3834
  • Greek and Roman Art (MET) — 1767
  • Photography (MOMA) — 1461
  • Painting & Sculpture (MOMA) — 1005
  • Fluxus Collection (MOMA) — 740
  • Photographs (MET) — 647

Production by Decade

982
0s
1
1430s
5
1760s
2
1790s
1
1810s
1
1820s
1
1830s
162
1840s
56
1850s
95
1860s
256
1870s
228
1880s
410
1890s
715
1900s
940
1910s
1925
1920s
1675
1930s
927
1940s
1362
1950s
3315
1960s
2257
1970s
1402
1980s
2457
1990s
2587
2000s
582
2010s
126
2020s

Physical Scale Distribution

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)1062255.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)695236%
Large (1–3 m)14967.8%
Monumental (> 3 m)2221.2%

Artist Birth Cohorts

3
1725–1749
1
1750–1774
6
1775–1799
21
1800–1824
44
1825–1849
106
1850–1874
415
1875–1899
648
1900–1924
1120
1925–1949
705
1950–1974
204
1975–1999
22
2000–2024

Gender of Artists Working in Other Media

  • Male — 2,650
  • Female — 601

Met Cultural Context

CultureCountryMet Records
AmericanUnited States2584
Greek, Attic1523
American1088
British, London1037
French, Paris754
French643
Japan402
British349
German, Augsburg199
Japanese185

On View Now

178 Other Media works currently installed in Met galleries

Notable Highlights

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Amasis Painter · ca. 550–530 BCE

Greek, Attic

Terracotta amphora (jar)

Berlin Painter · ca. 490 BCE

Greek, Attic

Terracotta situla (bucket)

Lycurgus Painter · ca. 360–340 BCE

Greek, South Italian, Apulian

Terracotta calyx-krater (mixing bowl)

Dolon Painter · ca. 400–390 BCE

Greek, South Italian, Lucanian

Terracotta aryballos (oil flask)

Nearchos · ca. 570 BCE

Greek, Attic

Terracotta amphora (jar)

Andokides|Andokides Painter|Lysippides Painter · ca. 530 BCE

Greek, Attic

Terracotta pyxis (box)

Penthesilea Painter · ca. 465–460 BCE

Greek, Attic

Terracotta bell-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Persephone Painter · ca. 440 BCE

Greek, Attic