The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)
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Sculpture Artists
1,910 works at MoMA
8 nationalities
Leading Artists in Sculpture
- 67 Sou Fujimoto Japanese
- 42 Charles Eames American
- 41 Captain William de Wiveleslie Abney British
- 37 George Brecht American
- 36 John Thomson British
- 31 Jules Janssen French
- 28 Frank Lloyd Wright American
- 24 Ben Vautier French
- 22 Dieter Roth Swiss
- 18 Takako Saito American
National Distribution
Classification Sub-types
| Classification | Works | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sculpture | 637 | 33.4% |
| Design | 451 | 23.6% |
| Architecture | 220 | 11.5% |
| Multiple | 140 | 7.3% |
| Photograph | 121 | 6.3% |
| Painting | 92 | 4.8% |
| Installation | 72 | 3.8% |
| 52 | 2.7% |
Department Distribution
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (MET) — 2389
- Painting & Sculpture (MOMA) — 705
- Architecture & Design (MOMA) — 697
- The American Wing (MET) — 580
- Drawings and Prints (MET) — 515
- Musical Instruments (MET) — 412
- Drawings & Prints (MOMA) — 315
- Arms and Armor (MET) — 235
- Asian Art (MET) — 157
- Photography (MOMA) — 125
Production by Decade
34
0s
1
1800s
1
1840s
2
1850s
8
1860s
118
1870s
6
1880s
21
1890s
53
1900s
55
1910s
89
1920s
135
1930s
145
1940s
211
1950s
335
1960s
158
1970s
160
1980s
106
1990s
104
2000s
149
2010s
19
2020s
Physical Scale Distribution
| Scale bracket | Works | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small (< 30 cm) | 452 | 25.3% |
| Medium (30–100 cm) | 803 | 45% |
| Large (1–3 m) | 446 | 25% |
| Monumental (> 3 m) | 83 | 4.7% |
Artist Birth Cohorts
1
1750–1774
1
1775–1799
5
1800–1824
11
1825–1849
27
1850–1874
83
1875–1899
169
1900–1924
273
1925–1949
139
1950–1974
45
1975–1999
5
2000–2024
Gender of Artists Working in Sculpture
- Male — 612
- Female — 116
- Male (trans? ftm?) — 1
- Non-binary — 1
Met Cultural Context
| Culture | Country | Met Records |
|---|---|---|
| French | 820 | |
| American | United States | 339 |
| French, Paris | 269 | |
| American | 209 | |
| British | 158 | |
| Italian | 148 | |
| Japan | 144 | |
| British, London | 106 | |
| Italian, Florence | 89 | |
| Italian, Rome | 80 |
On View Now
101 Sculpture works currently installed in Met galleries
Notable Highlights
Fragments of a marble statue of the Diadoumenos (youth tying a fillet around his head)
Polykleitos · ca. 69–96 CE
Roman
Statue of Dionysos leaning on a female figure ("Hope Dionysos")
Pacetti, Vincenzo · 27 BCE–68 CE
Roman
Incense Burner of Amir Saif al-Dunya wa’l-Din ibn Muhammad al-Mawardi
Ja`far ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali · dated A.H. 577/ 1181–82 CE
Iran
Lectern for the Reading of the Gospels with the Eagle of Saint John the Evangelist
Giovanni Pisano · ca. 1301, with later additions
Italian · Italy