Artworks · Bas Jan Ader

Piet Niet

1974 · Gouache on paper

76.2 × 55.9 cm (30 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Piet Niet

1974 · Gouache on paper

76.2 × 55.9 cm (30 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Piet Niet

1974 · Gouache on paper

76.2 × 55.9 cm (30 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Piet Niet

1974 · Gouache on paper

76.2 × 55.9 cm (30 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Piet Niet

1974 · Gouache on paper

76.2 × 55.9 cm (30 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Piet Niet

1974 · Gouache on paper

76.2 × 55.9 cm (30 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Piet Niet

1974 · Gouache on paper

76.2 × 55.9 cm (30 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Piet Niet

1974 · Gouache on paper

76.2 × 55.9 cm (30 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (In Search of the Miraculous)

1974 · Screenprint

composition (each): 18 7/8 x 18 1/8" (48 x 46.1 cm); sheet (each): 19 11/16 x 18 7/8" (50 x 48 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pitfall On the Way To a New Neo-Plasticism, Westkapelle, Holland

1971 · Chromogenic print

16 1/4 × 11 1/2" (41.3 × 29.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Broke Fall (Geometric)

1971 · Chromogenic print

16 1/4 × 11 1/2" (41.3 × 29.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Landslide, no. 7

1970 · 11 mimeographed stapled sheets in envelope

overall (.a, closed): 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm); overall (.b): 8 3/4 × 11 1/4" (22.2 × 28.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Landslide, no. 5

1970 · Publication with acetate cover and mimeographed letter in envelope

overall (.a, closed): 8 1/2 × 7" (21.6 × 17.8 cm); sheet (.b): 9 × 7 3/4" (22.9 × 19.7 cm); overall (.c): 9 × 7" (22.9 × 17.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

I'm Too Sad to Tell You

1970 · Gelatin silver print

10 7/8 × 14" (27.7 × 35.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Landslide, no. 3

1969 · Mimeographed card and pieces of Styrofoam in envelope

sheet (.a): 5 × 7" (12.7 × 17.8 cm); other (.b): 3 1/2 × 4 × 13/16" (8.9 × 10.2 × 2 cm); sheet (.c): 5 1/4 × 7 1/4" (13.3 × 18.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Landslide, no. 2

1969 · Four sheets (two mimeographed, one punctured, one blank) in acetate sleeve, five mimeographed stapled sheets (with sticker addition on cover), and mimeographed letter in envelope

sheet (.a-e): 11 1/4 × 8 3/4" (28.6 × 22.2 cm); sheet (.f): 11 × 8 1/2" (27.9 × 21.6 cm); overall (.g): 12 × 9" (30.5 × 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Landslide, no. 4

1969 · Mimeographed publication with cardboard cover and acetate sleeve in envelope

overall (.a, closed): 8 3/4 × 7" (22.2 × 17.8 cm); overall (.b): 8 15/16 × 7 1/2" (22.7 × 19.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Landslide, bonus issue

1969 · Mimeograph on Styrofoam sheet and mimeographed letter in envelope

sheet (.a): 9 × 8 1/2" (22.9 × 21.6 cm); sheet (.b): 8 3/4 × 8 1/2" (22.2 × 21.6 cm); overall (.c): 11 1/2 × 9" (29.2 × 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Landslide, no. 1

1969 · Eight mimeographed sheets (including cover) in acetate sleeve with mimeographed letter in envelope

sheet (.a-h): 11 3/4 × 9" (29.8 × 22.9 cm); sheet (.i): 9 1/2 × 8 1/2" (24.1 × 21.6 cm); overall (.j): 12 × 9" (30.5 × 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art