Artworks · John Cage

River Rock and Smoke 4/13/90 #5

1990 · Soot and watercolor on paper

52 1/2 x 15" (133.3 x 38.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Wild Edible Drawing # 8

1990 · Handmade paper of milkweed, cattail, saffron, pokeweed, and hijiki

17 x 12" (43 x 30.5 cm)

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Wild Edible Drawing # 6

1990 · Handmade paper of mulberry, burdock, hibiscus stems, barley, hijiki, and clover

17 x 12" (43 x 30.5 cm)

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Dramatic Fire

1989 · Aquatint and embossing on smoked paper

composition (irreg.): 18 3/16 × 22 7/8" (46.2 × 58.1 cm); sheet: 18 1/8 × 22 7/8" (46 × 58.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Where R = Ryoanji 10R/6 – 5–87"

1987 · Graphite on cream laid paper

25.4 × 48.3 cm (10 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

R(superscript 2, subscript 3) from the series Where R=Ryoanji

1983 · Drypoint

sheet: 9 1/16 x 23 5/16" (23 x 59.2 cm)

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2R + 13 x 14 from the series Where R=Ryoanji

1983 · Drypoint

sheet: 9 1/16 x 23 5/16" (23 x 59.2 cm)

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R(superscript 2, subscript 1) from the series Where R=Ryoanji

1983 · Drypoint

sheet: 9 1/16 x 23 5/16" (23 x 59.2 cm)

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Where R=Ryoanji

1983 · Series of four drypoints

plate (each approx.): 6 7/8 x 21 1/16" (17.5 x 53.5 cm); sheet (each approx.): 9 1/16 x 23 5/16" (23 x 59.2cm)

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R(superscript 2, subscript 2) from the series Where R=Ryoanji

1983 · Drypoint

sheet: 9 1/16 x 23 5/16" (23 x 59.2 cm)

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(R(superscript 3)) from the series Where R=Ryoanji

1983 · Drypoint

plate: 7 1/16 x 21 1/8" (18 x 53.6 cm); sheet: 9 1/8 x 23 1/8" (23.2 x 58.7 cm)

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R(superscript 3) from the series Where R=Ryoanji

1983 · Drypoint

plate: 7 5/16 x 21 1/8" (18.6 x 53.6 cm); sheet: 9 3/16 x 23 3/8" (23.4 x 59.3 cm)

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No. 30 from Changes + Disappearances

1982 · Drypoint, engraving, and aquatint

composition and sheet: 11 9/16 x 21 5/16" (29.3 x 54.2 cm)

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John Cage

1978 · 12-inch vinyl record

cover: 12 3/8 × 12 3/8" (31.4 × 31.4 cm)

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Untitled (letter/drawing)

1975 · Typewriting on paper

11 x 8 1/2" (28 x 21.6 cm)

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30 Drawings by Thoreau from Merce Cunningham Portfolio

1974 · Screenprint from a portfolio of three screenprints, one lithograph, one lithograph and screenprint, one embossing with stencil, and one die-cut

composition (irreg.): 28 15/16 x 19 1/2" (73.5 x 49.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 30 1/4 x 20 1/4" (76.8 x 51.4 cm)

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VII from Mushroom Book

1972 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 22 3/8 x 5 15/16" (56.8 x 15.1 cm); page: 22 1/16 x 15 1/16" (56 x 38.3 cm)

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I from Mushroom Book

1972 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 22 3/16 x 15" (56.4 x 38.1 cm); page: 22 1/16 x 15 1/16" (56 x 38.3 cm)

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VI (plate, folio 18) from Mushroom Book

1972 · Lithograph, printed in black

irreg. composition 22 3/16 x 14 15/16" (56.4 x 38 cm)

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VII from Mushroom Book

1972 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 22 1/4 x 15 1/8" (56.5 x 38.4 cm); page: 22 1/16 x 15 1/16" (56 x 38.3 cm)

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X from Mushroom Book

1972 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 21 5/8 x 15" (54.9 x 38.1 cm); page: 22 1/16 x 15 1/16" (56 x 38.3 cm)

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IX from Mushroom Book

1972 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 22 3/8 x 5 15/16" (56.8 x 15.1 cm); page: 22 1/16 x 15 1/16" (56 x 38.3 cm)

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II from Mushroom Book

1972 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 22 x 15 1/16" (55.9 x 38.3 cm); page: 22 1/16 x 15 1/16" (56 x 38.3 cm)

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III from Mushroom Book

1972 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 22 x 14 15/16" (55.9 x 37.9 cm); page: 22 1/16 x 15 1/16" (56 x 38.3 cm)

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V (plate, folio 15) from Mushroom Book

1972 · Lithograph, printed in black

irreg. composition 20 1/2 x 15 1/8" (52.1 x 38.4 cm)

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IV from Mushroom Book

1972 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 20 7/8 x 14 15/16" (53 x 37.9 cm); page: 22 1/16 x 15 1/16" (56 x 38.3 cm)

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Lithograph A from Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel

1969 · Lithograph in eight colors on black wove paper

69 × 112.2 cm (27 3/16 × 44 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) continued 1968 from S.M.S. No. 4

1968 · Artist's book

page (each): 7 1/2 x 5 1/4" (19.1 x 13.4cm); book: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 x 3/16" (19.1 x 13.7 x 0.4 cm)

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Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-48)

1965 · 12-inch vinyl record

cover: 12 3/8 × 12 3/8" (31.4 × 31.4 cm)

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The first performance was the writing of this MMS...

1962 · Pencil on paper

7 3/4 × 10 3/8" (19.7 × 26.4 cm)

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0'00" (Within a space...)

1962 · Pencil on paper

7 7/8 × 5" (20 × 12.7 cm)

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Atlas Eclipticalis (Mixer Manipulation)

1961 · Pen and black ink on cream wove paper

30.5 × 43.2 cm (12 1/16 × 17 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Music for Carillon, # 4, Page 2

1961 · Ink on transparentized graph paper

12 1/8 x 17 1/8" (30.9 x 43.5 cm)

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Music for Carillon, # 4, Page 3

1961 · Ink on transparentized graph paper on board

12 1/8 x 17 1/8" (30.9 x 43.5 cm)

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Solo for Voice 2

1960 · Pencil on four sheets of paper

sheet (each, orientation varies): 11 x 8 7/16" (27.9 x 21.5 cm)

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Sounds of Venice

1959 · Ink on four sheets of transparentized paper, and pencil and colored pencil on paper

each: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

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The 25-Year Retrospective Concert of the Music of John Cage

1959 · Boxed set, three 12-inch vinyl records

dimensions vary

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Page 18, Solo for Piano, from Concert for Piano and Orchestra

1958 · Ink and pencil on transparentized paper

10 7/8 x 17 1/8" (27.6 x 43.3 cm)

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4'33" (In Proportional Notation)

1952 · Ink on paper

page (each): 11 x 8 1/2" (27.9 x 21.6 cm); sheet (each, unfolded): 11 x 16 15/16" (27.9 x 43.1 cm)

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A Valentine out of Season

1944 · Ink, colored pencil, and tape on nine sheets of paper and cut paper

Each: 5 1/2 × 6 1/4" (14 × 15.9 cm)

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