Artworks · Stephen Prina

Marden from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 63 × 122 3/4" (160 × 311.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

E from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 57 1/4 × 34" (145.4 × 86.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Richter from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 101 3/8 × 81 3/4" (257.5 × 207.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Richter (print) from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 25 5/8 × 33" (65.1 × 83.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Palermo from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 42 1/4 × 42 3/8" (107.3 × 107.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

A from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 60 × 51 1/8" (152.4 × 129.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Palermo (print) from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 25 5/8 × 33" (65.1 × 83.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Label (3) from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 5 3/4 × 8 1/2" (14.6 × 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

I from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 57 1/2 × 9 1/8" (146.1 × 23.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Colophon from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 25 5/8 × 33" (65.1 × 83.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Label (4) from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 5 3/4 × 8 1/2" (14.6 × 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

N from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 62 × 45 3/4" (157.5 × 116.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Base w/cover (1) from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Base

40 × 11 × 9" (101.6 × 27.9 × 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Label (5) from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 5 3/4 × 8 1/2" (14.6 × 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

T from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 57 1/4 × 39 1/8" (145.4 × 99.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Base w/cover (2) from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Base

40 × 11 × 9" (101.6 × 27.9 × 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Label (6) from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 5 3/4 × 8 1/2" (14.6 × 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

I from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 57 1/2 × 9 1/8" (146.1 × 23.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Base w/cover (3) from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Base

40 × 51 × 34" (101.6 × 129.5 × 86.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Label (7) from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 5 3/4 × 8 1/2" (14.6 × 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

N from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 61 3/4 × 45 3/4" (156.8 × 116.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Label (8) from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 5 3/4 × 8 1/2" (14.6 × 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Label (9) from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 5 3/4 × 8 1/2" (14.6 × 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Label (10) from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 5 3/4 × 8 1/2" (14.6 × 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Invitation card envelope from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Museum of Modern Art

Label (11) from Untitled/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard

Frame: 5 3/4 × 8 1/2" (14.6 × 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

<i>Untitled</i>/"The history of modern painting, to label it with a phrase, has been the struggle against the catalogue"--Barnett Newman/(Monochrome Painting, 1988-1989)

1991 · Ink wash on rag, barrier paper, and cardboard, 67 parts

dimensions vary upon installation

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from the Museum in Progress project The Message as Medium

1991 · Lithograph, offset printed

sheet (two-page spread): 18 1/2 x 24 13/16" (47 x 63 cm); composition: 16 x 23 1/8" (40.7 x 58.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Exquisite Corpse: The Complete Paintings of Manet, 67 of 556, Dejeuner sur l'Herbe, 1863, Jeu de Paume, Paris

1989 · Ink wash on paper and offset lithograph, diptych

Left panel: 26 × 33" (66 × 83.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Monochrome Painting Plus Errata

1988 · Portfolio of 16 lithographs (including title page and colophon)

sheet (each): 22 1/4 x 30" (56.5 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Exquisite Corpse: The Complete Paintings of Manet, 41 of 556, Nymphe Surprise (The Startled Nymph), 1861, Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo

1988 · Ink wash and offset lithograph

sheet (.a): 13 3/4 x 18 1/8" (34.9 x 46 cm); sheet (.b): 25 3/4 x 32 3/4" (65.4 x 83.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

UNTITLED (Computer Diskette, Ed. #6/6)

1987 · Computer Diskette. Ed. #6/6., Wood, plexiglass

Museum of Modern Art

UNTITLED, Version II

1987 · Graphic marker dye on drafting film

20 3/4 x 16 7/8" (52.8 x 42.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

UNTITLED, Version I

1987 · Graphic marker dye on drafting film

17 1/2 x 14" (44.7 x 35.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

UNTITLED, Version II

1987 · Graphic marker dye on drafting film

20 3/4 x 16 7/8" (52.8 x 42.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

UNTITLED, Version II

1987 · Graphic marker dye on drafting film

20 7/8 x 16 3/4" (53 x 42.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

UNTITLED, Version II

1987 · Graphic marker dye on drafting film

20 3/4 x 16 7/8" (52.8 x 42.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art