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Artists›Jim Shaw

Jim Shaw

American, 1952⚠

WA-00000181

Drawing

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

107

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Publications Referenced

60%

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Authority Records (1)

MoMA

Field Verification (3 fields)

3 cross-verified · 0 single-source

Birth yearArtsy + Gallery Gagosian· 85%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery Gagosian· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy + Gallery Gagosian· 85%✓

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Theholehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/jim-shaw
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Phillips-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/jim-shaw
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Gagosianhttps://gagosian.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/7968
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Medium

Drawing

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (35)

Untitled

2003 · Felt-tip pen on paper with ink on transparentized paper

24 x 19" (61 x 48.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

2003 · Felt-tip pen and paint pen on paper

17 x 14" (43.2 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

2003 · Felt-tip pen, gouache, paint pen, ink, and pencil on paper

17 x 14" (43.2 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

2003 · Pencil on paper

22 3/8 x 30" (56.8 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

2002 · Felt-tip pen on paper

22 1/2 x 30" (57.2 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

I Dreamt it Was OK to Draw Something I Haven't Dreamt About

2002 · Graphite and airbrush on paper

22 1/4 x 30 1/8" (56.5 x 76.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dream Object (I Dreamt I was putting together this piece of abstract drawings)

2002 · Ink, pencil, airbrush, and tape on paper

22 3/8 x 30" (56.8 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Things Better Left Unsaid II

2002 · Pencil on paper

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

Museum of Modern Art

Land of Butter

1999 · Ink, graphite, and gouache on paperboard

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

Museum of Modern Art

Dream Object ("I'm working on a psychedelic poster as part of a magazine but it may be too expensive to print, featuring kids in poses from the last supper at the bottom.")

1999 · Gouache, airbrush, and pencil on board

17 1/2 x 14" (44.5 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dream Drawing (In Reno there was a Titanic mockup where a girl...)

1998 · Pencil on paper

12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dream Drawing (I'm teaching a class in which some black students...)

1998 · Pencil on paper

12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Dream Object ( I was at Linda's and found a stack of very old drawings...)

1997 · a: Ink, colored pencil, and pencil on paper

Museum of Modern Art

Dream Drawing (A comic story I was working on...)

1997 · Pencil on paper

12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dream Drawing (We were waiting at a restaurant & 2 guys read an art tabloid...)

1997 · Pencil on paper

12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Dream Object (I Was Working on an Undersea Landscape)

1997 · Gelatin silver prints, foam core board, blue tinted acrylic sheet with acrylic paint

Overall: 22 5/16 × 30 in. (56.7 × 76.2 cm) Panel A: 21 7/8 × 18 11/16 in. (55.5 × 47.5 cm) Panel B: 22 5/16 in. × 30 in. (56.7 × 76.2 cm) Panel C: 22 5/16 in. × 30 in. (56.7 × 76.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dream Object ( I was drawing a Pepsi sex float...)

1996 · Pencil on paper

12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Dream Object ( At 5 a.m. I needed to get some money so I went to the bank cash machine...)

1996 · Felt-tip pen and pencil on four pieces of paper and felt-tip pen on two foam sculptures

(a): 19 x 24" (48.3 x 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dream Drawing (I was seeing an old atomic bomb test...)

1995 · Pencil on paper

12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dream Drawing (I had a bunch of junk and artwork...)

1994 · Pencil on paper

12 x 9" (30.5 x 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hudson Bubble Gum

1993 · Bubble gum on white mat board

43.2 × 35.5 cm (17 1/16 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hudson Pencil

1993 · Graphite on white wove paper

43.2 × 35.5 cm (17 1/16 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for Sinnorama #1, #2, #3

1990 · Colored pencil on three pieces of printed paper

each: 11 x 9" (27.9 x 22.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Utopian Landscape #2 (Cloud Chamber)

1988 · Colored pencil on printed paper

14 x 8 1/2" (35.6 x 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

35 published of 63 catalogued · 55 with image

MoMA
28 publishedof 56 catalogued53 img
The Met
5 published
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Collections2

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

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