Artworks · John Cage

Where R = Ryoanji R/12 - 12/90

1990 · Graphite pencil on paper

Sheet: 10 1/8 × 19 1/4 in. (25.7 × 48.9 cm) Image: 10 1/8 × 19 1/4 in. (25.7 × 48.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

Wild Edible Drawing # 6

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

17 x 12" (43 x 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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

10 Stones

1989 · color spit bite and sugar lift aquatint on smoked paper

Platemark: 20.3 x 36.5 cm (8 x 14 3/8 in.); Sheet: 46.3 x 58.3 cm (18 1/4 x 22 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of 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)

Museum of Modern Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

(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)

Museum of Modern Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

R 2/3 (where R=Ryoanji)

1983 · Drypoint

Sheet: 9 3/16 × 23 1/2 in. (23.3 × 59.7 cm) Plate: 6 15/16 × 21 1/8 in. (17.6 × 53.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

R 2/2 (where R=Ryoanji)

1983 · Drypoint

Sheet: 9 3/16 × 23 1/4 in. (23.3 × 59 cm) Plate: 6 15/16 × 21 1/8 in. (17.6 × 53.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

R 2/1 (where R=Ryoanji)

1983 · Drypoint

Sheet: 9 3/16 × 23 1/4 in. (23.3 × 59 cm) Plate: 6 15/16 × 21 1/8 in. (17.6 × 53.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

2R + 13·14 (where R=Ryoanji)

1983 · Drypoint

Sheet: 9 3/16 × 23 1/4 in. (23.3 × 59.1 cm) Plate: 6 15/16 × 21 1/8 in. (17.6 × 53.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

John Cage

1978 · 12-inch vinyl record

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

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (letter/drawing)

1975 · Typewriting on paper

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

Museum of Modern Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

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

Untitled (640 numbers between 1 and 21)

1969 · Ballpoint pen, pencil, colored pencil, and felt-tip pen on printed paper

Museum of Modern Art

Busoni Chart for HPSCHD (with Lejaren Hiller)

1969 · Colored ink and colored pencil on transparentized musical composition paper

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (640 numbers between 1 and 16)

1969 · Ballpoint pen, pencil, and colored pencil on printed paper

Museum of Modern Art

Not Wanting to Say Anything about Marcel, Lithograph A

1969 · Lithograph on black paper

sheet: 27 1/2 × 40" (69.9 × 101.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Not Wanting to Say Anything about Marcel, Plexigram II

1969 · Eight screenprinted plexiglas panels and wood base

each panel: 14 × 20" (35.5 × 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Not Wanting to Say Anything about Marcel, Lithograph B

1969 · color lithograph

Sheet: 70.3 x 100.1 cm (27 11/16 x 39 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Plexigram VI: Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel

1969 · screenprint

Cleveland Museum of Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) continued 1968

1968 · Mylar case containing twenty-page booklet of autobiographical impressions printed on heavy stock with typeface, weight, and color chosen according to chance

Cleveland Museum of Art

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)

Museum of Modern Art

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

1962 · Pencil on paper

7 7/8 × 5" (20 × 12.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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

1962 · Pencil on paper

7 3/4 × 10 3/8" (19.7 × 26.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Solo for Voice 2, Paralelle Aufführungen Neuster Musik, Kunsthandel Monet, Amsterdam, October 5, 1962

1962 · Gelatin silver print

sheet: 6 7/16 × 9 15/16" (16.4 × 25.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Solo for Voice 2, Paralelle Aufführungen Neuster Musik, Kunsthandel Monet, Amsterdam, October 5, 1962

1962 · Gelatin silver print

sheet: 6 13/16 × 9 15/16" (17.3 × 25.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Solo for Voice 2, Paralelle Aufführungen Neuster Musik, Kunsthandel Monet, Amsterdam, October 5, 1962

1962 · Gelatin silver print

sheet: 10 9/16 × 8" (26.9 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art