Liliana Porter

SELECTED WORKS
Correction
2025
Unique assemblage of found elements, colored pencil, and graphite on paper

Paper size: 13 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches (35.2 x 27.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower right; titled lower left
(Inventory #38174)

The Strange Task (Holes)
2024
Unique assemblage of found figurine and wood

Overall size: 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches (11.4 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm)
Signed and dated on underside in ink
(Inventory #38168)

La Tarea (Homework)
2023
Etching with collage on Super Alfa paper with deckled edge

Image/plate size: 10 7/8 x 8 1/8 inches (27.75 x 20.5 cm)
Paper size: 21 1/4 x 17 1/8 inches (54 x 43.5 cm)
Edition of 20
Signed and dated lower right, titled lower left, and numbered lower center in graphite
(Inventory #38179)

To be on time
2023
Unique assemblage of found figurines and graphite on papers

Paper size: 13 1/2 x 11 inches (34.3 x 27.9 cm)
Signed and dated lower right recto, titled lower left recto
(Inventory #36946)

The Scribble
2023
Unique assemblage of found figurine and graphite on paper

Paper size: 7 7/8 x 6 inches (20 x 15.2 cm)
Titled lower left recto, signed and dated lower right recto
(Inventory #35889)

El Camino (The Way)
2023
Etching with collage on Super Alfa paper with deckled edge

Image/plate size: 10 7/8 x 8 1/8 inches (27.75 x 20.5 cm)
Paper size: 21 1/4 x 17 1/8 inches (54 x 43.5 cm)
Edition of 20
Signed and dated lower right, titled lower left, and numbered lower center in graphite
(Inventory #35886)

Untitled (With Man Painting)
2022
Unique assemblage of found figurine, acrylic paint, and graphite on canvas

11 x 14 x 1 1/2 inches (27.9 x 35.6 x 3.8 cm)
Signed, titled, and dated on reverse
(Inventory #34068)

Weaver with Black Hair
2021
Wooden shelf, metal figurine, fabric

Dimensions variable, approx: 14 x 43 x 10 inches (35.6 x 109.2 x 25.4 cm)
Shelf: 2 x 43 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches
Signed on accompanying certificate
(Inventory #32829)

To Take a Break
2020
Wood and found figurine

9 x 12 x 3/4 inches (22.9 x 30.5 x 1.9 cm)
Signed, titled, and dated on reverse
(Inventory #33158)

Man Drawing
2018
Unique installation of found figurine on wooden base with graphite on wall

Installation dimensions are variable
Base and figurine: 3 3/4 x 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 inches (9.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm)
Signed, dated, and titled under base in red ink
(Inventory #35380)

Conejo que se fue (The rabbit that went away)
2017
Lithograph on cut Canson Montval paper

Paper size: 19 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches (50.2 x 31.8 cm)
Edition of 20
Signed and dated lower right, titled lower left and numbered lower center in graphite
(Inventory #38055)

Dreamer
2013
Woodcut on Somerset satin, white, with satin pillow

Image size: 25 x 19 inches (63.5 x 48.3 cm)
Paper size: 30 1/8 x 22 1/4 inches (76.5 x 56.5 cm)
Edition of 29
Signed and dated ‘Liliana Porter 2013’ lower right, titled lower center and numbered lower left
(Inventory #38053)

Forty Years (self portrait with square, 1973)
2013
Chromogenic print

Edition of 5
Image size: 14 x 11 1/4 inches (35.6 x 28.6 cm)
Paper size: 14 3/8 x 11 1/2 inches (36.5 x 29.2 cm)
Frame size: 18 1/4 x 15 3/8 inches (46.4 x 39.1 cm)
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered verso
(Inventory #25948)

Forced Labor (To go Back / Black)
2009
Wooden shelf, resin figurine and ceramic

Signed, titled and dated on the underside of the shelf
9 3/4 x 10 1/4 x 42 7/8 inches (25 x 26 x 109 cm)
(Inventory #23368)

Situation with Glass Bird
2005
Duraflex, shelf, metal figurine and glass bird

Overall size: 17 3/4 x 21 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches (45.1 x 54.6 x 8.9 cm)
Edition of 5
Signed, dated, titled and numbered in ink on reverse of glass bird print
(Inventory #30911)

La Puerta (The Door)
2004
Painted metal figurine on two color etching on paper with deckled edge

Image/plate size: 9 1/2 x 7 inches (24.1 x 17.8 cm)
Paper size: 22 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches (57.2 x 38.7 cm)
Edition of 50, 5 AP
Signed and dated lower right, titled and numbered lower left in graphite
(Inventory #37058)

Bird
2000
Lithograph and branch on white Somerset satin paper with deckled edge

Image/paper size: 16 7/8 x 16 5/8 inches (42.9 x 42.2 cm)
Edition of 25, 3 AP, 1 PP
Signed and dated lower right, titled and numbered lower left in graphite
(Inventory #38050)

Where Are You?
2000
Lithograph and collage

Edition of 30
Image/Paper size: 30 x 22 1/2 inches (76.2 x 57.2 cm)
Signed and dated lower right, numbered and titled lower left
(Inventory #31544)

La Clairvoyance
1999
Unique installation of marble and postcard on museum board

Approximately: 4 x 5 7/8 x 1 1/8 inches (10 x 15 x 3 cm)
Installation dimensions vary
Signed and dated verso on postcard
(Inventory #38169)

Untitled (glass + boat)
1975, printed 2012
Modern gelatin silver print made from the original 1975 film negative

Image size: 9 x 6 1/2 inches (22.9 x 16.5 cm)
Paper size: 14 x 11 inches (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Edition of 3, plus 2 AP
Signed, dated, titled and numbered on reverse
(Inventory #24471)

Untitled (Circle IV)
1973-1974, printed 2013
Wall installation of graphite on wall and gelatin silver print made from the original negative on Ilford Multi-grade paper and selenium toned

Photograph size: 7 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (19.7 x 22.2 cm)
Overall size: Approximately 70 inches (diameter)
Edition of 5 , 2 AP
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered on reverse of print in graphite
(Inventory #32552)

Nail
1972, printed 2012
Modern gelatin silver print made from the original film negative with string

Image size:  9 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches  (23.5 x 19.1 cm)
Paper size:  14 x 11 inches  (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Frame size:  27 1/8 x 24 3/8 inches  (68.9 x 61.9 cm)
Edition of 3, 2 AP
Signed, dated, and numbered
(Inventory #26625)

Untitled (hook and folded corner with string)
1970
Unique work with silkscreen, string and folded paper with deckled edge

Paper size: 20 1/2 inches x 27 1/2 inches (52.1 x 69.9 cm)
Frame size: 24 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches (62.2 x 80 cm)
Signed and dated on lower right in graphite
(Inventory #35386)

Additional Information

Born in Argentina, 1941. Resides in New York since 1964.

Liliana Porter works in various mediums including printmaking, works on canvas, photography, video, installations and public art projects. Porter was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1980, three New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships (1985, 1996, 1999), the Mid Atlantic/NEA Regional Fellowship (1994) and seven PSC- CUNY research awards (from 1994 to 2004).
Professor at Queens College, City University of New York, from 1991 to 2007.

Her work has been shown nationally and internationally and is represented in many public and private collections, among them:
TATE Modern Collection, London, UK;
Museum of Modern Art, New York;
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York;
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela;
Philadelphia Museum of Art;
La Biblioteque Nationale, Paris, France;
The New York Public Library;
Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina;
Museo de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile;
Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota, Colombia;
Blanton Museum, Austin, TX;
Museo del Barrio, New York;
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York;
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC;
The Bronx Museum for the Arts, New York;
Museo Tamayo, México D.F.;
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain;
Daros Collection Zurich, Switzerland;
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires;
Brooklyn Museum, NY, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX