Nylon Mesh (Works)
Nukey-Nukey, 1981 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh, wooden slats,
7 x 10 x 6 feet overall (site specific) Recreated for 2014 MCA Denver exhibition.">
R.S.V.P. (Performance Piece) (original piece/documentation)
1978 Nylon mesh, sand
Displayed at the Pearl C. Woods Gallery in 1978. Recreated for Radical Presence, 2013, Studio Museum, Harlem. Collection of Centre Pompidou, Paris.">
Inside/Outside, 1977 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh, rubber, foam and sand,
5 ft 2 ft x 6 in. Recreated for Répondez s’il vous plaît, 2003 at Thomas Erben Gallery. Collection of Brooklyn Museum, New York.">
R.S.V.P. XV, March 1977 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh, sand
1.5 ft x 4.5 ft x 4 in.
A recreated version is in the collection of Greg Pitts.">
R.S.V.P. XIII, March 1977 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh and sand
5 x 12 x 3 ft.
Recreated for the show Non Toccare La Donna Bianca, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino,
Italy. The recreated version is in the collection of Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo.">
N.T. spring 1977 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh and wire mesh, 5 ft x 10 ft x 18 in.">
Inside/Outside, spring 1977 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh, metal and sand. 12 x 1 x 1 ft.
A recreated version is in the collection of Houston and Kinshasha Conwill.">
Swing Low, 1977 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh and sand,
3.5 x 4 x 5.5 feet.
A recreated version is in the collection of Kerry James Marshall.">
Internal I, May 1977 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh,
12 x 6 x 5 feet. Collection of Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.">
R.S.V.P. X, 1977 (original piece, documentation of performance)
Nylon mesh, rose petals
4 x 10 x 5 ft (dimensions of piece itself)
(image used for exhibition poster, Répondez S'il Vous Plaît show, Just Above Midtown Gallery,
March 8-26, 1977)
Recreated for the 2014 White Cube exhibition.
Collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.">
Quarante-et-un, 1977 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh, sand, and metal spring,
2 ft x 3 ft x 2 in.
Recreated for Répondez s’il vous plaît, 2003 at Thomas Erben Gallery
A recreated version is in the collection of the Jerusalem Museum of Art, Israel.">
, winter 1977 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh, rubber and sand
7.5 ft x 2 ft x 8 in. Recreated for Répondez s’il vous plaît, 2003 at Thomas Erben Gallery.
Collection of Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh.">
R.S.V.P. XII, winter 1977 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh, sand
4 ft x 5 ft x 1.5 in.
Recreated as R.S.V.P. Reverie - IV, after Répondez s’il vous plaît, 2003 at Thomas Erben Gallery. ">
Ritual Chant, 1977 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh, spring and metal parts,
5 x 1 feet. ">
R.S.V.P I, 1977 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh, sand (installation piece, Just Above Midtown Gallery, 1977)
Dimensions variable. Recreated for Répondez s’il vous plaît, 2003 at Thomas Erben Gallery. Collection of Museum of Modern Art, New York.">
Untitled, 1977 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh, found objects
2.5 ft x 22 in x 10 in.">
Sagging, winter 1977 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh, sand and leather,
4 x 1.5 feet. Collection of Ms. Gylbert Coker.">
R.S.V.P., 1976-77.
Nylon mesh and rubber, 36 x 240 in.">
R.S.V.P. winter 1976 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh and bicycle tire,
20 x 26 x 12 in.
Recreated for Répondez s’il vous plaît, 2003 at Thomas Erben Gallery. In the collection of François Pinault.">
R.S.V.P. VI, fall 1976 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh, sand
3 x 1 x 1.5 feet">
R.S.V.P. VIII, fall 1976 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh, leather, sand, 7 ft x 2 ft x 18 in.">
R.S.V.P. V, fall 1976 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh, sand
4 ft x 3 ft x 1 in.
Recreated for Répondez s’il vous plaît, 2003 at Thomas Erben Gallery.
Collection of The Studio Museum of Harlem">
R.S.V.P. October 1976 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh and sand,
5 ft x 2.5 ft x 4 in.">
R.S.V.P. October 1976 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh, sand and found metal object, 3.5 ft x 3.5 ft x 3.5 in.
Recreated for 2014 MCA Denver exhibition.">
Untitled, 1976 (existent original piece)
Nylon, pantyhose, sand, and cardboard roll,
72 x 53 x 17 in.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Gift of the Hudgins Family in memory of Brienin Bryant, 2013">
R.S.V.P. 1976 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh and sand,
6 ft x 1 ft x 2 in.
Recreated for 2014 MCA Denver exhibition">
Swing Low, summer 1976 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh and sand,
4.5 x 4 feet.
Recreated in 2014.">
R.S.V.P. fall 1976 (original piece/documentation)
Nylon mesh, sand and pins,
5 x 2.5 feet.">
Selected Works
Senga Nengudi
Nylon Mesh