Artist Monograph

Agnes Martin, American

American, born Canada. 1912–2004

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Screenprint	31	60.8%
Drawing	7	13.7%
Acrylic Painting	6	11.8%
Oil Painting	3	5.9%
Watercolor	3	5.9%
Other Media	1	2%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	42	82.4%
Painting & Sculpture	9	17.6%

Production by Decade

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Classification Types

Print — 32
Drawing — 10
Painting — 9

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	36	70.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	11.8%
Large (1–3 m)	9	17.6%

Range: 17.2 cm → 190.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1964	2
1965	1
1966	1
1970	1
1973	31
1976	1
1977	1
1979	1
1982	1
1983	1
1984	1
1985	1
1990	2
1992	1
1996	1
1998	1
2002	1
2004	1
2005	1

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American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 51 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Drawing Acc. 549.1990	1952	Watercolor and ink on paper	11 3/4 x 17 3/4" (29.9 x 45.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Paul F. Walter
Harbor Number 1 Painting Acc. 469.1996	1957	Oil on canvas	49 3/4 x 40" (126.3 x 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Agnes Gund and Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds
Mountain Drawing Acc. 318.1983	1960	Ink and pencil on paper	9 3/8 x 11 7/8" (24 x 30.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Ruth Vollmer Bequest
Untitled Drawing Acc. 107.1979	1960	Ink on paper	11 7/8 x 12 1/8" (30.2 x 30.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired with matching funds from The Lauder Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts
Tremolo Drawing Acc. 927.1983	1962	Ink on paper	10 x 11" (25.5 x 28 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Friendship Painting Acc. 502.1984	1963	Gold leaf and oil on canvas	6' 3" x 6' 3" (190.5 x 190.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Celeste and Armand P. Bartos
Wood I Drawing Acc. 135.2004	1963	Watercolor, ink and colored ink on paper	12 × 11 7/8" (30.5 × 30.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky
Red Bird Painting Acc. 514.1970	1964	Acrylic and colored pencil on canvas	71 1/8 x 71 1/8" (180.5 x 180.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Philip Johnson
Red Bird Drawing Acc. 159.1966	1964	Colored ink and pencil on paper	12 1/4 x 11 7/8" (31.1 x 30.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Bliss Parkinson
Stone Drawing Acc. 606.1964	1964	Ink on paper	10 7/8 x 10 7/8" (27.7 x 27.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Eugene and Clare Thaw Fund
The Tree Painting Acc. 5.1965	1964	Oil and pencil on canvas	6 x 6' (182.8 x 182.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Larry Aldrich Foundation Fund
Wood Drawing Acc. 607.1964	1964	Ink on paper	10 7/8 x 10 7/8" (27.7 x 27.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Eugene and Clare Thaw Fund
Mountain I Painting Acc. 307.1992	1966	Acrylic and pencil on canvas	72 x 72" (183 x 183 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Laura-Lee and Robert Woods
The Field Drawing Acc. 121.2002	1966	Ink and pencil on paper	9 x 9" (22.9 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of UBS
On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.1-30	1973	Portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each approx.): 12 1/8 × 12" (30.8 × 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.19	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 7 7/16 x 6 3/4" (18.9 x 17.1 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.2	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 8 1/4 x 8 1/4" (21 x 21 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.20	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 7 7/16 x 6 3/4" (18.9 x 17.1 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.21	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 7 7/16 x 6 3/4" (18.9 x 17.1 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.22	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 7 5/16 x 6 3/4" (18.6 x 17.1 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.23	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 7 9/16 x 6 3/4" (19.2 x 17.1 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.24	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 6 11/16 x 6 3/4" (17 x 17.2 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.25	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 7 3/4 x 6 3/4" (19.7 x 17.2 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.26	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 7 7/16 x 6 11/16" (18.9 x 17 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.27	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 7 5/16 x 6 3/4" (18.6 x 17.1 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.28	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 7 1/2 x 6 3/4" (19.1 x 17.1 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.29	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 7 1/2 x 6 3/4" (19.1 x 17.1 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.3	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 8 1/2 x 8 1/2" (21.6 x 21.6 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.30	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 7 1/16 x 6 1/2" (18 x 16.5 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.4	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 8 1/4 x 8 1/4" (21 x 21 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.5	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 8 1/4 x 8 1/4" (21 x 21 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.6	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 8 1/4 x 8 1/4" (21 x 21 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.7	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 8 1/2 x 8 1/2" (21.6 x 21.6 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.8	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 8 1/2 x 8 1/2" (21.6 x 21.6 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.9	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 8 1/4 x 8 1/4" (21 x 21 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.1	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 8 1/2 x 8 1/2" (21.6 x 21.6 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.10	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 8 1/2 x 8 1/2" (21.6 x 21.6 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.11	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 8 1/2 x 8 1/2" (21.6 x 21.6 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.12	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 8 1/2 x 8 1/2" (21.6 x 21.6 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.13	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 7 1/8 x 8" (18.1 x 20.3 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.14	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 7 x 8" (17.8 x 20.3 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.15	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 6 7/8 x 8" (17.5 x 20.3 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.16	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 6 11/16 x 8" (17 x 20.3 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.17	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 7 x 8" (17.8 x 20.3 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled from On a Clear Day Print Acc. 176.1973.18	1973	One from a portfolio of 30 screenprints	composition: 7 1/2 x 6 3/4" (19.1 x 17.1 cm); sheet: 12 1/8 x 12" (30.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and the publisher, Parasol Press, Ltd.
Untitled #5 Painting Acc. 287.1976	1975	Acrylic and pencil on gesso on canvas	71 7/8" x 6' 1/4" (182.6 x 183.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of The American Art Foundation
Praise from the Rubber Stamp Portfolio Print Acc. 181.1977.9	1976, published 1977	One from a portfolio of thirteen rubber stamps	composition (irreg.): 8 1/16 x 8 5/16" (20.5 x 21.1 cm); sheet: 11 x 11" (28 x 28 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Parasol Press, Ltd. and the Publications Department of The Museum of Modern Art
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2333.2005	1978	Watercolor and colored ink on transparentized paper	9 x 9" (22.9 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Untitled #1 Painting Acc. 422.1981	1981	Gesso, acrylic, and pencil on canvas	6' x 6' (183 x 183 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the American Art Foundation
Untitled #6 Painting Acc. 363.1990	1989	Acrylic and pencil on canvas	71 7/8" x 6' (182.7 x 182.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the American Art Foundation
With My Back to the World Painting Acc. 514.1998.a-f	1997	Acrylic on canvas, six panels	Each 60 x 60" (152.5 x 152.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Fractional and promised gift of the Ovitz Family Collection