Artist Monograph

Al Held, American

American, 1928–2005

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Etching 15 53.6%
Other Media 6 21.4%
Gouache 2 7.1%
Drawing 2 7.1%
Lithography 2 7.1%
Screenprint 1 3.6%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 22 78.6%
Painting & Sculpture 6 21.4%

Production by Decade

1
1950s
7
1960s
4
1970s
15
1980s
1
1990s

Classification Types

  • Illustrated Book — 15
  • Painting — 6
  • Drawing — 4
  • Print — 3

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)1346.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)517.9%
Large (1–3 m)1035.7%

Range: 17.5 cm → 290.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19672
19682
19731
19781
19801
198413
19851
19861
19871
19901
19981
20001
20051
20081

American Contemporaries

  1. 16315 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  2. 3358 Louise Bourgeois
  3. 2199 Ellsworth Kelly
  4. 1338 Lee Friedlander
  5. 932 George Maciunas