Artist Monograph

Alfonso Ossorio, American

American, born Philippines. 1916–1990

Wikidata · Getty ULAN

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Watercolor	2	40%
Sculpture	1	20%
Other Media	1	20%
Lithography	1	20%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	3	60%
Painting & Sculpture	2	40%

Classification Types

Drawing — 2
Painting — 2
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	20%
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	40%
Large (1–3 m)	2	40%

Range: 22.5 cm → 243.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1961	1
1969	1
1970	1
1971	1
1992	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 5 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Animulae Drawing Acc. 1098.1969	1950	Watercolor and wax on board	30 1/8 x 22" (76.6 x 55.9 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
Impregnate Drawing Acc. 502.1969	1951	Watercolor, wax, and ink on paper	29 1/2 x 22 1/2" (75 x 57.2 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 in memory of his brother, Miguel Ossorio
Palimpsest Print Acc. 278.1992	1951	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 8 7/8 × 6 1/4" (22.5 × 15.8 cm); sheet: 10 1/4 × 8 1/4" (26 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	William K. Simpson Fund in memory of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
SUM, 2 Painting Acc. 3.1962	1959	Synthetic resin with nails, coins, steel wool, tooth, rope, screw eyes, shells, belt, key, and hinges on board	7' 11 3/4" x 48" (243.2 x 121.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Empty Chair or The Last Colonial Painting Acc. 688.1971	1969	Glass and plastic marbles, West African wood figures, tree fragments, pebbles, geode, iron nails, coral, seashells, wood shoe trees, lobster claws, sword, painted human foot bones and vertebra, faux pearls, plastic and wooden letters, plastic sheets and scraps, wood scraps, painted wood, animal claws and bones, domino, glass eyes, bell, and other materials on plastic sheets mounted on wood	46 3/8 x 39 1/4 x 15 7/8" (117.7 x 99.7 x 40.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the artist