Artist Monograph

Alfred Leslie, American

American, 1927–2023

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Screenprint	6	42.9%
Lithography	3	21.4%
Drawing	2	14.3%
Watercolor	2	14.3%
Oil Painting	1	7.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	13	92.9%
Painting & Sculpture	1	7.1%

Production by Decade

1

1950s

12

1960s

1

1970s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 9
Drawing — 4
Painting — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	7.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	11	78.6%
Large (1–3 m)	2	14.3%

Range: 25.5 cm → 182.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1959	1
1964	8
1967	1
1968	3
1977	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 14 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
The Second Two-Panel Horizontal Painting Acc. 718.1959.a-b	1958	Oil on canvas, two panels	Each panel 66" x 6' (167.6 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
Cover from Permanently Illustrated Book Acc. 139.1964.1	1960	Screenprint from an illustrated book with five screenprints (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 10 1/16 × 9 13/16" (25.5 × 25 cm); cover: 17 13/16 × 14 5/16 × 1/2" (45.2 × 36.4 × 1.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Richard Miller
Permanently Illustrated Book Acc. 139.1964.1-5	1960	Illustrated book with five screenprints (including cover)	page (each): 17 1/2 × 14 1/16" (44.4 × 35.7 cm); overall (closed): 17 13/16 × 14 5/16 × 1/2" (45.2 × 36.4 × 1.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Richard Miller
Plate (folio 12) from Permanently Illustrated Book Acc. 139.1964.4	1960	Screenprint from an illustrated book with five screenprints (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 16 15/16 × 13 1/2" (43 × 34.3 cm); page: 17 1/2 × 14 1/16" (44.4 × 35.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Richard Miller
Plate (folio 18) from Permanently Illustrated Book Acc. 139.1964.5	1960	Screenprint from an illustrated book with five screenprints (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 16 5/16 × 14 1/16" (41.5 × 35.7 cm); page: 17 1/2 × 14 1/16" (44.4 × 35.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Richard Miller
Plate (folio 6) from )Permanently Illustrated Book Acc. 139.1964.3	1960	Screenprint from an illustrated book with five screenprints (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 17 3/16 × 14" (43.6 × 35.6 cm); page: 17 1/2 × 14 1/16" (44.4 × 35.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Richard Miller
Title page from Permanently Illustrated Book Acc. 139.1964.2	1960	Screenprint from an illustrated book with five screenprints (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 16 7/8 × 13 15/16" (42.8 × 35.4 cm); page: 17 1/2 × 14 1/16" (44.4 × 35.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Richard Miller
Plate (page 31) from 1¢ Life Illustrated Book Acc. 1164.1964.10	1964	Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions	composition: 15 9/16 × 11" (39.5 × 27.9 cm); page (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 11 7/16" (41 × 29 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the author, Walasse Ting, the editor, Sam Francis, and the publisher, E. W. Kornfeld
Plate (page 34) from 1¢ Life Illustrated Book Acc. 1164.1964.12	1964	Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions	composition: 15 13/16 × 11 5/16" (40.1 × 28.7 cm); page (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 11 7/16" (41 × 29 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the author, Walasse Ting, the editor, Sam Francis, and the publisher, E. W. Kornfeld
In-text plate (folios 11 verso and 12 recto) from In Memory of My Feelings Illustrated Book Acc. 92.1968.3	1967	One from an illustrated book with forty-six lithographs	composition (irreg.): 11 7/8 x 17 3/8" (30.1 x 44.1 cm); sheet (two-page spread): 11 15/16 x 17 15/16" (30.4 x 45.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Museum of Modern Art Department of Publications
Notan Study for The Killing of Frank O'Hara Drawing Acc. 14.1968	(1967)	Watercolor on paper	18 x 24" (45.7 x 60.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Selle
Notan Study for The Killing of Frank O'Hara Drawing Acc. 15.1968	(1967)	Watercolor on paper	18 1/8 x 23 7/8" (45.8 x 60.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Foundation Fund
Preparatory drawing for In Memory of My Feelings Drawing Acc. 2202.1967.73.a-d	1967	Pencil and ink on acetate	sheet (each): 13 15/16 x 10 15/16" (35.4 x 27.8 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
Constance Leslie Drawing Acc. 169.1977	1976	Pencil on paper	40 x 30" (101.6 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Charles B. Benenson