Artist Monograph

Alice Aycock, American

American, born 1946

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	5	55.6%
Acrylic Painting	1	11.1%
Screenprint	1	11.1%
Sculpture	1	11.1%
Etching	1	11.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	8	88.9%
Painting & Sculpture	1	11.1%

Production by Decade

5

1970s

3

1980s

1

1990s

Classification Types

Drawing — 6
Print — 2
Sculpture — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	44.4%
Large (1–3 m)	4	44.4%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	11.1%

Range: 55.8 cm → 350.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1978	4
1983	1
2004	2
2018	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 9 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Project for a Circular Building with Narrow Ledges for Walking: Plan and Profile Drawing Acc. 1373.2018	1976	Pencil on transparentized paper	21 1/8 × 38" (53.7 × 96.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Project Entitled "Studies for a Town" Sculpture Acc. 201.1978.a-q	1977	Wood	9' 11 1/2" x 11' 7 3/4" x 12' 1" (304 x 350 x 369 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Louis and Bessie Adler Foundation, Inc., Seymour M. Klein, President
Study for Project Entitled "Studies for a Town" Drawing Acc. 724.1978	1977	Pencil and spray fixative on graph paper	17 1/8 x 22" (43.3 x 55.8 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 R.L.B. Tobin and the National Endowment for the Arts
Study (Incomplete Plan) for Project Entitled "The City of the Walls" Drawing Acc. 725.1978	1978	Pencil on transparentized paper	42 1/4 x 55 1/2" (107.2 x 140.9 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 Dr. Norman Avnet and the National Endowment for the Arts
Study for Project Entitled "The City of the Walls: A Narrow City: A Thin City" Drawing Acc. 726.1978	1978	Pencil on transparentized paper	42 3/8 x 72" (107.5 x 183 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 Mrs. June Noble Larkin and the National Endowment for the Arts
Collected Ghost Stories from the Workhouse from the series How to Catch and Manufacture Ghosts Drawing Acc. 1374.2018	1980	Pencil and press type on transparentized paper	36 × 42" (91.4 × 106.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
How To Catch and Manufacture Ghosts Print Acc. 536.1983	1981	Etching, with pastel additions	plate (irreg.): 26 x 36 15/16" (66.1 x 93.9 cm); sheet: 28 7/16 x 38 1/2" (72.2 x 97.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
The New China Drawing: The World Above, The World Below Drawing Acc. 79.2004.a-b	1984	Pencil and colored pencil with crayon, acrylic, and cut-and-pasted paper on two sheets of transparent paper	overall: 95 3/8 x 105" (242.3 x 266.7 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
East River Roundabout Print Acc. 268.2004	1994	Screenprint	composition (irreg.): 25 11/16 × 37 5/8" (65.2 × 95.6 cm); sheet: 33 7/8 × 43 15/16" (86 × 111.6 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