Artist Monograph

Alice Neel, American

American, 1900–1984

Wikidata · Getty ULAN

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	3	30%
Oil Painting	3	30%
Lithography	2	20%
Gouache	1	10%
Watercolor	1	10%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	8	80%
Painting & Sculpture	2	20%

Production by Decade

2

1930s

1

1940s

1

1970s

6

1980s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 6
Drawing — 2
Painting — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	9	90%
Large (1–3 m)	1	10%

Range: 31.8 cm → 152.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1985	6
1988	2
2014	1
2025	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4" — 1
"MoMA, Floor 5, 521" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 10 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Christopher Lazare Drawing Acc. 74.2025	1932	Watercolor, ink, pencil, cut-and-pasted paper on paper	12 1/2 × 9 1/4" (31.8 × 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Robert Lehman Endowment Fund for Acquisitions by the Department of Drawings and Prints, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Kenneth Fearing Painting Acc. 28.1988	1935	Oil on canvas	30 1/8 x 26" (76.5 x 66 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Hartley S. Neel and Richard Neel
Sam and Richard Drawing Acc. 1087.2014	1940	Oil pastel on colored paper	26 x 20 5/8" (66 x 52.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Agnes Gund, The Modern Women's Fund, and gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls (by exchange), gift of Alexander Calder (by exchange), and gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (by exchange)
Benny and Mary Ellen Andrews Painting Acc. 27.1988	1972	Oil on canvas	60 x 50" (152.2 x 127 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, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Arnold A. Saltzman Fund, and Larry Aldrich Foundation Fund (by exchange)
The Fall of the House of Usher Illustrated Book Acc. 334.1985.1-5	1985 (Reproduced drawings executed 1927-1984)	Illustrated book with 5 reproductions: 2 photolithographs after gouaches; 2 line blocks after pen and ink drawings; and 1 photogravure with aquatint after pen and ink drawing	Page: 15 3/8 x 11 1/4" (39 x 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edmund B. Thorton
Untitled Illustrated Book Acc. 334.1985.1	1985 (Reproduced drawings executed 1927-1984)	Photolithograph	page 15 3/8 x 11 1/4" (39 x 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edmund B. Thorton
Untitled Illustrated Book Acc. 334.1985.2	1985 (Reproduced drawings executed 1927-1984)	Line block	page 15 3/8 x 11 1/4" (39 x 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edmund B. Thorton
Untitled Illustrated Book Acc. 334.1985.3	1985 (Reproduced drawings executed 1927-1984)	Photolithograph	page 15 3/8 x 11 1/4" (39 x 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edmund B. Thorton
Untitled Illustrated Book Acc. 334.1985.4	1985 (Reproduced drawings executed 1927-1984)	Line block	page 15 3/8 x 11 1/4" (39 x 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edmund B. Thorton
Untitled Illustrated Book Acc. 334.1985.5	1985 (Reproduced drawings executed 1927-1984)	Photogravure	page 15 3/8 x 11 1/4" (39 x 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edmund B. Thorton