Artist Monograph

Alton Pickens, American

American, 1917–1991

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Oil Painting 2 28.6%
Woodcut 2 28.6%
Etching 2 28.6%
Drawing 1 14.3%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 5 71.4%
Painting & Sculpture 2 28.6%

Production by Decade

2
1930s
4
1940s
1
1950s

Classification Types

  • Print — 4
  • Painting — 2
  • Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)342.9%
Medium (30–100 cm)228.6%
Large (1–3 m)228.6%

Range: 24.4 cm → 138.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19431
19471
19483
19511
19531

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