Artist Monograph

Alton Pickens, American

American, 1917–1991

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 bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	42.9%
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	28.6%
Large (1–3 m)	2	28.6%

Range: 24.4 cm → 138.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1943	1
1947	1
1948	3
1951	1
1953	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 7 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
The Children's Game Print Acc. 38.1948	1932	Woodcut	Sheet 11 7/8 x 15" (30.2 x 38.2 cm) Comp. 7 1/16 x 10 7/8" (17.9 x 27.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
The Great Orange Print Acc. 37.1948	1932	Woodcut, printed in color	Sheet 12 3/4 x 10 5/8" (32.4 x 27.1 cm) Comp. 11 1/4 x 9 1/2" (28.5 x 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
The Bug Drawing Acc. 22.1947	1941	Ink on paper	9 5/8 x 7 3/8" (25.1 x 18.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	A. Conger Goodyear Fund
The Blue Doll Painting Acc. 622.1943	1942	Oil on canvas	42 7/8 x 35" (108.9 x 88.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	James Thrall Soby Fund
PASTORALE Print Acc. 36.1948	(1947)	Etching, printed in black	Plate 11 7/8 x 23 1/4" (30.2 x 59.0 cm) Sheet 17 1/8 x 25 15/16" (43.4 x 65.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Carnival Painting Acc. 511.1951	1949	Oil on canvas	54 5/8 x 40 3/8" (138.7 x 102.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Saturn and Family Print Acc. 447.1953	1953	Aquatint and etching	Plate 11 3/4 x 23 9/16" (22.9 x 59.9 cm) Sheet 16 5/16 x 26" ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase