Artist Monograph

Attilio Salemme, American

American, 1911–1955

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Oil Painting	3	42.9%
Drawing	3	42.9%
Etching	1	14.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	4	57.1%
Painting & Sculpture	3	42.9%

Production by Decade

5

1940s

1

1950s

1

1960s

Classification Types

Painting — 3
Drawing — 3
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

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

Range: 27.9 cm → 101.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1945	1
1952	2
1963	4

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 7 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Conference Group Drawing Acc. 613.1963	1943	Ink on gray paper	9 1/4 x 12" (23.5 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John S. Newberry
Portrait of Johnny Drawing Acc. 612.1963	(1943)	Pencil on paper	11 x 8 1/2" (28.0 x 21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John S. Newberry
The First Communication Painting Acc. 171.1945	1943	Oil on canvas	13 x 19 7/8" (33 x 50.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase
Astronomical Experiment Painting Acc. 190.1952	1945	Oil on canvas	30 x 40" (76.2 x 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller
Southwest Drawing Acc. 614.1963	1948	Ink on paper	8 1/2 x 11" (21.5 x 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John S. Newberry
Antechamber to Inner Sanctum Painting Acc. 191.1952	1950	Oil on canvas	28 x 40" (71.1 x 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon
In-text plate (folio 20) from 21 Etchings and Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 131.1963.17	published 1960	Etching from an illustrated book with 14 etchings (six with aquatint, four with engraving, one with drypoint), two aquatints, two engravings, two drypoints, and one photogravure	plate: 13 13/16 × 11 13/16" (35.1 × 30 cm); page: 19 11/16 × 16 7/8" (50 × 42.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Jacquelynn Shlaes