Artist Monograph

Bill Beckley, American

American, 1946–2024

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Watercolor	3	60%
Printmaking	1	20%
Photography	1	20%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	3	60%
Photography	2	40%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	40%
Large (1–3 m)	3	60%

Range: 30.5 cm → 106.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1976	1
1983	1
1998	1
2018	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 5 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Hot and Cold Faucets with Drain Drawing Acc. 651.1983	1975	Watercolor and pencil on paper	29 1/4 x 41 3/4" (74.3 x 106 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Norman Dubrow
Hot and Cold Faucets with Drain Photograph Acc. 589.1976.a-c	1975	Three silver dye bleach prints	a) 39 7/8 × 30 1/8" (101.2 × 76.4 cm) b) 39 3/4 × 30" (101.0 × 76.0 cm) c) 39 7/8 × 30" (101.2 × 76.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchased with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts
Hot and Cold Faucets with Drain Drawing Acc. 1380.2018	1976	Watercolor and felt-tip pen on paper	9 × 12" (22.9 × 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 the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Mao Dead Photograph Acc. 544.1998.a-d	1976	Two silver dye bleach prints and two gelatin silver prints	Each approx 40 × 30" ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Norman Dubrow
Study for Shoulder Blade Drawing Acc. 1381.2018	c. 1978	Watercolor and pencil on paper	29 7/8 × 22 1/2" (75.9 × 57.2 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