Artist Monograph

Bill Traylor, American

American, c. 1853–1949

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Gouache	9	69.2%
Drawing	2	15.4%
Other Media	1	7.7%
Watercolor	1	7.7%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	15.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)	11	84.6%

Range: 24.4 cm → 48.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1995	9
1999	2
2004	1
2026	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 1, 1 North" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 13 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Arched Drinker Drawing Acc. 209.1995	c. 1939–42	Watercolor and pencil on board	14 x 13 3/4" (35.6 x 35 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
Blue Snake Drawing Acc. 210.1995	c. 1939–42	Crayon on decorative paper-surfaced cardboard	3 x 19 1/4" (7.6 x 48.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Charles and Eugenia Shannon
Fat Man in Blue Drawing Acc. 211.1995	c. 1939–42	Gouache and pencil on board	13 5/8 x 13 3/8" (34.6 x 34 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Charles and Eugenia Shannon
Figure Construction (Woman and Man with Axe) Drawing Acc. 212.1995	c. 1939–42	Gouache and pencil on board	9 5/8 x 7 3/8" (24.3 x 18.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Charles and Eugenia Shannon
Figures on Blue Construction Drawing Acc. 213.1995	c. 1939–42	Gouache and pencil on board	14 7/8 x 13 1/4" (37.8 x 33.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Charles and Eugenia Shannon
Man on Triangle Reaching for Bottle Drawing Acc. 214.1995	c. 1939–42	Pencil and charcoal on board	12 x 8" (30.5 x 20.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Charles and Eugenia Shannon
Owls in Tree/Shoeing Mule Drawing Acc. 215.1995	c. 1939	Pencil on board	12 1/4 x 6 1/4" (31.3 x 15.9 cm) (irreg.) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Charles and Eugenia Shannon
Untitled (Black Horse) Drawing Acc. 31.1999	c. 1939–42	Gouache on board	14 x 11" (36 x 28 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Thea Westreich and Ethan Wagner
Untitled (Orange Horse) Drawing Acc. 32.1999	c. 1939–42	Gouache and graphite on board	11 x 15" (28 x 38 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Thea Westreich and Ethan Wagner
Untitled (Woman with Polka Dot Skirt and Handbag) Drawing Acc. 459.2025	c.1939–42	Gouache and pencil on found cardboard packaging	Overall (irreg.): 14 1/16 × 11 1/8" (35.7 × 28.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Arnopolin Family
Yellow Chicken Drawing Acc. 217.1995	c. 1939–40	Gouache and pencil on board	14 3/4 × 8 7/8" (37.5 × 22.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Charles and Eugenia Shannon
Big Man Walking Drawing Acc. 182.2004	1940	Crayon and gouache on board	14 1/4 x 10" (36.2 x 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jan Christiaan Braun in honor of Glenn D. Lowry
Spotted Sow Drawing Acc. 216.1995	1940	Gouache and pencil on board	7 1/2 x 10 7/8" (19 x 27.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Charles and Eugenia Shannon