Artist Monograph

Boris Margo, American

American, born Ukraine. 1902–1995

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	8	53.3%
Etching	5	33.3%
Printmaking	2	13.3%

Production by Decade

2

1930s

12

1940s

1

1950s

Physical Scale

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

Range: 20.8 cm → 42.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1947	13
1949	1
1953	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 15 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Imprisoned from Portfolio No. 1 Print Acc. 336.1947.1	1934, published 1946	One from a portfolio of twelve cellocuts	composition: 6 11/16 x 9" (17 x 22.8 cm); sheet: 9 1/8 x 12" (23.2 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Malevolent Night from Portfolio No. 1 Print Acc. 336.1947.2	1934, published 1946	Cellocut	composition: 8 11/16 x 9 13/16" (22 x 25 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 x 12" (29.6 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Floating Objects Illumined, No. 4 from Portfolio No. 1 Print Acc. 336.1947.4	1940, published 1946	One from a portfolio of twelve cellocuts	composition: 9 3/8 x 13 3/4" (23.8 x 35 cm); sheet (irreg.): 11 9/16 x 16 5/8" (29.4 x 42.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Lookout from Portfolio No. 1 Print Acc. 336.1947.7	1942, published 1946	One from a portfolio of twelve cellocuts	composition: 11 5/16 x 8 9/16" (28.7 x 21.8 cm); sheet: 13 7/16 x 10 1/2" (34.2 x 26.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Reconstruction from Portfolio No. 1 Print Acc. 336.1947.6	1942, published 1946	One from a portfolio of twelve cellocuts	composition: 8 13/16 x 10 5/8" (22.4 x 27 cm); sheet: 10 3/8 x 12 7/16" (26.3 x 31.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Magnetic Maze, No. 1 from Portfolio No. 1 Print Acc. 336.1947.11	1944, published 1946	One from a portfolio of twelve cellocuts	composition: 9 x 11" (22.8 x 28 cm); sheet: 12 1/16 x 13 9/16" (30.6 x 34.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Corralled from Portfolio No. 1 Print Acc. 336.1947.9	1945, published 1946	One from a portfolio of twelve cellocuts	composition: 8 7/8 x 9" (22.5 x 22.8 cm); sheet: 11 7/8 x 13 3/8" (30.2 x 34 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Ignes Fatui from Portfolio No. 1 Print Acc. 336.1947.3	1945, published 1946	One from a portfolio of twelve cellocuts, with etching	composition: 7 1/16 x 10 1/8" (18 x 25.7 cm); sheet: 8 15/16 x 11 13/16" (22.7 x 30 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Pleistocene Monarchs from Portfolio No. 1 Print Acc. 336.1947.5	1945, published 1946	One from a portfolio of twelve cellocuts, with etching	composition: 8 11/16 x 11 1/8" (22 x 28.3 cm); sheet: 10 7/8 x 12 11/16" (27.7 x 32.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Dawn Dance from Portfolio No. 1 Print Acc. 336.1947.8	1946	One from a portfolio of twelve cellocuts, with etching	composition: 7 x 8 3/16" (17.8 x 20.8 cm); sheet: 9 1/16 x 12" (23 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Luminaries from Portfolio No. 1 Print Acc. 336.1947.10	1946	One from a portfolio of twelve cellocuts	composition: 9 1/4 x 11 3/8" (23.5 x 28.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 11 15/16 x 13 5/8" (30.3 x 34.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Portfolio No.1 Print Acc. 336.1947.1-12	1946	Portfolio of twelve cellocuts, some with etching	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Radar Outpost, No. 1 from Portfolio No. 1 Print Acc. 336.1947.12	1946	One from a portfolio of twelve cellocuts, with etching	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
THE SEA Print Acc. 502.1949	1949	Cellocut, printed in color	Sheet 20 3/4 x 18 1/8" (52.7 x 46.0 cm) (irreg.) Comp. 16 9/16 x 16 9/16" (42.1 x 42.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
MODERN MAN Print Acc. 40.1953	(1950)	Cellocut, printed in color	Plate 9 3/4 x 8" (24.8 x 20.4 cm) Sheet 12 x 9 1/16" (30.5 x 23.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously