Artist Monograph

Burgoyne Diller, American

American, 1906–1965

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Oil Painting	2	33.3%
Drawing	1	16.7%
Sculpture	1	16.7%
Other Media	1	16.7%
Gouache	1	16.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Painting & Sculpture	4	66.7%
Drawings & Prints	2	33.3%

Production by Decade

2

1930s

2

1940s

2

1960s

Classification Types

Painting — 3
Drawing — 2
Sculpture — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	16.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	66.7%
Large (1–3 m)	1	16.7%

Range: 27.6 cm → 106.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1958	2
1979	1
1985	3

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 6 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Study, Construction Painting Acc. 1000.1983	1937	Oil on wood mounted on plywood	12 x 8 x 1 1/4" (30.5 x 20.3 x 3.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Construction Sculpture Acc. 4.1958	1938	Painted wood	14 5/8 x 12 1/2 x 2 5/8" (37 x 31.9 x 6.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Armand P. Bartos
First Theme Painting Acc. 6.1959	1942	Oli on canvas	42 x 42" (106.6 x 106.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Silvia Pizitz
Untitled Painting Acc. 1001.1983	c. 1944	Oil on canvas	18 1/8 x 18 1/8" (46.2 x 46.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Composition Drawing Acc. 875.1983	1962	Cut-and-pasted colored paper, gouache, and pencil on paper	16 7/8 x 13 7/8" (43 x 35.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Study for First Theme Drawing Acc. 90.1979	1963-64	Crayon and pencil on paper	10 7/8 x 8 3/8" (27.7 x 21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mr. and Mrs. Milton J. Petrie Fund