Artist Monograph

Charles Demuth, American

American, 1883–1935

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Watercolor	13	92.9%
Drawing	1	7.1%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	6	42.9%
Medium (30–100 cm)	8	57.1%

Range: 25.4 cm → 59.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1934	1
1935	4
1945	3
1949	1
1950	1
1958	1
1964	1
1966	1
1980	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 14 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Nana (Seated Left) and Satin at Laure's Restaurant (Illustration for Emile Zola's Nana), Drawing Acc. 52.1935	1916	Watercolor and pencil on paper	8 1/2 x 11" (21.6 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 Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
The Shine Drawing Acc. 165.1934	c. 1916	Watercolor and pencil on paper	7 3/4 x 10 1/4" (19.7 x 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of James W. Barney
Vaudeville Drawing Acc. 87.1950	1917	Watercolor and pencil on paper	8 x 10 1/2" (20.3 x 29.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Katharine Cornell Fund
Vaudeville Musicians Drawing Acc. 148.1945	1917	Watercolor and pencil on paper	13 x 8" (33 x 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
At a House in Harley Street Drawing Acc. 56.1935	1918	Watercolor and pencil on paper	8 x 11" (20.3 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 Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Dancing Sailors Drawing Acc. 147.1945	1918	Watercolor and pencil on paper	8 x 10" (20.3 x 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Early Houses, Provincetown Drawing Acc. 3.1949	1918	Watercolor on paper	14 x 10" (35.5 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 Philip L. Goodwin
Vaudeville Dancers Drawing Acc. 149.1945	1918	Watercolor and pencil on paper	8 x 11 1/2" (20.4 x 29.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Acrobats Drawing Acc. 51.1935	1919	Watercolor and pencil on paper	13 x 7 7/8" (33 x 20 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Female Acrobats Drawing Acc. 307.1980	1919	Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper	12 7/8 x 8" (33 x 20.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	James Thrall Soby Bequest
Study for Acrobats Drawing Acc. 518.1964	1919	Pencil on paper	13 x 8" (33.0 x 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The John S. Newberry Collection
Stairs, Provincetown Drawing Acc. 59.1935	1920	Watercolor and pencil on board	23 1/2 x 19 1/2" (59.7 x 49.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Eggplant and Tomatoes Drawing Acc. 99.1958	1926	Watercolor on paper	14 1/8 x 20" (35.8 x 50.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Philip L. Goodwin Collection
Corn and Peaches Drawing Acc. 53.1935	1929	Watercolor and pencil on paper	13 3/4 x 19 3/4" (35 x 50.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller