Artist Monograph

Charles White, American

American, 1918–1979

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	8	47.1%
Other Media	5	29.4%
Oil Painting	2	11.8%
Etching	2	11.8%

Production by Decade

1

1930s

2

1940s

1

1950s

13

1970s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	17.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	13	76.5%
Large (1–3 m)	1	5.9%

Range: 19.9 cm → 152.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1974	6
1976	1
2010	1
2013	7
2017	1
2019	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 17 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled (Seated Woman) Print Acc. 1350.2018	c. 1939	Oil monotype on paper	14 × 10 1/2" (35.6 × 26.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Merrill C. Berman and Dalia S. Berman in honor of Jodi Hauptman
Hope for the Future Print Acc. 88.2013	1945	Lithograph	composition: 13 3/16 x 10 11/16" (33.5 x 27.2 cm); sheet: 18 7/8 x 12 11/16" (48 x 32.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Untitled (Bearded Man) Print Acc. 89.2013	c. 1949	Linoleum cut	composition: 7 13/16 x 6" (19.9 x 15.2 cm); sheet: 10 1/2 x 8 5/16" (26.7 x 21.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Solid as a Rock (My God is Rock) Print Acc. 112.2010	1958	Linoleum cut	composition: 38 3/16 x 14 15/16" (97 x 38 cm); sheet: 41 1/8 x 17 13/16" (104.5 x 45.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund with additional support from Linda Barth Goldstein and Stephen F. Dull
Wanted Poster Series #11 and Wanted Poster Series #11a Print Acc. 370.1970.a-b	1970	Lithograph on two sheets	overall (two sheets): 22 9/16 × 32 1/8" (57.3 × 81.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Wanted Poster Series #12 Print Acc. 373.1970	1970	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 25 × 37" (63.5 × 94 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Wanted Poster Series #12a Print Acc. 374.1970	1970	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 25 × 37" (63.5 × 94 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Wanted Poster Series #14 Print Acc. 371.1970	1970	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 21 15/16 × 29 15/16" (55.8 × 76 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Wanted Poster Series #14a Print Acc. 372.1970	1970	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 22 1/16 × 30 1/8" (56 × 76.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Wanted Poster Series #15 Print Acc. 375.1970	1970	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 21 × 27" (53.3 × 68.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Love Letter #1 Print Acc. 90.2013.1	1971	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 30 1/16 x 22 3/8" (76.4 x 56.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Related card with cover image of Love Letter #1 Print Acc. 90.2013.2	1971	Card	sheet: 6 15/16 x 10 1/4" (17.6 x 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Related flyer Print Acc. 90.2013.3	1971	Flyer	sheet: 11 x 8 1/2" (27.9 x 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Missouri C Print Acc. 235.1976	1972	Etching	plate 19 13/16 x 35 9/16" (50.3 x 90.4 cm) sheet 27 9/16 x 39 3/8" (70.1 x 100 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Pope X Print Acc. 91.2013	1972	Etching	plate: 18 5/8 x 27 13/16" (47.3 x 70.7 cm); sheet: 25 5/16 x 34 1/16" (64.3 x 86.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Black Pope (Sandwich Board Man) Drawing Acc. 36.2013	1973	Oil wash on board	60 × 43 7/8" (152.4 × 111.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Richard S. Zeisler Bequest (by exchange), The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art, Committee on Drawings Fund, Dian Woodner, and Agnes Gund
Study for Black Pope Drawing Acc. 551.2017	c. 1973	Graphite, pastel, and crayon on transparentized paper	17 1/2 × 21 3/4" (44.5 × 55.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr. in honor of Esther Adler