Artist Monograph

Edwin Schlossberg, American

American, born 1945

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	11	45.8%
Printmaking	7	29.2%
Drawing	4	16.7%
Digital Art	1	4.2%
Etching	1	4.2%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

2010s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	18	75%
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	25%

Range: 7.5 cm → 83.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1969	18
1974	1
1981	4
2015	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 24 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
WORDSWORDSWORDS Illustrated Book Acc. 333.1969.1-19	1967–68, published 1968	Illustrated book with two etchings, one with embossing; five lithographs; and twelve letterpress illustrations	irreg. page 11 x 8 7/16" (28 x 21.5 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
ALPHABET (text, folio 10) from WORDSWORDSWORDS Illustrated Book Acc. 333.1969.3	1968	Lithograph, printed in black	irreg composition 9 1/16 x 8 11/16" (23 x 22 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
AMONG THE WORDS (text, folio 29) from WORDSWORDSWORDS Illustrated Book Acc. 333.1969.8	1968	Lithograph and letterpress, printed in black	irreg composition 4 5/16 x 9" (10.9 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
CLARITY (5-folio text, folios 16 through 20) from WORDSWORDSWORDS Illustrated Book Acc. 333.1969.5	1968	Letterpress, printed without ink	Comp (irreg), a: 7 3/8 x 10 1/2" (18.7 x 26.7 cm); b: 7 3/8 x 9 15/16" (18.7 x 25.2 cm); c: 1 5/8 x 9 3/8" (4.1 x 23.8 cm); d: 3 15/16 x 10 3/4" (10.0 x 27.3 cm); e: 7 3/8 x 9 13/16" (18.7 x 25.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
CLOSE TO THIS PAGE (text, folio 26) from WORDSWORDSWORDS Illustrated Book Acc. 333.1969.7	1968	Letterpress, printed without ink	irreg. composition 9 5/8 x 6 15/16" (24.4 x 17.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
IN EACH (text, folio 56) from WORDSWORDSWORDS Illustrated Book Acc. 333.1969.16	1968	Letterpress, printed in black	irreg composition 5 7/8 x 2 3/16" (14.9 x 5.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
IN FINDING PLACE (2-folio text, folios 59 and 60) from WORDSWORDSWORDS Illustrated Book Acc. 333.1969.17	1968	Letterpress, printed in black	irreg composition 5 3/4 x 5 7/8" (14.7 x 15 cm) b sheet 8 9/16 x 3 5/8" (21.7 x 9.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
IN THE SHADOW (text, folio 35) from WORDSWORDSWORDS Illustrated Book Acc. 333.1969.10	1968	Etching, printed in white	plate 7 1/2 x 9 3/4" (19 x 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
IN THINKING (2-folio text, folios 52 and 53) from WORDSWORDSWORDS Illustrated Book Acc. 333.1969.15	1968	Letterpress, printed in black	composition 6 7/16 x 7 1/16" (16.3 x 17.9 cm) b sheet 11 x 1 7/8" (28 x 4.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
MAGIC OF SAYING (text, folio 46) from WORDSWORDSWORDS Illustrated Book Acc. 333.1969.13	1968	Letterpress, printed in black	irreg composition 2 15/16 x 2 1/8" (7.5 x 5.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
NEXT TO THIS PAGE (text, folio 38) from WORDSWORDSWORDS Illustrated Book Acc. 333.1969.11	1968	Letterpress, printed without ink	irreg composition 7 13/16 x 8 5/16" (19.8 x 21.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
OPEN PAGE (text, folio 23) from WORDSWORDSWORDS Illustrated Book Acc. 333.1969.6	1968	Letterpress, printed without ink	irreg composition 6 3/4 x 5 1/2" (17.2 x 13.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
POEM FOR JASPER (text, folio 13) from WORDSWORDSWORDS Illustrated Book Acc. 333.1969.4	1968	Letterpress, printed in black	irreg composition 7 1/16 x 3 5/8" (17.9 x 9.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
THE ALPHABET WE KNOW (text, folio 49) from WORDSWORDSWORDS Illustrated Book Acc. 333.1969.14	1968	Letterpress, printed in black	irreg composition 9 1/16 x 7 5/8" (23 x 19.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
THESE WORDS (6-folio text, folios 69 through 74) from WORDSWORDSWORDS Illustrated Book Acc. 333.1969.19	1968	Lithograph, printed in black	irreg composition 8 11/16 x 7 9/16" (22 x 19.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
THOUGHTS LIE (4-folio text, folios 63 through 66) from WORDSWORDSWORDS Illustrated Book Acc. 333.1969.18	1968	Lithograph, printed in white	irreg composition 7 3/4 x 7 3/8" (19.7 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 the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
THROUGH (text, folio 32 verso) from WORDSWORDSWORDS Illustrated Book Acc. 333.1969.9	1968	Lithograph, printed in black	irreg composition 7 1/16 x 6 5/8" (18 x 16.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Title page from WORDSWORDSWORDS Illustrated Book Acc. 333.1969.1	1968	Letterpress, printed in color	irreg composition 7/16 x 8 3/8" (1.1 x 21.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Fragments from a Place Print Acc. 384.1974	1974	Lithograph	composition 8 15/16 x 22 7/16" (22.8 x 57 cm) sheet 15 7/16 x 22 11/16" (39.2 x 57.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
At First Light Print Acc. 405.1981	1981	Lithograph with liquid crystal (heat-sensitive) solution additions	composition 29 15/16 x 21 13/16" (76 x 55.4 cm) sheet 29 15/16 x 21 13/16" (76 x 55.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Edges Strengthen Print Acc. 406.1981	1981	Lithograph with liquid crystal (heat-sensitive) solution additions	irreg composition 32 13/16 x 23 1/4" (83.4 x 59.1 cm) sheet 41 7/8 x 29 11/16" (106.4 x 75.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Reaches Relations Print Acc. 407.1981	1981	Lithograph with liquid crystal (heat-sensitive) solution additions	irreg composition 22 9/16 x 19 13/16" (57.3 x 50.3 cm) irreg sheet 26 1/8 x 20 3/16" (66.4 x 51.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Warm Memories Print Acc. 404.1981	1981	Lithograph with liquid crystal (heat-sensitive) solution additions	irreg composition 13 3/4 x 25 5/16" (34.9 x 64.3 cm) irreg sheet 19 1/8 x 25 3/4" (48.6 x 65.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
From Here Print Acc. 1716.2015.1-44	2014	Illustrated book with 44 digital prints with letterpress	page (each approx.): 11 1/4 × 14 1/4" (28.6 × 36.2 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 Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer