Artist Monograph

Ernest Trova, American

American, 1927–2009

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Screenprint	10	90.9%
Sculpture	1	9.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	9	81.8%
Architecture & Design	1	9.1%
Painting & Sculpture	1	9.1%

Classification Types

Print — 9
Design — 1
Sculpture — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	10	90.9%
Large (1–3 m)	1	9.1%

Range: 55.0 cm → 148.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1966	2
1967	1
1968	7
1987	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 11 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Study from Falling Man series: Walking Man Sculpture Acc. 597.1966	1964 (cast 1965)	Chromium-plated bronze on chrome base recessed in marble base	58 5/8 x 11 3/8 x 26 1/2" (148.7 x 28.7 x 67 cm) on base 6 x 20 1/8 x 35 1/8" (15.2 x 50.9 x 89.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 255.83 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Miss Viki Laura List
Four Figures on an Orange Square from Falling Man Series Print Acc. 669.1966	1965	Screenprint	composition: 25 1/16 x 25 1/16" (63.7 x 63.7cm); sheet: 25 7/8 x 25 7/8" (65.7 x 65.7cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Ernest Trova, Recent Sculpture, January 1967, Pace Gallery, New York Design Acc. 357.1967	1967	Offset lithograph and silkscreen	25 7/8 x 26 3/8" (65.3 x 66.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Hayden Gallery M.I.T.
Study/Falling Man Series, Volume I Print Acc. 1640.1968.1-6	1967	Portfolio of six screenprints	various composition dimensions; sheet (each approx.): 24 × 24" (61 × 61 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 from Study/Falling Man Series, Volume I Print Acc. 1640.1968.1	1967	One from a portfolio of six screenprints	composition: 23 1/16 × 23" (58.5 × 58.4 cm); sheet: 24 × 24" (61 × 61 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 from Study/Falling Man Series, Volume I Print Acc. 1640.1968.2	1967	One from a portfolio of six screenprints	composition: 21 5/8 × 21 5/8" (55 × 55 cm); sheet: 24 × 24" (61 × 61 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 from Study/Falling Man Series, Volume I Print Acc. 1640.1968.3	1967	One from a portfolio of six screenprints	composition: 21 5/8 × 21 9/16" (55 × 54.8 cm); sheet: 24 × 24" (61 × 61 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 from Study/Falling Man Series, Volume I Print Acc. 1640.1968.4	1967	One from a portfolio of six screenprints	composition: 23 1/16 × 22 15/16" (58.5 × 58.3 cm); sheet: 24 × 24" (61 × 61 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 from Study/Falling Man Series, Volume I Print Acc. 1640.1968.5	1967	One from a portfolio of six screenprints	composition: 23 × 22 15/16" (58.4 × 58.3 cm); sheet: 24 × 24" (61 × 61 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 from Study/Falling Man Series, Volume I Print Acc. 1640.1968.6	1967	One from a portfolio of six screenprints	composition: 23 1/16 × 23 1/16" (58.6 × 58.6 cm); sheet: 24 × 24 3/16" (61 × 61.5 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
Picasso from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) Print Acc. 22.1987.68	1975	Screenprint from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts	composition: 21 3/4 x 21 3/4" (55.2 x 55.2cm); sheet: 23 1/4 x 23 1/4" (59 x 59cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dorothy Miller (by exchange)