Artist Monograph

Faith Ringgold, American

American, 1930–2024

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	10	43.5%
Drawing	4	17.4%
Lithography	4	17.4%
Other Media	3	13%
Oil Painting	1	4.3%
Woodcut	1	4.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	22	95.7%
Painting & Sculpture	1	4.3%

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1990s

2000s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 10
Drawing — 7
Print — 5
Painting — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	13.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	18	81.8%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	4.5%

Range: 23.9 cm → 365.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1993	1
1996	10
2010	1
2016	11

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4, 420" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 23 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
American People Series #20: Die Painting Acc. 212.2016.a-b	1967	Oil on canvas, two panels	72 × 144" (182.9 × 365.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Acquired through the generosity of The Modern Women's Fund, Ronnie F. Heyman, Eva and Glenn Dubin, Lonti Ebers, Michael S. Ovitz, Daniel and Brett Sundheim, and Gary and Karen Winnick
Die: Drawing No. 2 Drawing Acc. 235.2016.2	1967	Ink on paper	6 1/8 × 10 1/8" (15.5 × 25.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints
Die: Drawing No. 4 Drawing Acc. 235.2016.3	1967	Felt-tip pen on paper	6 5/8 × 12 5/8" (16.8 × 32 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints
Die: Drawing No. 4 Drawing Acc. 235.2016.4	1967	Crayon on paper	17 × 34" (43.2 × 86.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints
Die: Drawing No.1 Drawing Acc. 235.2016.1	1967	Ink on paper	6 1/2 × 12 5/8" (16.5 × 32 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints
Die: Drawings No. 1, 2, 4, and 4 Drawing Acc. 235.2016.1-4	1967	4 drawings	dimensions vary ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints
Committee to Defend the Panthers Drawing Acc. 236.2016	1970	Cut-and-pasted colored paper, pencil, and presstype on paper	33 3/4 × 27 3/4" (85.7 × 70.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints
People's Flag Show Print Acc. 238.2016	1970	Offset lithograph	composition and sheet: 18 × 24" (45.7 × 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints
Woman Free Yourself Print Acc. 239.2016	1971	Offset lithograph	composition and sheet: 24 1/16 × 18 1/8" (61.1 × 46.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints
Woman Freedom Now Drawing Acc. 237.2016	1971	Cut-and-pasted colored paper on board	30 × 20" (76.2 × 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints
United States of Attica Print Acc. 240.2016	1972	Offset lithograph	composition and sheet: 21 5/8 × 27 3/8" (55 × 69.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Endowment for Prints
Tar Beach Woodcut Print Acc. 688.1993	1993	Woodcut	composition: 12 × 10 3/4" (30.5 × 27.3 cm); sheet: 16 1/16 × 15 1/8" (40.8 × 38.4 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
Cover from Seven Passages to a Flight Illustrated Book Acc. 717.1996.1	1995	Etching with hand additions and pochoir from an illustrated book with nine etchings with hand additions and pochoir on linen, including cover	composition and sheet: 9 7/16 × 7 13/16" (23.9 × 19.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Ralph E. Shikes Fund
Plate (folio 10) from Seven Passages to a Flight Illustrated Book Acc. 717.1996.4	1995	Etching with hand additions and pochoir from an illustrated book with nine etchings with hand additions and pochoir on linen, including cover	composition: 8 15/16 × 14 15/16" (22.7 × 37.9 cm); sheet (each, irreg.): 9 1/8 × 7 5/8" (23.2 × 19.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Ralph E. Shikes Fund
Plate (folio 12) from Seven Passages to a Flight Illustrated Book Acc. 717.1996.5	1995	Etching with hand additions and pochoir from an illustrated book with nine etchings with hand additions and pochoir on linen, including cover	composition: 8 15/16 × 14 15/16" (22.7 × 37.9 cm); sheet (each, irreg.): 9 1/8 × 7 5/8" (23.2 × 19.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Ralph E. Shikes Fund
Plate (folio 14) from Seven Passages to a Flight Illustrated Book Acc. 717.1996.6	1995	Etching with hand additions and pochoir from an illustrated book with nine etchings with hand additions and pochoir on linen, including cover	composition: 8 15/16 × 14 15/16" (22.7 × 37.9 cm); sheet (each, irreg.): 9 1/8 × 7 5/8" (23.2 × 19.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Ralph E. Shikes Fund
Plate (folio 16) from Seven Passages to a Flight Illustrated Book Acc. 717.1996.7	1995	Etching with hand additions and pochoir from an illustrated book with nine etchings with hand additions and pochoir on linen, including cover	composition: 8 15/16 × 14 15/16" (22.7 × 37.9 cm); sheet (each, irreg.): 9 1/8 × 7 5/8" (23.2 × 19.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Ralph E. Shikes Fund
Plate (folio 18) from Seven Passages to a Flight Illustrated Book Acc. 717.1996.8	1995	Etching with hand additions and pochoir from an illustrated book with nine etchings with hand additions and pochoir on linen, including cover	composition: 8 15/16 × 14 15/16" (22.7 × 37.9 cm); sheet (each, irreg.): 9 1/8 × 7 5/8" (23.2 × 19.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Ralph E. Shikes Fund
Plate (folio 20) from Seven Passages to a Flight Illustrated Book Acc. 717.1996.9	1995	Etching with hand additions and pochoir from an illustrated book with nine etchings with hand additions and pochoir on linen, including cover	composition: 8 15/16 × 14 15/16" (22.7 × 37.9 cm); sheet (each, irreg.): 9 1/8 × 7 5/8" (23.2 × 19.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Ralph E. Shikes Fund
Plate (folio 6) from Seven Passages to a Flight Illustrated Book Acc. 717.1996.2	1995	Etching with hand additions and pochoir from an illustrated book with nine etchings with hand additions and pochoir on linen, including cover	composition: 8 15/16 × 14 15/16" (22.7 × 37.9 cm); sheet (each, irreg.): 9 1/8 × 7 5/8" (23.2 × 19.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Ralph E. Shikes Fund
Plate (folio 8) from Seven Passages to a Flight Illustrated Book Acc. 717.1996.3	1995	Etching with hand additions and pochoir from an illustrated book with nine etchings with hand additions and pochoir on linen, including cover	composition: 8 15/16 × 14 15/16" (22.7 × 37.9 cm); sheet (each, irreg.): 9 1/8 × 7 5/8" (23.2 × 19.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Ralph E. Shikes Fund
Seven Passages to a Flight Illustrated Book Acc. 717.1996.1-9	1995	Illustrated book with nine etchings with hand additions and pochoir on linen, including cover	overall (book, closed): 9 7/16 × 7 13/16 × 13/16" (24 × 19.9 × 2 cm); overall (clamshell box, closed): 10 3/16 × 8 3/8 × 1 7/16" (25.9 × 21.3 × 3.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Ralph E. Shikes Fund
Coming to Jones Road: Under a Blood Red Sky #8 from Femfolio Print Acc. 113.2010.10	2009	Digital print with lithograph from a portfolio of nineteen digital prints (twelve with lithograph, one with pochoir, one with hand coloring, and one with gold dusting) and one lithograph	composition and sheet: 11 15/16 x 12" (30.4 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ann and Lee Fensterstock in honor of Momenta Art