Artist Monograph

George Ortman, American

American, 1926–2015

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	26	89.7%
Oil Painting	1	3.4%
Etching	1	3.4%
Screenprint	1	3.4%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	27	93.1%
Painting & Sculpture	1	3.4%
Architecture & Design	1	3.4%

Classification Types

Print — 27
Painting — 1
Design — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	3.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)	27	93.1%
Large (1–3 m)	1	3.4%

Range: 15.7 cm → 188.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1950	1
1965	1
1967	1
1974	25
2025	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 29 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Interior Print Acc. 342.1950	1950	Aquatint, etching, and engraving	plate: 6 3/16 x 4 3/4" (15.7 x 12 cm); sheet: 9 3/16 x 6 7/16" (23.4 x 16.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Tales of Love Painting Acc. 447.2025	1959	Oil on canvas mounted on wood, collage, plaster	74 × 74 × 3" (188 × 188 × 7.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture
Untitled from X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters) Print Acc. 139.1965.1	1964	Screenprint with die-cut from a portfolio of ten screenprints	composition (irreg.): 21 15/16 x 16 1/16" (55.7 x 40.8cm); sheet: 24 x 20" (60.9 x 50.8cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Harry C. Oppenheimer (by exchange)
Cue Up Print Acc. 1854.1967	1966	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 23 3/4 × 13 1/16" (60.4 × 33.2 cm); sheet: 26 1/8 × 18 1/16" (66.3 × 45.9 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.
Cue Up Print Acc. 1856.1967	1966	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 26 1/8 × 18 1/8" (66.3 × 46 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.
Dance of Life from Oaxaca Print Acc. 1859.1967.10	1966	One from a portfolio of fourteen lithographs	composition (irreg.): 21 1/16 × 15 3/4" (53.5 × 40 cm); sheet: 26 × 18" (66.1 × 45.7 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.
Dance of Life from Oaxaca Print Acc. 1859.1967.11	1966	One from a portfolio of fourteen lithographs	composition (irreg.): 21 1/16 × 15 13/16" (53.5 × 40.2 cm); sheet: 26 × 18" (66.1 × 45.7 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.
Dance of Life from Oaxaca Print Acc. 1859.1967.9	1966	One from a portfolio of fourteen lithographs	composition and sheet: 26 × 18" (66.1 × 45.7 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.
Eye from Oaxaca Print Acc. 1859.1967.5	1966	One from a portfolio of fourteen lithographs	composition (irreg.): 21 3/4 × 17 7/16" (55.3 × 44.3 cm); sheet: 26 × 18" (66.1 × 45.7 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.
Eye from Oaxaca Print Acc. 1859.1967.6	1966	One from a portfolio of fourteen lithographs	composition (irreg.): 21 3/4 × 17 7/16" (55.3 × 44.3 cm); sheet: 26 × 18" (66.1 × 45.7 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.
Five Print Acc. 1849.1967	1966	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 21 7/16 × 17 15/16" (54.5 × 45.6 cm); sheet: 26 1/16 × 18 1/16" (66.2 × 45.8 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.
Five Print Acc. 1850.1967	1966	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 22 9/16 × 17 15/16" (57.3 × 45.5 cm); sheet: 26 1/16 × 18 1/8" (66.2 × 46.1 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.
Five Print Acc. 1851.1967	1966	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 26 × 18 1/16" (66 × 45.8 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.
Flight from Oaxaca Print Acc. 1859.1967.3	1966	One from a portfolio of fourteen lithographs	composition (irreg.): 26 × 16 3/4" (66.1 × 42.5 cm); sheet: 26 × 18" (66.1 × 45.7 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.
Flight from Oaxaca Print Acc. 1859.1967.4	1966	One from a portfolio of fourteen lithographs	composition: 26 × 16 3/4" (66.1 × 42.5 cm); sheet: 26 × 18" (66.1 × 45.7 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.
Landlock Print Acc. 1852.1967	1966	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 36 1/8 × 26 1/16" (91.7 × 66.2 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.
Monte Alban from Oaxaca Print Acc. 1859.1967.7	1966	One from a portfolio of fourteen lithographs	composition (irreg.): 24 13/16 × 18" (63 × 45.7 cm); sheet: 26 × 18" (66.1 × 45.7 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.
Monte Alban from Oaxaca Print Acc. 1859.1967.8	1966	One from a portfolio of fourteen lithographs	composition and sheet: 26 × 18" (66.1 × 45.7 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.
Oaxaca Print Acc. 1859.1967.1-14	1966	Portfolio of fourteen lithographs	composition: see child records; sheet (each): 26 × 18" (66.1 × 45.7 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.
Oaxaca from Oaxaca Print Acc. 1859.1967.1	1966	One from a portfolio of fourteen lithographs	composition (irreg.): 23 15/16 × 18" (60.8 × 45.7 cm); sheet: 26 × 18" (66.1 × 45.7 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.
Oaxaca from Oaxaca Print Acc. 1859.1967.2	1966	One from a portfolio of fourteen lithographs	composition (irreg.): 23 15/16 × 18" (60.8 × 45.7 cm); sheet: 26 × 18" (66.1 × 45.7 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.
Red Print from Oaxaca Print Acc. 1859.1967.12	1966	One from a portfolio of fourteen lithographs	composition and sheet (irreg.): 26 × 18" (66.1 × 45.7 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.
Signal Print Acc. 1857.1967	1966	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 23 7/16 × 17 7/16" (59.6 × 44.3 cm); sheet: 26 1/4 × 18 1/8" (66.6 × 46.1 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.
Signal Print Acc. 1858.1967	1966	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 23 7/16 × 17 7/16" (59.6 × 44.3 cm); sheet: 26 1/8 × 18 1/16" (66.3 × 45.9 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.
Sleep Print Acc. 1853.1967	1966	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 18 11/16 × 16 3/16" (47.4 × 41.1 cm); sheet: 26 1/8 × 18" (66.3 × 45.7 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.
Sleep Print Acc. 1855.1967	1966	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 18 3/4 × 16 1/4" (47.6 × 41.2 cm); sheet: 26 1/8 × 18 1/8" (66.3 × 46 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.
Two from Oaxaca Print Acc. 1859.1967.13	1966	One from a portfolio of fourteen lithographs	composition (irreg.): 26 × 16 5/8" (66.1 × 42.3 cm); sheet: 26 × 18" (66.1 × 45.7 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.
Two from Oaxaca Print Acc. 1859.1967.14	1966	One from a portfolio of fourteen lithographs	composition: 26 × 16 5/8" (66.1 × 42.3 cm); sheet: 26 × 18" (66.1 × 45.7 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.
Paris Review Design Acc. 2298.1967	1967	Lithograph	38 x 25" (96.5 x 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Page, Arbitrio and Resen