Artist Monograph

Gladys Nilsson, American

American, born 1940

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Watercolor	2	40%
Drawing	2	40%
Acrylic Painting	1	20%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	4	80%
Painting & Sculpture	1	20%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	60%
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	40%

Range: 20.3 cm → 56.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1965	1
1967	2
1968	1
2018	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 5 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Hometown Talent Show Drawing Acc. 2117.1967	1965	Ink on paper	6 x 8 3/4" (15.3 x 22.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Anonymous gift
The Pink Suit Drawing Acc. 676.1965	1965	Watercolor on paper	9 7/8 x 9 1/8" (24.9 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Foundation Fund
Tooting Boys Drawing Acc. 2118.1967	1965	Ink on paper	6 3/4 x 8" (17.1 x 20.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Anonymous gift
People Houses Drawing Acc. 4.1968	1967	Watercolor and pencil on paper	16 x 22 1/8" (40.7 x 56.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Foundation Fund
Dreaman Painting Acc. 1240.2018	1971	Acrylic on canvas board and wood	18 × 16" (45.7 × 40.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin