Artist Monograph

Gwen John, British

British, 1876–1939

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Watercolor	3	50%
Oil Painting	3	50%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	3	50%
Painting & Sculpture	3	50%

Production by Decade

1

0s

4

1910s

1

1920s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	50%
Medium (30–100 cm)	3	50%

Range: 24.8 cm → 43.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1958	4
1963	1
1971	1

British Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 6 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Portrait of Manguin Drawing Acc. 86.1958	(n.d.)	Crayon and watercolor on paper	11 x 8 3/4" (28.0 x 22.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Miss Georgette Passedoit
Girl with Bare Shoulders Painting Acc. 124.1958	c. 1910	Oil on canvas	17 1/8 x 10 1/4" (43.4 x 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	A. Conger Goodyear Fund
Girl Reading at a Window Painting Acc. 421.1971	c. 1911	Oil on canvas	16 1/8 x 10" (40.9 x 25.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mary Anderson Conroy Bequest in memory of her mother, Julia Quinn Anderson
Admiral Boué de Lapeyère Drawing Acc. 87.1958	(1919)	Crayon and watercolor on paper	11 x 8 3/4" (28.0 x 22.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Miss Georgette Passedoit
Portrait of Venizelos Drawing Acc. 88.1958	(1919)	Watercolor on paper	9 3/4 x 8 3/4" (24.8 x 22.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Miss Georgette Passedoit
Girl with a Blue Scarf Painting Acc. 400.1963	c. 1923	Oil on canvas	16 1/4 x 13" (41.1 x 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Nelson A. Sears in memory of Mrs. Millicent A. Rogers