Artist Monograph

Hedda Sterne, American

American, born Romania 1910–2011

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	30	83.3%
Drawing	4	11.1%
Acrylic Painting	1	2.8%
Other Media	1	2.8%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	34	94.4%
Painting & Sculpture	2	5.6%

Production by Decade

1950s

1960s

1980s

Classification Types

Print — 30
Drawing — 4
Painting — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	6	16.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	28	77.8%
Large (1–3 m)	2	5.6%

Range: 27.8 cm → 183.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1954	1
1963	1
1966	1
1974	30
1978	1
1979	1
1997	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 36 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Monroe Wheeler Drawing Acc. 125.1979.1-2	1950	Pencil on two sheets of paper	each: 8 5/8 × 12" (21.9 × 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 Monroe Wheeler
Drawing #2 Drawing Acc. 640.1963	1954	Ink on paper	28 7/8 x 22 7/8" (73.5 x 58.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John S. Newberry
New York, VIII Painting Acc. 558.1954	1954	Acrylic on canvas	6' 1/8" x 42" (183.2 x 106.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. Neuberger Fund
Harold Rosenberg Drawing Acc. 167.1978	1964–65	Ink and pencil on paper	10 7/8 x 14" (27.8 x 35.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
Mrs. Harold Rosenberg Drawing Acc. 272.1966	1965	Pencil and charcoal on paper	12 7/8 x 19 3/4" (32.9 x 50.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Joseph G. Mayer Foundation Fund
Metaphores and Metamorphoses Print Acc. 2055.1967.1-9	1967	Portfolio of nine lithographs	composition: various dimensions; sheet (each approx.): 20 1/16 × 20 1/16" (51 × 51 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.
Untitled Print Acc. 2057.1967	1967	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 18 1/2 × 13 7/8" (47 × 35.2 cm); sheet: 28 1/8 × 19 11/16" (71.5 × 50 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.
Untitled Print Acc. 2058.1967	1967	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 18 7/16 × 14 1/16" (46.9 × 35.7 cm); sheet: 29 1/8 × 21 1/8" (73.9 × 53.7 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.
Untitled Print Acc. 2059.1967	1967	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 17 3/4 × 14 1/8" (45.1 × 35.8 cm); sheet: 29 × 21 1/16" (73.7 × 53.5 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.
Untitled Print Acc. 2060.1967	1967	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 10 7/8 × 15 3/16" (27.7 × 38.6 cm); sheet: 22 1/8 × 16 1/16" (56.2 × 40.8 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.
Untitled Print Acc. 2061.1967	1967	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 18 3/16 × 15 15/16" (46.2 × 40.5 cm); sheet: 24 1/8 × 20 1/16" (61.3 × 50.9 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.
Untitled Print Acc. 2062.1967	1967	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 21 15/16 × 14 3/16" (55.8 × 36.1 cm); sheet: 22 1/8 × 14 3/16" (56.2 × 36.1 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.
Untitled Print Acc. 2063.1967	1967	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 13 × 14 5/16" (33 × 36.4 cm); sheet: 22 3/16 × 14 5/16" (56.3 × 36.4 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.
Untitled Print Acc. 2064.1967	1967	Lithograph	composition (irreg.) and sheet: 21 7/8 × 14 5/16" (55.5 × 36.3 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.
Untitled Print Acc. 2065.1967	1967	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 20 1/4 × 20 1/4" (51.5 × 51.4 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.
Untitled Print Acc. 2066.1967	1967	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 19 9/16 × 11 5/8" (49.7 × 29.6 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.
Untitled Print Acc. 2067.1967	1967	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 18 5/16 × 14 1/4" (46.5 × 36.2 cm); sheet: 22 3/16 × 14 1/4" (56.3 × 36.2 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.
Untitled Print Acc. 2068.1967	1967	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 22 3/16 × 14 3/16" (56.3 × 36.1 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.
Untitled Print Acc. 2069.1967	1967	Lithograph	composition: 22 1/16 × 14 3/8" (56.1 × 36.5 cm); sheet: 22 1/16 × 14 3/8" (56.1 × 36.5 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.
Untitled Print Acc. 2070.1967	1967	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 15 15/16 × 18 1/2" (40.5 × 47 cm); sheet: 16 9/16 × 18 1/2" (42.1 × 47 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.
Untitled from Metaphores and Metamorphoses Print Acc. 2055.1967.1	1967	One from a portfolio of nine lithographs	composition (irreg.): 14 1/2 × 14 1/16" (36.8 × 35.7 cm); sheet: 20 1/16 × 20 1/16" (51 × 51 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.
Untitled from Metaphores and Metamorphoses Print Acc. 2055.1967.2	1967	One from a portfolio of nine lithographs	composition (irreg.): 14 11/16 × 14 7/8" (37.3 × 37.8 cm); sheet: 20 1/4 × 20" (51.5 × 50.8 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.
Untitled from Metaphores and Metamorphoses Print Acc. 2055.1967.3	1967	One from a portfolio of nine lithographs	composition and sheet: 20 × 20" (50.8 × 50.8 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.
Untitled from Metaphores and Metamorphoses Metaphores and Metamorphoses IV Print Acc. 2055.1967.4	1967	One from a portfolio of nine lithographs	composition (irreg.): 15 7/8 × 14" (40.4 × 35.5 cm); sheet: 20 3/16 × 19 7/8" (51.3 × 50.5 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.
Untitled from Metaphores and Metamorphoses Metaphores and Metamorphoses IX Print Acc. 2055.1967.9	1967	One from a portfolio of nine lithographs	composition (irreg.) and sheet: 20 1/16 × 20" (51 × 50.8 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.
Untitled from Metaphores and Metamorphoses Metaphores and Metamorphoses V Print Acc. 2055.1967.5	1967	One from a portfolio of nine lithographs	composition and sheet: 20 1/16 × 20 1/16" (51 × 51 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.
Untitled from Metaphores and Metamorphoses Metaphores and Metamorphoses VI Print Acc. 2055.1967.6	1967	One from a portfolio of nine lithographs	composition and sheet: 20 1/16 × 20 1/16" (51 × 51 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.
Untitled from Metaphores and Metamorphoses Metaphores and Metamorphoses VII Print Acc. 2055.1967.7	1967	One from a portfolio of nine lithographs	composition and sheet: 20 × 20 1/16" (50.8 × 51 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.
Untitled from Metaphores and Metamorphoses Metaphores and Metamorphoses VIII Print Acc. 2055.1967.8	1967	One from a portfolio of nine lithographs	composition and sheet: 20 1/16 × 20 1/16" (51 × 51 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.
Untitled from Vertical Horizontals Print Acc. 2056.1967.1	1967	One from a series of five lithographs	composition: 11 × 6 7/8" (28 × 17.5 cm); sheet: 21 15/16 × 14 1/8" (55.7 × 35.8 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.
Untitled from Vertical Horizontals Print Acc. 2056.1967.2	1967	One from a series of five lithographs	composition: 10 15/16 × 6 7/8" (27.8 × 17.5 cm); sheet: 21 7/8 × 14 1/4" (55.5 × 36.2 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.
Untitled from Vertical Horizontals Print Acc. 2056.1967.3	1967	One from a series of five lithographs	composition: 11 3/16 × 6 15/16" (28.4 × 17.6 cm); sheet: 21 7/8 × 14 1/16" (55.5 × 35.7 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.
Untitled from Vertical Horizontals Print Acc. 2056.1967.4	1967	One from a series of five lithographs	composition: 11 × 6 7/8" (28 × 17.5 cm); sheet: 21 7/8 × 14 1/8" (55.5 × 35.8 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.
Untitled from Vertical Horizontals Print Acc. 2056.1967.5	1967	One from a series of five lithographs	composition: 11 × 6 7/8" (28 × 17.5 cm); sheet: 21 15/16 × 13 3/4" (55.8 × 35 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.
Vertical Horizontals Print Acc. 2056.1967.1-5	1967	Series of five lithographs	composition (each approx.): 11 × 6 7/8" (28 × 17.5 cm); sheet (each approx.): 21 7/8 × 14 1/8" (55.5 × 35.8 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.
Signs III Painting Acc. 44.1997	1981	Synthetic polymer paint on canvas	60 x 40" (152.4 x 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Alexandra A. Herzan in memory of Lily Auchincloss