Artist Monograph

Ilya Bolotowsky, American

American, born Russia. 1907–1981

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Screenprint	3	42.9%
Oil Painting	2	28.6%
Drawing	1	14.3%
Lithography	1	14.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	5	71.4%
Painting & Sculpture	2	28.6%

Production by Decade

1

1930s

2

1950s

4

1970s

Classification Types

Print — 4
Painting — 2
Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	16.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	83.3%

Range: 16.6 cm → 75.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1960	1
1976	1
1977	1
1981	2
1985	1
1987	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 7 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled from American Abstract Artists Print Acc. 480.1986.3	1937	One from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs	composition (irreg.): 4 13/16 × 6 9/16" (12.3 × 16.6 cm); sheet: 9 3/16 × 11 15/16" (23.4 × 30.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Stephen B. Browne in honor of Byron and Rosalind Browne
Oval Painting Painting Acc. 995.1983	1955	Oil on canvas	18 5/8 x 24 5/8" (47.3 x 62.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
White Circle Painting Acc. 24.1960	1958	Oil on canvas	60 3/4" (154.3 cm) in diameter ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 154.30 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of N. E. Waldman
Blue and Black Vertical Drawing Acc. 241.1976	1971	Felt-tip pen and ink on paper	29 7/8 x 22" (76 x 56 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired with matching funds from Mrs. June Noble Larkin and the National Endowment for the Arts
Blue Diamond from 1776 USA 1976 Bicentennial Prints Print Acc. 416.1977.5	1975 (Published 1976).	One screenprint from a portfolio of six lithographs, five screenprints and one aquatint	irreg composition 27 13/16 x 16" (70.7 x 40.6 cm) sheet 29 15/16 x 22 1/8" (76.1 x 56.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Special Projects Group
Blue Diamond Print Acc. 721.1980	(1979)	Screenprint	composition (irreg.): 19 15/16 x 19 15/16" (50.6 x 50.6 cm); sheet: 22 1/4 x 29 7/8" (56.5 x 75.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Michael Heidenberg
Red Tondo Print Acc. 722.1980	(1979)	Screenprint	composition (irreg.): 18 13/16 x 18 13/16" (47.8 x 47.8 cm); sheet: 22 3/8 x 29 15/16" (56.8 x 76 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Michael Heidenberg