Artist Monograph

Jay DeFeo, American

American, 1929–1989

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	4	30.8%
Acrylic Painting	3	23.1%
Oil Painting	2	15.4%
Drawing	1	7.7%
Other Media	1	7.7%
Watercolor	1	7.7%
Collage	1	7.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	8	61.5%
Photography	4	30.8%
Painting & Sculpture	1	7.7%

Production by Decade

2

1950s

8

1970s

3

1980s

Classification Types

Drawing — 6
Photograph — 4
Collage — 1
Painting — 1
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	4	30.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	46.2%
Large (1–3 m)	3	23.1%

Range: 19.1 cm → 243.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1994	1
2004	1
2005	2
2021	3
2024	6

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 13 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled (Florence) Drawing Acc. 91.2004	1952	Gouache, watercolor, and ink on paper	14 x 12 1/2" (35.6 x 31.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky
Blossom Photograph Acc. 190.1994	1958	Collage of photomechanical reproductions	43 1/8 × 33 7/8" (109.5 × 86 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Fellows of Photography Fund and The Family of Man Fund
Untitled (Salvador Dalí's Birthday Party) Photograph Acc. 192.2024	May 11, 1973	Gelatin silver print chemigram	9 7/8 × 7 7/8" (25.1 × 20 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Committee on Photography Fund
Untitled (Salvador Dalí's Birthday Party) Photograph Acc. 193.2024	May 11, 1973	Gelatin silver print chemigram	9 7/8 × 7 7/8" (25.1 × 20 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of The Jay DeFeo Foundation
Untitled (Salvador Dalí's Birthday Party) Photograph Acc. 191.2024	May 11, 1973	Gelatin silver print chemigram	9 7/8 × 7 7/8" (25.1 × 20 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Committee on Photography Fund
Study for Loop System Drawing Acc. 442.2024	1974-75	Acrylic on paper	17 7/8 × 23 7/8" (45.4 × 60.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Jay DeFeo Foundation
Cygnus (Loop System No. 3) Painting Acc. 320.2024	1975/1985	Acrylic, graphite, charcoal, watercolor, ink, oil pastel, paper, and tape on hardboard, two panels	Overall 8 × 8' (243.8 × 243.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Joan H. Tisch (by exchange)
Untitled Collage Acc. 443.2024	1975	Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver prints with pencil on matboard wrapped in plastic	7 3/8 × 7 1/2" (18.7 × 19.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Jay DeFeo Foundation
Untitled (Tripod) Drawing Acc. 1532.2005	c. 1976	Cut paper with acrylic, oil crayon, ink, pencil, and pressure-sensitive tape pinned to paper	14 x 11" (35.6 x 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Untitled (Tripod) Drawing Acc. 1533.2005	1977	Acrylic, pencil, and charcoal on paper	40 x 30 1/4" (101.6 x 76.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Untitled Drawing Acc. PG541.2021	1980	Pencil and acrylic on paper	sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 13/16" (35 × 27.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Promised gift of Alice and Tom Tisch
van der Weyden Drawing Acc. PG543.2021	1980	Pencil on paper	sheet: 13 9/16 × 10 7/8" (34.4 × 27.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Promised gift of Alice and Tom Tisch
Untitled Print Acc. PG542.2021	c. 1982	Photocopy cut-and-pasted on colored paper	sheet: 23 13/16 × 17 7/8" (60.5 × 45.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Promised gift of Alice and Tom Tisch