Artist Monograph

John D. Graham, American

American, born Ukraine. 1886–1961

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	42	82.4%
Oil Painting	5	9.8%
Other Media	3	5.9%
Gouache	1	2%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	48	94.1%
Painting & Sculpture	3	5.9%

Production by Decade

1930s

1940s

1950s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	11	21.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	39	76.5%
Large (1–3 m)	1	2%

Range: 14.0 cm → 121.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1966	1
1967	10
1968	30
1969	1
1973	1
1974	1
1978	1
1980	1
1996	5

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 522" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 51 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Omphale (Nympha Omphale) Drawing Acc. 722.1996	n.d.	Pencil on tracing paper	16 7/8 × 13 3/4" (42.8 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Patricia F. Graham in memory of her husband, John David Graham and his brother, Nicholas G. W. Thorne
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 1549.1968.1-21	n.d.	Spiral-bound sketchbook with pencil and ballpoint pen	sheet (each, orientations vary): 14 × 9 7/8" (35.6 × 25.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 1551.1968.1-14	n.d.	Spiral-bound sketchbook with pencil and ballpoint pen	sketchbook, closed: 9 13/16 × 14 3/16 × 3/8" (25 × 36 × 1 cm) sheet (.1-.2, .4-.8): 9 7/8 × 13 7/8" (25.1 × 35.2 cm) sheet (.3, .9-.14): 13 7/8 × 9 7/8" (35.2 × 25.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 1552.1968.1-8	n.d.	Sketchbook with pencil, pastel rubbing, chalk, and ballpoint pen	sheet (each, orientations vary): 14 × 9 7/8" (35.6 × 25.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 1553.1968.1-56	n.d.	Sketchbook with ballpoint pen and pencil	sheet (each, orientations vary): 9 3/8 × 6 1/4" (23.8 × 15.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Study for "Pinxit in Inferno" (recto); Adolphe and Anna (verso) Drawing Acc. 723.1996.a-b	n.d.	Black and red ballpoint pen and pencil (recto and verso)	23 1/16 × 15" (58.6 × 38.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Patricia F. Graham in memory of her husband, John David Graham and his brother, Nicholas G. W. Thorne
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1554.1968.a-b	n.d.	.a: Pen and ink and pencil; .b: Pen and ink and ballpoint	9 × 5 7/8" (22.9 × 14.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1555.1968.a-b	n.d.	Pencil, and pen and ink (recto and verso)	8 3/8 × 11" (21.3 × 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1557.1968	n.d.	Ballpoint pen	12 1/4 × 9 1/8" (31.1 × 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1558.1968.a-b	n.d.	.a: Pencil, crayon, and pen and ink; .b: Pencil, and crayon	11 7/8 × 8 7/8" (30.2 × 22.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1559.1968	n.d.	Pencil	11 5/8 × 8 1/8" (29.5 × 20.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1561.1968.a-b	n.d.	.a: Pencil, crayon, and pen and ink; .b: pencil	9 3/4 × 13 3/4" (24.8 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1562.1968	n.d.	Pen and ink, and crayon	12 1/4 × 9 1/8" (31.1 × 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1563.1968	n.d.	Pen and ink on gray paper.	8 7/8 × 12" (22.5 × 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 Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1564.1968	n.d.	Pencil on envelope	12 × 8 7/8" (30.5 × 22.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1565.1968.a-b	n.d.	.a: Pencil, pen and ink, crayon, charcoal, and wash on envelope; .b: Pencil, pen and brush and ink, and crayon on envelope	13 1/4 × 8 5/8" (33.7 × 21.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1566.1968	n.d.	Pencil on paper	11 7/8 × 8 7/8" (30.2 × 22.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1567.1968	n.d.	Pen and ink, and crayon on brown cardboard	9 3/4 × 11 7/8" (24.8 × 30.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2631.1967	n.d.	Ink and pencil on paper	10 7/8 × 13 7/8" (27.6 × 35.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2632.1967	n.d.	Pencil on paper	12 1/4 × 8 7/8" (31.1 × 22.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled (Head) Drawing Acc. 725.1996.a-b	n.d.	.a: Pencil and ballpoint pen; .b: Ballpoint pen	14 × 9 7/8" (35.6 × 25.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Patricia F. Graham in memory of her husband, John David Graham and his brother, Nicholas G. W. Thorne
Untitled (recto); Untitled (Standing female nude) (verso) Drawing Acc. 1556.1968.a-b	n.d.	Ballpoint pen (recto and verso)	12 1/2 × 9 3/8" (31.8 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled (Woman's Head) (recto); Untitled (verso) Drawing Acc. 1560.1968.a-b	n.d.	.a: colored pencil; .b: pencil	13 7/8 × 9 3/4" (35.2 × 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled (Woman) Drawing Acc. 724.1996	n.d.	Ballpoint pen	12 11/16 × 9 1/2" (32.2 × 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Patricia F. Graham in memory of her husband, John David Graham and his brother, Nicholas G. W. Thorne
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 1550.1968.1-32	1935	Spiral-bound sketchbook with pencil, pen, ink, colored pencil, brown tape and paper	sheet (each, orientations vary): 14 × 9 7/8" (35.6 × 25.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 1539.1968.1-13	1935	Spiral-bound sketchbook with pencil, ink, and ballpoint pen	sketchbook, closed: 3 9/16 × 5 1/2 × 3/16" (9 × 14 × 0.5 cm); sheet (each, orientations vary): 3 1/2 × 5 5/16" (8.9 × 13.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 470.1980.1-62	c. 1937–42	Bound leather sketchbook with pencil, pen, ink, colored pencil, cut-and-taped foil and papers.	sketchbook, closed: 9 5/8 × 7 5/16 × 15/16" (24.4 × 18.5 × 2.4 cm); sheet (each): 9 1/2 × 7" (24.1 × 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 2365.1967.1-31	1940	Spiral-bound sketchbook with drawings in pencil, crayon, and ink	sheet (orientations vary): 13 7/8 × 9 7/8" (35.2 × 25.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 2366.1967.1-29	1940–41	Spiral-bound sketchbook with drawings in pencil, colored pencil, crayon, pen and ink	sheet (orientations vary): 13 7/8 × 9 7/8" (35.2 × 25.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 2367.1967.1-37	1940–42	Spiral-bound sketchbook with drawings in pencil, colored pencil, crayon, pen and ink	sheet (orientations vary): 9 × 11 7/8" (22.9 × 30.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 2368.1967.1-29	1941	Spiral-bound sketchbook with drawings in pencil, colored pencil, crayon, pen and ink	sheet (orientations vary): 14 × 9 7/8" (35.6 × 25.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 2369.1967.1-27	1942	Spiral-bound sketchbook with drawings in pencil, pen and ink, and colored pencil	sheet (orientations vary): 14 × 10" (35.6 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 1540.1968.1-16	1942	Spiral-bound sketchbook with pencil, ballpoint pen, and colored pencil	sheet (each, orientations vary): 13 7/8 × 10" (35.2 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2633.1967	1942	Ink and crayon on paper	8 7/8 × 6 5/8" (22.5 × 16.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Self-Portrait Painting Acc. 780.1969	1943	Oil on canvas	20 x 16" (50.7 x 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 S. Herman Klarsfeld
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 2371.1967.1-80	1943–44	Spiral-bound sketchbook with pencil, colored pencil, ballpoint pen, and crayon	sheet (each): 10 × 8 1/8" (25.4 × 20.6 cm); sketchbook, closed: 10 × 8 1/4 × 5/8" (25.4 × 21 × 1.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Celia Drawing Acc. 92.1978	1944–45	Pencil on transparentized paper	22 7/8 × 18 3/4" (58.1 × 47.6 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
Harlequin (Self-Portrait) Painting Acc. 622.1973	c. 1944	Oil and pencil on canvas	24 x 20 1/8" (61.2 x 51.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Margery and Harry Kahn
Portrait of Adolfo Romagniolo Drawing Acc. 721.1996	1944	Pencil and ballpoint pen on paper	22 13/16 × 15" (57.9 × 38.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Patricia F. Graham in memory of her husband, John David Graham and his brother, Nicholas G. W. Thorne
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 2370.1967.1-99	1944	Spiral-bound sketchbook with pencil and ink	sketchbook, closed: 10 × 8 1/8 × 13/16" (25.4 × 20.6 × 2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 1541.1968.1-36	1944	Spiral-bound sketchbook with pencil, carbon paper transfer, and ballpoint pen	sheet (each, orientations vary): 14 × 9 7/8" (35.6 × 25.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Two Sisters Painting Acc. 873.1968	1944	Oil, enamel, pencil, charcoal, and casein on board	47 7/8 x 48" (121.4 x 121.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Alexander M. Bing Fund
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 1542.1968.1-29	1949–50	Bound sketchbook with pencil, ballpoint pen, and colored pencil. Gold metallic paint on cardboard cover.	sketchbook, closed: 12 3/16 × 9 5/8 × 3/8" (31 × 24.5 × 1 cm); sheet (each, orientations vary): 12 1/4 × 9 5/8" (31.1 × 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 1543.1968.1-15	1949–50	Spiral-bound sketchbook with carbon paper transfer, pencil, ballpoint pen, ink, and red pencil	.1-2, 4, 8, 11, 13, 15: 13 3/4 x 9 7/8" (34.9 x 25 cm) 3, 5, 9-10, 12, 14: 9 7/8 x 13 3/4" (25 x 34.9 cm) .6-7: 9 7/8 x 7 1/4" (25.0 x 18.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 1544.1968.1-22	1952–53	Spiral-bound sketchbook with pencil and ballpoint pen	sketchbook, closed: 5 5/16 × 8 7/16 × 1/2" (13.5 × 21.5 × 1.2 cm); sheet (each, orientations vary): 5 3/8 × 8 3/8" (13.7 × 21.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Horse Drawing Acc. 102.1974	c. 1953	Ink, ballpoint pen, pencil, gouache, and colored pencil on transparentized paper	23 3/8 × 18 7/8" (59.4 × 47.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ben Heller
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 1545.1968.1-10	1953	Spiral-bound sketchbook with ballpoint pen, ink, pencil, and colored pencil	sheet (each): 12 1/2 × 9 3/8" (31.8 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Leda #1 Drawing Acc. 367.1966	1954	Oil, pencil, colored pencil, and ink on transparentized paper	15 7/8 × 13 1/2" (40.3 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John S. Newberry Fund
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 1546.1968.1-9	1954–55	Spiral bound sketchbook with ballpoint pen, pencil, pen, ink, and pencil	sheet (each, orientations vary): 8 3/4 × 11 3/4" (22.2 × 29.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 1547.1968.1-12	1955	Spiral-bound sketchbook with ballpoint pen, pencil, and colored pencil	sketchbook, closed: 9 13/16 × 14 3/16 × 3/8" (25 × 36 × 1 cm); sheet (each): 9 13/16 × 14" (25 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn
Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 1548.1968.1-20	1957	Spiral-bound sketchbook with pencil and ballpoint pen	sheet (each, orientations vary): 11 3/4 × 8 7/8" (29.8 × 22.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn