Artist Monograph

John Flannagan, American

American, 1898–1942

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	4	66.7%
Other Media	1	16.7%
Watercolor	1	16.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	5	83.3%
Painting & Sculpture	1	16.7%

Physical Scale

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

Range: 27.3 cm → 48.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1938	1
1947	1
1963	1
1977	3

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 6 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Triumph of the Egg, I Sculpture Acc. 296.1938	1937	Granite	12 x 16 x 11 3/8" (35 x 40.7 x 29.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 29.48 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase
New Lizard – Egg Drawing Acc. 503.1977	(1941)	Ink on paper	10 7/8 x 9 5/8" (27.7 x 24.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jane Wade in memory of Curt Valentin
Note for Dragon Alligator Drawing Acc. 502.1977	(1941)	Ink and charcoal pencil on paper	11 5/8 x 9 1/8" (29.6 x 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 Jane Wade in memory of Curt Valentin
Nude Drawing Acc. 106.1947	1941	Ink on paper	19 x 12 1/2" (48.5 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 Curt Valentin
Nude Drawing Acc. 413.1963	(1941)	Watercolor on paper	16 1/8 x 12 1/2" (40.9 x 31.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of E. Weyhe in honor of Paul J. Sachs
Study for Triumph of the Egg, II Drawing Acc. 501.1977	(1941)	Ink and pencil on paper	10 3/4 x 9 1/2" (27.4 x 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jane Wade in memory of Curt Valentin