Artist Monograph

John Walker, British

British, born 1939

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	30	57.7%
Oil Painting	6	11.5%
Acrylic Painting	1	1.9%
Mixed Media	1	1.9%
Lithography	1	1.9%
Drawing	1	1.9%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	46	88.5%
Painting & Sculpture	6	11.5%

Production by Decade

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Classification Types

Print — 43
Painting — 6
Drawing — 3

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	29	74.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)	1	2.6%
Large (1–3 m)	7	17.9%
Monumental (> 3 m)	2	5.1%

Range: 16.8 cm → 304.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1974	13
1977	1
1978	1
1983	1
1988	1
1989	1
1999	28
2005	6

British Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 52 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Drawing Acc. 3344.2005	1970	Oil on paper	35 x 46" (88.9 x 116.8 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
Blackboard Series Print Acc. 385.1974.1-12	1973	Series of twelve lithographs	Sheet and comp. 40 1/2 x 27 3/4" (102.8 x 70.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
UNTITLED Print Acc. 385.1974.1	1973		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
UNTITLED Print Acc. 385.1974.10	1973		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
UNTITLED Print Acc. 385.1974.11	1973		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
UNTITLED Print Acc. 385.1974.12	1973		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
UNTITLED Print Acc. 385.1974.2	1973		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
UNTITLED Print Acc. 385.1974.3	1973		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
UNTITLED Print Acc. 385.1974.4	1973		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
UNTITLED Print Acc. 385.1974.5	1973		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
UNTITLED Print Acc. 385.1974.6	1973		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
UNTITLED Print Acc. 385.1974.7	1973		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
UNTITLED Print Acc. 385.1974.8	1973		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
UNTITLED Print Acc. 385.1974.9	1973		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
New Haven, No. 1 Painting Acc. 801.2005	1976	Acrylic, chalk, and canvas on canvas	7' 8 1/4" x 68 1/8" (233.7 x 172.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Untitled Painting Acc. 802.2005	1976-77	Synthetic polymer paint and mixed media on canvas	6' 11 3/4" x 8' (213.4 x 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 Edward R. Broida
Numinous I Painting Acc. 522.1978	1977-78	Synthetic polymer paint, oil, powdered chalk and pigment, and canvas appliqué on canvas	10 x 8' (304.8 x 203.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Henry J. and Maryann Werronen
Untitled No. 16 Print Acc. 458.1977	1977	Etching	Plate 6 7/8 x 6" (17.5 x 15.3 cm) Sheet 20 x 22 5/16" (50.8 x 56.7 cm) (irreg.) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Dorothy B. and Joseph M. Edinburg Fund
Green Alba-Kingston Painting Acc. 803.2005	1979-80	Oil on canvas	6' 6 1/8" x 66" (198.1 x 167.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Oceania I Painting Acc. 295.1983	1981-82	Oil on canvas	7' 9 7/8" x 10' (243.5 x 304.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Acquired through the René d'Harnoncourt and Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Funds
Untitled Print Acc. 199.1988	1984	Etching and drypoint	composition 6 15/16 x 5 3/8" (17.6 x 13.7 cm) sheet 22 7/16 x 29 15/16" (57 x 76 cm) Comp is composed of three horizontally abutted plates, each:17.6 x 13.7 cm Overall comp is 17.6 x 41.7 cm ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Philip and Lynn Straus Foundation Fund
Form as Hook Drawing Acc. 334.1989	1985-87	Synthetic polymer paint, chalk ,and charcoal on paper	60 x 48" (152.4 x 121.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.1-27	1998	Portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: (see child records); sheet (each approx.): 18 1/8 x 14 3/16" (46 x 36 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.1	1998	Etching from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 8 11/16 x 6" (22 x 15.2 cm); sheet (irreg): 14 5/16 x 14 3/16" (36.3 x 36 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.2	1998	Etching from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 7 13/16 x 5 5/8" (19.8 x 14.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 1/4 x 14 3/16" (46.4 x 36 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.3	1998	Etching from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 7 7/8 x 5 7/16" (20 x 13.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 1/4 x 14 3/8" (46.3 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.4	1998	Etching from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 6 5/8 x 5 3/16" (16.8 x 13.2 cm); sheet (irreg): 18 1/4 x 14 3/8" (46.3 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.5	1998	Etching from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 7 15/16 x 5 7/16" (20.1 x 13.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 1/4 x 14 3/16" (46.3 x 36 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.6	1998	Etching from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 9 15/16 x 7 7/8" (25.3 x 20 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 1/4 x 14 3/16" (46.3 x 36 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.7	1998	Etching from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 6 5/8 x 5 1/8" (16.8 x 13 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 1/8 x 14 5/16" (46.1 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.8	1998	Etching from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 6 15/16 x 5 1/2" (17.6 x 13.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 1/4 x 14 5/16" (46.4 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.9	1998	Etching from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 6 5/8 x 5 3/16" (16.8 x 13.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 5/16 x 14 5/16" (46.5 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.10	1998	Etching from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 6 13/16 x 5 11/16" (17.3 x 14.4 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 1/4 x 14 3/16" (46.3 x 36 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.11	1998	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 10 1/16 x 7 15/16" (25.5 x 20.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 3/16 x 14 5/16" (46.2 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.12	1998	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 10 x 7 15/16" (25.4 x 20.1 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 1/4 x 14 1/4" (46.4 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.13	1998	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 5 7/8 x 8 3/4" (15 x 22.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 1/4 x 14 5/16" (46.3 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.14	1998	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 6 7/8 x 5 1/2" (17.5 x 13.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 1/4 x 14 1/4" (46.3 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.15	1998	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 6 x 9" (15.3 x 22.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 5/16 x 14 5/16" (46.5 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.16	1998	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 7 15/16 x 9 7/8" (20.1 x 25.1 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 3/16 x 14 3/8" (46.2 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.17	1998	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 6 7/8 x 5 13/16" (17.5 x 14.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 1/4 x 14 5/16" (46.3 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.18	1998	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 9 13/16 x 7 15/16" (25 x 20.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 3/16 x 14 5/16" (46.2 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.19	1998	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 10 1/16 x 7 5/8" (25.6 x 19.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 1/8 x 14 3/16" (46.1 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.20	1998	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 6 7/8 x 5 3/8" (17.4 x 13.6 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 1/4 x 14 5/16" (46.4 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.21	1998	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 8 1/16 x 5 3/8" (20.4 x 13.6 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 5/16 x 14 5/16" (46.5 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.22	1998	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 6 7/8 x 5 13/16" (17.5 x 14.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 1/8 x 14 1/4" (46.1 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.23	1998	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 6 7/8 x 5 3/8" (17.5 x 13.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 1/4 x 14 5/16" (46.3 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.24	1998	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 9 7/8 x 7 15/16" (25.1 x 20.1 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 5/16 x 14 5/16" (46.5 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.25	1998	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 9 13/16 x 7 15/16" (25 x 20.1 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 3/16 x 14 3/8" (46.2 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.26	1998	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 6 15/16 x 5 1/2" (17.6 x 13.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 3/16 x 14 3/8" (46.2 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
Untitled from Passing Bells Print Acc. 187.1999.27	1998	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of 27 etchings, 17 with aquatint	plate: 10 x 7 15/16" (25.4 x 20.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 18 1/8 x 14 1/4" (46.1 x 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 Jeanne Thayer
March Light Painting Acc. 804.2005	2001	Oil on canvas	7' x 66" (213.4 x 167.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward R. Broida
Untitled Drawing Acc. 3345.2005	2002	Oil on paper	15 x 11" (38.1 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