Artist Monograph

John Wesley, American

American, 1928–2022

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	10	58.8%
Screenprint	6	35.3%
Other Media	1	5.9%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	16	94.1%
Architecture & Design	1	5.9%

Production by Decade

13

1960s

3

1970s

1

2000s

Classification Types

Drawing — 11
Print — 5
Design — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	16	94.1%
Large (1–3 m)	1	5.9%

Range: 30.5 cm → 101.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1966	4
1967	1
2001	1
2005	11

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 17 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Guardian for a Small Harem – Lamp Drawing Acc. 3385.2005	1964	Pencil on transparentized paper with masking tape on paper	17 1/2 x 16 1/2" (44.5 x 41.9 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
Squirrels Drawing Acc. 3386.2005	1964	Pencil on transparentized paper with masking tape on paper	12 x 18" (30.5 x 45.7 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
Virginia Woolf and the Dormouse Drawing Acc. 3387.2005	1964	Pencil on transparentized paper with masking tape on paper	10 7/8 x 13" (27.6 x 33 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
Batter Up Drawing Acc. 3388.2005	1965	Pencil on transparentized paper with masking tape on paper	17 5/8 x 15 1/4" (44.8 x 38.7 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
Bird Lady from 11 Pop Artists, Volume II Print Acc. 274.1966.2i	1965, published 1966	Screenprint from a portfolio of eleven screenprints, one with collage additions	composition and sheet: 23 15/16 x 30" (60.8 x 76.2cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Original Editions
Dream of Unicorns from 11 Pop Artists, Volume III Print Acc. 274.1966.3k	1965, published 1966	Screenprint from a portfolio of ten screenprints and one lithograph	composition: 28 x 38 1/8" (71.1 x 96.8cm); sheet: 28 9/16 x 38 7/16" (72.5 x 97.7cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Original Editions
Maiden from 11 Pop Artists, Volume I Print Acc. 274.1966.1g	1965, published 1966	Screenprint from a portfolio of ten screenprints (one with collage additions), and one lithograph	composition and sheet: 23 7/8 x 19 15/16" (60.7 x 50.6cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Original Editions
Untitled (Dog) Drawing Acc. 3389.2005	1965-66	Pencil on transparentized paper with masking tape on paper	20 1/2 x 14 1/4" (52.1 x 36.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
11 Pop Artists Print Acc. 274.1966.1-3	1966	Three volumes of thirty-one screenprints (two with collage additions), and two lithographs	composition and sheet (see child records): dimensions vary ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Original Editions
Connubial Bliss Drawing Acc. 3390.2005	1966-67	Pencil on transparentized paper with masking tape on paper	17 1/2 x 23" (44.5 x 58.4 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
Paris Review Design Acc. 2304.1967	1967	Silkscreen	40 x 26" (101.5 x 66.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Page, Arbitrio and Resen
Suffragattes Drawing Acc. 3391.2005	1968	Pencil on transparentized paper with masking tape on paper	11 x 17 3/4" (27.9 x 45.1 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
Seasons of War and Laughter Drawing Acc. 3392.2005	1969	Pencil on transparentized paper with masking tape on paper	22 x 17" (55.9 x 43.2 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
U.S. Army Recruiting Poster Drawing Acc. 3393.2005	1970	Pencil on transparentized paper with masking tape on paper	12 x 18" (30.5 x 45.7 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
U.S. Army Recruiting Poster Drawing Acc. 3394.2005	1970	Pencil on transparentized paper with masking tape on paper	15 x 16 3/4" (38.1 x 42.5 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 (study for 'Popeye') Drawing Acc. 3395.2005	1973	Synthetic polymer paint on paper	16 3/4 x 21" (42.5 x 53.3 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
Boyfriends (for Parkett no. 62) Print Acc. 2561.2001	2001	Screenprint	Composition: 27 3/4 x 34 15/16" (70.5 x 88.8 cm) Sheet: 31 3/4 x 39" (80.6 x 99 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Alexandra Herzan Fund