Artist Monograph

Julio González, Spanish

Spanish, 1876–1942

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	16	59.3%
Other Media	4	14.8%
Watercolor	4	14.8%
Sculpture	1	3.7%
Gouache	1	3.7%
Lithography	1	3.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	22	81.5%
Painting & Sculpture	5	18.5%

Classification Types

Drawing — 21
Sculpture — 5
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	11	47.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	11	47.8%
Large (1–3 m)	1	4.3%

Range: 15.5 cm → 132.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1937	1
1945	1
1953	1
1956	2
1962	1
1964	1
1965	1
1967	6
1972	1
1978	2
1979	2
1980	3
1985	3
1986	2

Spanish Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 27 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Reclining Figure Sculpture Acc. 955.1979	1934	Welded wrought iron	18 x 37 x 16 3/4" (45.6 x 94 x 42.5 cm) Base: 37 1/4" x 11 1/2" (94.6 x 29.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Nelson A. Rockefeller Bequest
Head Sculpture Acc. 266.1937	c. 1935	Wrought iron	18 1/4 x 17 x 8 1/2" (46.4 x 43.2 x 21.6 cm), on base 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 6 1/4" (1.9 x 15.9 x 15.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase
Plate (folio 21) from 23 Gravures Illustrated Book Acc. 14.1945.9	1935	Etching from an illustrated book with twelve etchings (one with aquatint and drypoint), five drypoints, three engravings (one with drypoint), two lithographs, and one woodcut	plate: 6 1/8 × 3 7/8" (15.5 × 9.9 cm); sheet: 12 7/16 × 9 3/4" (31.6 × 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase Fund
Study for Cagoulard Drawing Acc. 11.1962	1935	Ink, crayon, and pencil on cut-and-pasted paper on board	sheet (irreg. oval): 4 1/2 × 2 5/8" (11.4 × 6.7 cm); mount (board): 7 5/16 × 5 1/2" (18.5 × 14 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Study for Head Drawing Acc. 11.1967	1935	Ink and pencil on paper	6 3/8 × 6 7/8" (16.2 × 17.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mme Roberta González-Richard
Study for Head Drawing Acc. 12.1967	1935	Ink and pencil on paper	8 5/8 x 5 1/2" (21.9 x 14 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mme Roberta González-Richard
Study for Head Drawing Acc. 2111.1967	1935	Ink and pencil on paper	8 3/4 x 5 5/8" (22.0 x 14.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mme Roberta González-Richard
Study for Head Drawing Acc. 13.1967	1935	Ink and pencil on paper	12 1/2 x 9 5/8" (31.5 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 Mme Roberta González-Richard
Study for Head Drawing Acc. 451.1972	1935	Ink on paper	8 1/2 x 8 1/2" (21.5 x 21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mme Roberta González-Richard
Study for Head Drawing Acc. 787.1963	1936	Gouache, crayon, and ink on cut-and-pasted paper on paper	11 x 7 1/2" (27.9 x 18.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Lejwa
Study for Sculpture Drawing Acc. 883.1983.a-b	1936	Watercolor, ink, and crayon on paper	9 3/8 × 6 1/4" (23.8 × 15.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Study for Woman Combing Her Hair Drawing Acc. 2112.1967	1936	Pencil, crayon, and ink on paper	8 1/4 × 5 11/16" (21 × 14.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mme Roberta González-Richard
Study for Woman Combing Her Hair Drawing Acc. 2364.1967	1936	Crayon, pencil, and ink on paper	9 11/16 × 6" (24.6 × 15.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mme. Roberta Gonzalez-Richard
Torso Sculpture Acc. 191.1956	c. 1936	Hammered and welded iron	24 3/8 x 14 1/4 x 10 5/8" (61.9 x 36.2 x 27 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Marx
Woman Combing Her Hair Sculpture Acc. 16.1953	1936	Wrought iron	52 x 23 1/2 x 24 5/8" (132.1 x 59.7 x 62.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
Study for Sculpture Drawing Acc. 886.1983	1937	Watercolor, ink, crayon, and pencil on paper	11 7/8 × 8 3/16" (30.1 × 20.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Figures and Heads (Personnages et têtes) Drawing Acc. 448.1986.a-b	1938	Pencil, ink, and colored pencil on paper	9 7/8 x 12 3/4" (25.2 x 32.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Edward John Noble Foundation
Head of Montserrat Crying, No. 1 Drawing Acc. 309.1980	1938	Pencil on paper	12 3/4 × 9 13/16" (32.4 × 25 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Head of Montserrat Grieving No. 2 Drawing Acc. 308.1980	1938	Ink and pencil on paper	10 9/16 × 8 1/4" (26.9 × 20.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Three Studies of Self-Portrait Drawing Acc. 310.1980	1938-40	Pencil on paper	12 13/16 × 9 15/16" (32.5 × 25.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Two Figures Drawing Acc. 447.1986	1938	Pencil on paper	13 3/16 × 9 5/8" (33.5 × 24.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Edward John Noble Foundation
Self-Portrait Drawing Acc. 93.1979	1940	Pencil on paper	10 1/2 x 7 3/8" (26.5 x 18.8 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. Richard Rodgers
Untitled Drawing Acc. 89.1978	1940	Ink on paper	12 1/2 × 9 1/2" (31.8 × 24.2 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
Gold and Red Person Drawing Acc. 887.1983	1941	Watercolor, gouache, ink, and pencil on paper	9 3/4 x 6 3/8" (24.6 x 16.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Standing Figure Drawing Acc. 235.1956	c. 1941	Watercolor, ink, and pencil on paper	sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 9/16" (32 × 24.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the James S. and Marvelle W. Adams Foundation in honor of Andrew C. Ritchie
Study for Head of Montserrat Crying No. 2 Drawing Acc. 90.1978	1941	Pencil on paper	8 x 6 3/4" (20.1 x 17.0 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
Head of the Montserrat, II Sculpture Acc. 937.1965	1942	Bronze	12 3/8 x 7 3/4 x 11 1/8" (31.3 x 19.6 x 28.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 17.92 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mrs. Harry Lynde Bradley