Artist Monograph

Karl Schrag, American

American, 1912–1995

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	12	30.8%
Etching	6	15.4%
Gouache	1	2.6%
Engraving	1	2.6%
Other Media	1	2.6%

Production by Decade

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1990s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	19	51.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)	18	48.6%

Range: 4.3 cm → 93.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1949	1
1952	2
1959	19
1963	2
1969	11
1975	2
1980	1
1993	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 39 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Frontispiece from THE SUICIDE CLUB Illustrated Book Acc. 425.1958.2	1941		plate 6 15/16 x 4 1/2" (17.6 x 11.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stanley Resor
Half title page from THE SUICIDE CLUB Illustrated Book Acc. 425.1958.1	1941		plate 6 7/8 x 4 7/16" (17.4 x 11.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stanley Resor
Headpiece (page 49) from THE SUICIDE CLUB Illustrated Book Acc. 425.1958.9	1941		composition 1 7/16 x 4 1/2" (3.7 x 11.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stanley Resor
Headpiece (page 7) from THE SUICIDE CLUB Illustrated Book Acc. 425.1958.3	1941		plate 4 15/16 x 1 15/16" (12.5 x 5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stanley Resor
Headpiece (page 83) from THE SUICIDE CLUB Illustrated Book Acc. 425.1958.13	1941		composition 2 3/8 x 4 1/2" (6.1 x 11.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stanley Resor
Headpiece (page 9) from THE SUICIDE CLUB Illustrated Book Acc. 425.1958.4	1941		composition 2 1/2 x 4 1/2" (6.3 x 11.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stanley Resor
Plate (facing page 104) from THE SUICIDE CLUB Illustrated Book Acc. 425.1958.16	1941		plate 6 7/8 x 4 1/2" (17.5 x 11.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stanley Resor
Plate (facing page 16) from THE SUICIDE CLUB Illustrated Book Acc. 425.1958.5	1941		plate 6 7/8 x 4 1/2" (17.5 x 11.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stanley Resor
Plate (facing page 32) from THE SUICIDE CLUB Illustrated Book Acc. 425.1958.6	1941		plate 6 7/8 x 4 1/2" (17.5 x 11.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stanley Resor
Plate (facing page 40) from THE SUICIDE CLUB Illustrated Book Acc. 425.1958.7	1941		plate 6 7/8 x 4 1/2" (17.5 x 11.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stanley Resor
Plate (facing page 64) from THE SUICIDE CLUB Illustrated Book Acc. 425.1958.10	1941		plate 6 7/8 x 4 1/2" (17.5 x 11.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stanley Resor
Plate (facing page 72) from THE SUICIDE CLUB Illustrated Book Acc. 425.1958.11	1941		plate 6 15/16 x 4 7/16" (17.7 x 11.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stanley Resor
Plate (facing page 80) from THE SUICIDE CLUB Illustrated Book Acc. 425.1958.12	1941		plate 6 7/8 x 4 1/2" (17.5 x 11.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stanley Resor
Plate (facing page 88) from THE SUICIDE CLUB Illustrated Book Acc. 425.1958.14	1941		plate 6 15/16 x 4 3/8" (17.7 x 11.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stanley Resor
Plate (facing page 96) from THE SUICIDE CLUB Illustrated Book Acc. 425.1958.15	1941		plate 6 15/16 x 4 3/8" (17.7 x 11.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stanley Resor
Tailpiece (colophon) from THE SUICIDE CLUB Illustrated Book Acc. 425.1958.18	1941		plate 1 11/16 x 1 1/2" (4.3 x 3.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stanley Resor
Tailpiece (page 109) from THE SUICIDE CLUB Illustrated Book Acc. 425.1958.17	1941		composition 3 15/16 x 2 15/16" (10 x 7.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stanley Resor
Tailpiece (page 48) from THE SUICIDE CLUB Illustrated Book Acc. 425.1958.8	1941		composition 1 x 4 7/16" (2.6 x 11.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stanley Resor
THE SUICIDE CLUB Illustrated Book Acc. 425.1958.1-18	1941	18 etching and aquatints, printed in color	irreg. page 10 x 6 3/4" (25 x 17.2 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stanley Resor
Rain and the Sea Print Acc. 308.1952	1946	Engraving	plate: 14 7/8 x 10 3/4" (37.8 x 27.3 cm); sheet: 19 15/16 x 12 15/16" (50.6 x 32.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Rain and the Sea Print Acc. 514.1949	1946	Engraving, soft ground etching and aquatint	plate: 14 13/16 × 10 7/8" (37.7 × 27.7 cm); sheet: 24 3/16 × 16 1/8" (61.5 × 40.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Falling Night Print Acc. 102.1952	1949	Etching and engraving	plate: 17 5/8 × 11 15/16" (44.8 × 30.4 cm); sheet: 21 9/16 × 15 7/8" (54.8 × 40.4 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
In-text plate (folio 22) from 21 Etchings and Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 131.1963.19	1956, published 1960	Etching, aquatint, and engraving from an illustrated book with 14 etchings (six with aquatint, four with engraving, one with drypoint), two aquatints, two engravings, two drypoints, and one photogravure	plate: 13 7/8 × 11 3/4" (35.2 × 29.9 cm); page: 7 7/8 × 16 7/8" (20 × 42.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Jacquelynn Schlaes
Dark Trees at Noon Print Acc. 678.1963	1961	Aquatint and etching	plate: 24 13/16 x 18 3/4" (63.1 x 47.6cm); sheet: 29 7/16 x 21 15/16" (74.8 x 55.7cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
End of the Island Print Acc. 950.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 17 13/16 × 30 1/4" (45.2 × 76.9 cm); sheet: 20 7/16 × 30 1/4" (51.9 × 76.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Overgrown Path Print Acc. 951.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition: 36 3/4 × 22 13/16" (93.4 × 57.9 cm); sheet: 36 3/4 × 22 13/16" (93.4 × 57.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Overgrown Path Print Acc. 953.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition: 36 11/16 × 22 3/4" (93.2 × 57.8 cm); sheet: 36 11/16 × 22 3/4" (93.2 × 57.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Path of the Sun Print Acc. 945.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition: 15 × 22 1/2" (38.2 × 57.2 cm); sheet: 15 × 22 1/2" (38.2 × 57.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Pond in a Forest Print Acc. 944.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition: 36 3/16 × 17 3/8" (91.9 × 44.2 cm); sheet: 36 3/16 × 17 3/8" (91.9 × 44.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Road to the Shore Print Acc. 954.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition: 22 13/16 × 35 1/4" (57.9 × 89.5 cm); sheet: 22 13/16 × 35 1/4" (57.9 × 89.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Rocks Below the Sea Print Acc. 952.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 18 3/16 × 20 3/16" (46.2 × 51.3 cm); sheet: 22 1/2 × 24 3/16" (57.1 × 61.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Rocks, Trees and Clouds Print Acc. 947.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 21 × 29 7/8" (53.4 × 75.9 cm); sheet: 22 5/16 × 29 7/8" (56.7 × 75.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Rocky Landscape Print Acc. 946.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 19 5/8 × 27 15/16" (49.9 × 70.9 cm); sheet: 22 3/8 × 30 3/16" (56.9 × 76.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Storm Cloud Print Acc. 948.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 13 11/16 × 26 15/16" (34.7 × 68.4 cm); sheet: 22 1/4 × 29 13/16" (56.6 × 75.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Woods and Open Sea Print Acc. 949.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition: 25 3/8 × 33 1/8" (64.5 × 84.1 cm); sheet: 25 3/8 × 33 1/8" (64.5 × 84.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Self Portrait Print Acc. 147.1975	1963	Aquatint	plate 23 13/16 x 19 11/16" (60.5 x 50 cm) sheet 27 15/16 x 22 1/8" (71.1 x 56.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Self Portrait with White Cap Print Acc. 148.1975	1972	Aquatint and etching	Plate (circle): 17 5/8" (44.8 cm) diameter. Sheet: 30 x 22 1/4" (76.2 x 56.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 44.80 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Night Sounds of a Brook Print Acc. 437.1980	1977	Monotype with gouache additions	composition 18 13/16 x 24 15/16" (47.8 x 63.3 cm) sheet 20 15/16 x 28" (53.3 x 71.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
My Room-Bright Night Print Acc. 691.1993	1993	Lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dan Redmon