Artist Monograph

L. (Alfred Lewin Copley) Alcopley, American

American, born Germany. 1910–1992

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	2	16.7%
Watercolor	2	16.7%
Screenprint	1	8.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	11	91.7%
Architecture & Design	1	8.3%

Classification Types

Print — 8
Illustrated Book — 2
Drawing — 1
Design — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	16.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	10	83.3%

Range: 20.0 cm → 70.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1956	1
1962	1
1965	10

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 12 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Alcopley, Galerie Bing Design Acc. 200.1956	1956	Silkscreen	18 x 15" (45.7 x 38.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Given anonymously
VOIES ET TRACES Illustrated Book Acc. 525.1965	1961	1 ink drawing (unbound plate between folios 3 and 4) on ivory, smooth, laid Japan paper; and 33 photolithographic reproductions, 32 after ink drawings and 1 (wrapper) after ink and watercolor	page 8 1/4 x 5 13/16" (20 x 14.8 cm) Drawing: (sheet): 8 1/16 x 5 11/16" (20.5 x 14.5 cm); (comp. irreg.): 1 5/16 x 3 5/8" (3.4 x 9.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon
"Spiritus Ubi Vult Spirat," 24 ("The Wind Bloweth Where it Listeth", 24) Drawing Acc. 225.1962	1962	Watercolor and ink on paper	26 3/4 x 22 7/8" (67.9 x 58.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Foundation Fund
STRUCTURES OF TRAVELS Print Acc. 524.1965.1-7	1962	Seven lithographs, printed in black	Various composition dimensions. Sheet (ea. approx.): 27 11/16 x 19 13/16" (70.3 x 50.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon
Untitled from the portfolio STRUCTURES OF TRAVELS Print Acc. 524.1965.1	1962		irreg. composition 25 5/16 x 19" (64.3 x 48.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon
Untitled from the portfolio STRUCTURES OF TRAVELS Print Acc. 524.1965.2	1962		irreg. composition 23 x 16 7/8" (58.4 x 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. Gertrud A. Mellon
Untitled from the portfolio STRUCTURES OF TRAVELS Print Acc. 524.1965.3	1962		irreg. composition 16 3/4 x 23 3/4" (42.6 x 60.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon
Untitled from the portfolio STRUCTURES OF TRAVELS Print Acc. 524.1965.4	1962		irreg. composition 23 1/2 x 16 11/16" (59.7 x 42.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon
Untitled from the portfolio STRUCTURES OF TRAVELS Print Acc. 524.1965.5	1962		irreg. composition 21 5/8 x 16 5/8" (55 x 42.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon
Untitled from the portfolio STRUCTURES OF TRAVELS Print Acc. 524.1965.6	1962		irreg. composition 21 7/8 x 16 7/16" (55.6 x 41.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon
Untitled from the portfolio STRUCTURES OF TRAVELS Print Acc. 524.1965.7	1962		irreg. composition 17 1/16 x 23" (43.3 x 58.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Gertrud A. Mellon
You Don't Say Illustrated Book Acc. 526.1965	1962	200 photolithographic reproductions after 100 drawings (including title page), printed positive on rectos and negative on versos	page 9 7/16 x 1 9/16" (24 x 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. Gertrud A. Mellon