Artist Monograph

Lee Bontecou, American

American, 1931–2022

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	22	40.7%
Drawing	13	24.1%
Etching	9	16.7%
Textile	2	3.7%
Screenprint	2	3.7%
Other Media	2	3.7%
Photography	1	1.9%
Gouache	1	1.9%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	50	92.6%
Painting & Sculpture	4	7.4%

Production by Decade

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Classification Types

Print — 27
Drawing — 15
Illustrated Book — 8
Sculpture — 3
Painting — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	7	13.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)	39	75%
Large (1–3 m)	6	11.5%

Range: 16.3 cm → 243.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1960	1
1962	3
1963	4
1964	3
1965	1
1967	2
1968	5
1969	8
1970	3
1971	1
1972	1
1973	1
1974	1
1980	2
1982	4
1988	1
2001	1
2002	1
2005	10
2015	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4, 408" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 54 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1336.2005	c. 1958	Soot on paperboard	30 x 40" (76.2 x 101.6 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 Sculpture Acc. 2.1960	1959	Welded steel, canvas, black fabric, soot, and wire	58 1/8 x 58 1/2 x 17 3/8" (147.5 x 148.5 x 44 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. Arnold H. Maremont
Untitled Drawing Acc. 123.1962	1960	Charcoal and pencil on paper	19 x 25 1/8" (48.4 x 63.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of James L. Goodwin in memory of Philip L. Goodwin
Untitled Drawing Acc. 124.1962	1961	Charcoal and pencil on paper	22 5/8 x 28 1/2" (57.5 x 72.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John S. Newberry
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 398.1963	1961	Welded steel, canvas, fabric, rawhide, copper wire, and soot	6' 8 1/4" x 7' 5" x 34 3/4" (203.6 x 226 x 88 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 81.65 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Kay Sage Tanguy Fund
First Stone Print Acc. 343.1962	1962	Lithograph	composition: 11 7/8 × 15 1/2" (30.1 × 39.3 cm); sheet: 19 1/2 × 25 3/8" (49.5 × 64.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Second Stone Print Acc. 349.1963	1962	Lithograph	composition: 13 1/8 x 17 1/8" (33.4 x 43.5 cm); sheet: 17 7/16 x 22 11/16" (44.3 x 57.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2580.2001	1962	Pencil on paper	19 3/4 x 25 1/2" (50.2 x 64.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky
Fourth Stone Print Acc. 492.1963	1963	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 38 3/16 x 29 3/16" (97 x 74.2 cm); sheet: 41 9/16 x 29 3/4" (105.6 x 75.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Third Stone Print Acc. 221.1963	1963	Lithograph	composition: 17 1/16 x 13 9/16" (43.3 x 34.5 cm); sheet: 25 9/16 x 19 3/4" (64.9 x 50.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Untitled Painting Acc. 235.2015	1963	Soot and aniline dye on muslin	24 x 22" (61 x 55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Rona and Richard Roob
Fifth Stone Print Acc. 626.1964	1964	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 37 5/16 × 28 3/4" (94.7 × 73 cm); sheet: 41 3/8 × 29 5/8" (105.1 × 75.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Sixth Stone I Print Acc. 627.1964	1964	Lithograph	composition: 36 1/4 × 28 9/16" (92.1 × 72.6 cm); sheet: 46 5/8 × 36 7/8" (118.5 × 93.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Sixth Stone II Print Acc. 628.1964	1964	Lithograph	composition: 36 1/4 × 28 9/16" (92.1 × 72.6 cm); sheet: 44 5/16 × 32" (112.5 × 81.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Sixth Stone III Print Acc. 147.1965	1964	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 36 5/8 × 28 1/2" (93 × 72.4 cm); other (stretcher): 44 1/8 × 36 1/8" (112 × 91.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Eighth Stone Print Acc. 1345.1968	1965–68	Lithograph	composition: 14 1/4 × 11" (36.2 × 27.9 cm); sheet: 24 15/16 × 20" (63.3 × 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Ninth Stone Print Acc. 1346.1968	1965–68	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 11 1/16 x 14 1/16" (28.1 x 35.7 cm); sheet: 20 1/16 x 24 15/16" (50.9 x 63.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Seventh Stone Print Acc. 1344.1968	1965–68	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 14 5/16 x 11 3/16" (36.3 x 28.4 cm); sheet: 24 7/8 x 19 7/8" (63.2 x 50.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Thirteenth Stone Print Acc. 318.1971	1966–70	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 12 7/16 x 16 5/16" (31.6 x 41.4 cm); sheet (irreg.): 22 1/2 x 28 3/4" (57.2 x 73 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Twelfth Stone Print Acc. 406.1970	1966–70	Lithograph	composition: 9 3/8 × 14 3/8" (23.8 × 36.5 cm); sheet: 20 5/8 × 26 9/16" (52.4 × 67.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Cover from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone Illustrated Book Acc. 113.1969.7	1967–68, published 1968	One from an illustrated book with seven etchings with aquatint (including cover)	composition: 21 x 13 3/4" (53.4 x 35 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Etching One Print Acc. 2428.1967	1967	Etching and aquatint	plate: 17 13/16 × 11 7/8" (45.2 × 30.2 cm); sheet: 25 7/8 × 19 9/16" (65.7 × 49.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone Illustrated Book Acc. 113.1969.1-7	1967–68, published 1968	Illustrated book with seven etchings with aquatint (including cover)	plate (see child records): dimensions vary; page (each approx.): 20 1/16 x 13 3/16" (51 x 33.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Plate 1 (folio 4) from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone Illustrated Book Acc. 113.1969.1	1967–68, published 1968	One from an illustrated book with seven etchings with aquatint (including cover)	plate: 6 1/2 x 5 1/16" (16.5 x 12.8 cm); page: 20 1/16 x 9 1/4" (51 x 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Plate 2 (folio 6) from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone Illustrated Book Acc. 113.1969.2	1967–68, published 1968	One from an illustrated book with seven etchings with aquatint (including cover)	plate: 6 7/16 x 5 11/16" (16.3 x 14.5 cm); page: 20 3/8 x 13 1/8" (51.8 x 33.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Plate 3 (folio 8) from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone Illustrated Book Acc. 113.1969.3	1967–68, published 1968	One from an illustrated book with seven etchings with aquatint (including cover)	plate: 6 3/4 x 9 3/16" (17.2 x 23.3 cm); page: 20 1/16 x 13 1/8" (51 x 33.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Plate 4 (folio 10) from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone Illustrated Book Acc. 113.1969.4	1967–68, published 1968	One from an illustrated book with seven etchings with aquatint (including cover)	plate: 9 1/4 x 6 5/8" (23.5 x 16.8 cm); page: 20 1/16 x 13 3/16" (51 x 33.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Plate 5 (folio 12) from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone Illustrated Book Acc. 113.1969.5	1967–68, published 1968	One from an illustrated book with seven etchings with aquatint (including cover)	plate: 9 7/8 x 9 1/8" (25.1 x 23.2 cm); page: 20 1/16 x 13 3/16" (51 x 33.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Plate 6 (folio 14) from Fifth Stone, Sixth Stone Illustrated Book Acc. 113.1969.6	1967–68, published 1968	One from an illustrated book with seven etchings with aquatint (including cover)	plate: 8 11/16 x 11 9/16" (22 x 29.4 cm); page: 19 15/16 x 13 1/16" (50.7 x 33.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Silkscreen from Ten from Leo Castelli Print Acc. 2415.1967.3	1967	Screenprint on muslin on board	composition: 14 x 13" (35.6 x 33cm); mount: 23 15/16 x 19 13/16" (60.8 x 50.3cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Rosa Esman
Untitled Drawing Acc. 583.1970	1967	Pencil and felt-tip pen on flocked paper	20 x 26" (50.7 x 66.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Wilder Green
Untitled from National Collection of Fine Arts Portfolio Print Acc. 739.1968.1	1967, published 1968	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of five lithographs, one etching, and one screenprint	plate: 26 1/4 x 17 3/16" (66.7 x 43.6 cm); sheet: 30 1/16 x 19 5/8" (76.4 x 49.8 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. Lester Francis Avnet
Fourteenth Stone Print Acc. 289.1972	1968–72	Lithograph	composition: 25 x 35 5/16" (63.5 x 89.7 cm); sheet: 28 x 40 1/16" (71.1 x 101.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Tenth Stone Print Acc. 1588.1968	1968	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 37 11/16 × 22 3/8" (95.7 × 56.9 cm); sheet: 41 1/8 × 27 15/16" (104.4 × 71 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Eleventh Stone Print Acc. 405.1970	1970	Lithograph	composition: 10 1/4 × 16 5/16" (26 × 41.4 cm); sheet: 21 15/16 × 28 7/8" (55.8 × 73.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Untitled Drawing Acc. 265.1973	1970	Colored pencil on black paper	26 1/8 x 20" (66.3 x 51 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lily Auchincloss
Untitled from The New York Collection for Stockholm Print Acc. 625.1973.1	1973	Lithograph from a portfolio of seventeen screenprints, nine lithographs, two lithographs with screenprint, one photocopy, and one photograph	composition and sheet: 8 7/8 x 11 15/16" (22.6 x 30.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Steven M. Feinstein
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1337.2005	1976	Pencil and colored pencil on prepared 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
Pirates Print Acc. 224.1982	1979–82	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 35 1/16 x 44 1/4" (89.1 x 112.4 cm); sheet: 38 3/8 x 45 11/16" (97.5 x 116 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Study for An Untitled Print Print Acc. 223.1982	1979–82	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 17 × 10 7/8" (43.2 × 27.6 cm); sheet (irreg.): 29 5/16 × 23 1/16" (74.4 × 58.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Study for An Untitled Print (White on Black) Print Acc. 222.1982	1979–82	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 16 5/8 × 10 7/8" (42.2 × 27.6 cm); sheet: 22 7/16 × 15 1/16" (57 × 38.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Fifteenth Stone Print Acc. 326.1980	1980	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 17 11/16 × 13 3/4" (44.9 × 34.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 22 3/8 × 17 13/16" (56.8 × 45.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Sixteenth Stone Print Acc. 327.1980	1980	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 16 15/16 × 12 13/16" (43 × 32.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 22 3/8 × 18 1/4" (56.8 × 46.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Untitled Sculpture Acc. 234.2005	1980-98	Welded steel, porcelain, wire mesh, canvas, grommets, and wire	7 x 8 x 6' (213.4 x 243.8 x 182.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Philip Johnson (by exchange) and the Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Bequest Fund
An Untitled Print Print Acc. 225.1982	1981–82	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 88 1/2 × 38 1/4" (224.8 × 97.2 cm); sheet: 93 × 42 1/16" (236.2 × 106.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1338.2005	1982	Gouache on colored paper	12 1/2 x 16 1/8" (31.8 x 41 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 Drawing Acc. 1339.2005	1985	Charcoal, pencil, and colored pencil on colored paper	22 x 30" (55.9 x 76.2 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
Untitled from The Atelier Project Print Acc. 198.1988.1	1986		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Center for Editions, State University of New York, Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 7.2002	1993	Colored pencil on black paper	18 x 24" (45.7 x 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1341.2005	1997	Pencil on paper	9 7/8 x 12 3/4" (25.1 x 32.4 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
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1340.2005	1997	Pencil on graph paper	22 x 30" (55.9 x 76.2 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
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1342.2005	1998	Pastel, colored pencil, and pencil on black paper	29 5/8 x 20" (75.2 x 50.8 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
Untitled Drawing Acc. 1343.2005	1998	Colored pencil on black paper	9 1/2 x 12" (24.1 x 30.5 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 Drawing Acc. 1344.2005	1998	Pencil on paper	8 1/8 x 11" (20.6 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