Artist Monograph

Lee Mullican, American

American, 1919–1998

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	38	88.4%
Drawing	2	4.7%
Tempera	1	2.3%
Watercolor	1	2.3%
Sculpture	1	2.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	42	97.7%
Painting & Sculpture	1	2.3%

Production by Decade

1940s

1950s

1960s

Classification Types

Print — 38
Drawing — 4
Sculpture — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	4.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	41	95.3%

Range: 26.7 cm → 96.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1956	1
1969	36
1974	2
2001	4

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 43 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2427.2001	1947	Ink and ink wash on paper	10 1/2 x 8" (26.7 x 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
For Luchita Drawing Acc. 2428.2001	1948	Ink and watercolor on paper	11 7/8 x 8 7/8" (30.2 x 22.5 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. 2429.2001	1949	Ink on paper	13 1/2 x 10 1/2" (34.3 x 26.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Happily I Am Singing Drawing Acc. 2430.2001	1950	Tempera and pencil on paper	11 7/8 x 8 7/8" (30.2 x 22.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Presence Sculpture Acc. 19.1956	1955	Painted wood	36 1/8 x 17 3/8 x 1 1/4" (91.5 x 44.1 x 3.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. Neuberger Fund
Crayon Country Print Acc. 1428.1967	1964	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 23 × 15 1/4" (58.4 × 38.8 cm); sheet: 23 15/16 × 15 1/2" (60.8 × 39.3 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.
Feathered Presence Print Acc. 1430.1967	1964	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 18 1/8 × 14" (46.1 × 35.6 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.
Hungry Ghosts Print Acc. 1435.1967.1-12	1964–65	Portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each approx.): 18 1/16 × 14" (45.9 × 35.6 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.
Meditations in Thin Air Print Acc. 1431.1967	1964	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 21 5/16 × 19 7/16" (54.1 × 49.4 cm); sheet: 22 13/16 × 20 3/16" (58 × 51.2 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.
Meditations on a Landscape Print Acc. 1433.1967	1964	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 21 1/8 × 25" (53.7 × 63.5 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.
Pencil Head Print Acc. 1434.1967	1964	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 17 3/8 × 12 15/16" (44.2 × 32.8 cm); sheet: 18 3/16 × 14" (46.2 × 35.6 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.
Sleeping Gypsy Print Acc. 1427.1967	1964	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 19 3/4 × 25 13/16" (50.1 × 65.6 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.
Tide Flight Print Acc. 1429.1967	1964	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 21 1/8 × 25" (53.7 × 63.5 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.
Title page from Hungry Ghosts Print Acc. 1435.1967.1	1964–65	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition and sheet: 18 3/16 × 14" (46.2 × 35.5 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.
Transfigured Night Print Acc. 1432.1967	1964	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 22 1/16 × 20" (56.1 × 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 Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled from Hungry Ghosts Print Acc. 1435.1967.10	1964, published 1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (irreg.): 18 × 14" (45.7 × 35.6 cm); sheet: 18 × 14" (45.7 × 35.6 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.
Untitled from Hungry Ghosts Print Acc. 1435.1967.2	1964, published 1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (irreg.): 17 1/8 × 12 11/16" (43.5 × 32.3 cm); sheet: 18 × 14 1/8" (45.7 × 35.8 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.
Untitled from Hungry Ghosts Print Acc. 1435.1967.3	1964, published 1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (irreg.): 16 1/4 × 12" (41.2 × 30.5 cm); sheet: 18 1/16 × 14" (45.8 × 35.6 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.
Untitled from Hungry Ghosts Print Acc. 1435.1967.4	1964, published 1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (irreg.): 17 1/16 × 13 3/8" (43.4 × 33.9 cm); sheet: 18 1/8 × 14" (46 × 35.5 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.
Untitled from Hungry Ghosts Print Acc. 1435.1967.5	1964, published 1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (irreg.): 17 3/8 × 13 9/16" (44.2 × 34.4 cm); sheet: 18 1/16 × 14 1/16" (45.9 × 35.7 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.
Untitled from Hungry Ghosts Print Acc. 1435.1967.6	1964, published 1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition and sheet: 18 3/16 × 14" (46.2 × 35.6 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.
Untitled from Hungry Ghosts Print Acc. 1435.1967.7	1964, published 1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (irreg.): 16 1/16 × 13 1/8" (40.8 × 33.3 cm); sheet: 18 1/8 × 14" (46 × 35.5 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.
Untitled from Hungry Ghosts Print Acc. 1435.1967.8	1964, published 1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (irreg.): 17 5/8 × 11 3/16" (44.8 × 28.4 cm); sheet: 18 1/8 × 13 15/16" (46 × 35.4 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.
Untitled from Hungry Ghosts Print Acc. 1435.1967.9	1964	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition and sheet: 18 1/16 × 14 1/16" (45.9 × 35.7 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.
Colophon from Hungry Ghosts Print Acc. 1435.1967.12	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (irreg.): 18 1/8 × 14" (46 × 35.6 cm); sheet: 18 1/8 × 14" (46 × 35.6 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.
Colophon page from Fables Print Acc. 1566.1967.12	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	composition (irreg.): 10 7/8 × 9 1/8" (27.7 × 23.1 cm); sheet: 30 × 20 1/8" (76.2 × 51.1 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.
Fables Print Acc. 1566.1967.1-12	1965	Portfolio of twelve lithographs	composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each approx.): 30 × 20 1/8" (76.2 × 51.1 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.
Feathered Passage Print Acc. 1567.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 28 7/16 × 37 13/16" (72.3 × 96.1 cm); sheet: 29 1/8 × 38 1/8" (74 × 96.8 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.
Jam Passage Print Acc. 1568.1967	1965	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 18 1/16 × 14" (45.8 × 35.6 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.
Title page from Fables Print Acc. 1566.1967.1	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	composition (irreg.): 28 9/16 × 20" (72.5 × 50.8 cm); sheet: 30 × 20 1/8" (76.2 × 51.1 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.
Untitled from Fables Print Acc. 1566.1967.10	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	composition and sheet (irreg.): 30 × 20 1/16" (76.2 × 51 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.
Untitled from Fables Print Acc. 1566.1967.11	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	composition and sheet (irreg.): 30 1/16 × 20" (76.3 × 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 Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled from Fables Print Acc. 1566.1967.2	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	composition and sheet: 30 1/16 × 20 3/16" (76.3 × 51.2 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.
Untitled from Fables Print Acc. 1566.1967.3	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	composition and sheet: 30 × 20 1/16" (76.2 × 51 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.
Untitled from Fables Print Acc. 1566.1967.4	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	composition and sheet (irreg.): 30 1/16 × 20 1/16" (76.3 × 51 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.
Untitled from Fables Print Acc. 1566.1967.5	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	composition and sheet (irreg.): 30 1/16 × 20 1/16" (76.3 × 51 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.
Untitled from Fables Print Acc. 1566.1967.6	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	composition and sheet (irreg.): 30 1/16 × 20 1/16" (76.3 × 51 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.
Untitled from Fables Print Acc. 1566.1967.7	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	composition and sheet (irreg.): 30 1/16 × 20 1/16" (76.3 × 51 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.
Untitled from Fables Print Acc. 1566.1967.8	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	composition (irreg.): 27 5/8 × 18 3/8" (70.2 × 46.6 cm); sheet: 30 × 20 1/8" (76.2 × 51.1 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.
Untitled from Fables Print Acc. 1566.1967.9	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	composition and sheet: 30 × 20 1/8" (76.2 × 51.1 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.
Untitled from Hungry Ghosts Print Acc. 1435.1967.11	1965	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs (including title page and colophon)	composition (irreg.): 17 11/16 × 14" (44.9 × 35.6 cm); sheet: 17 15/16 × 14" (45.6 × 35.6 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.
The Mountain Print Acc. 292.1970	1969	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 22 1/16 × 30 1/16" (56.1 × 76.3 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.
The Wave Print Acc. 291.1970	1969	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 30 1/8 × 22 1/16" (76.5 × 56.1 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.