Artist Monograph

Leo Rabkin, American

American, 1919–2015

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	4	57.1%
Watercolor	1	14.3%
Other Media	1	14.3%
Lithography	1	14.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	6	85.7%
Painting & Sculpture	1	14.3%

Classification Types

Drawing — 5
Sculpture — 1
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	60%
Medium (30–100 cm)	1	20%
Large (1–3 m)	1	20%

Range: 20.0 cm → 184.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1960	1
1968	1
1969	4
1998	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 7 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
The Red Visit Drawing Acc. 365.1960	(1960)	Watercolor on mulberry paper	38 1/8 x 24 3/4" (96.8 x 63.1 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
Study for Triangles of the Field Drawing Acc. 418.1969	(1967)	Rubber stamp and ink, pen and ink on oriental paper with plastic overlay	10 5/8 x 12 1/2" (26.2 x 31.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Barbara Jakobson
Study for Triangles of the Field Drawing Acc. 419.1969.a-b	(1967)	Rubber stamp and ink on two sheets oriental paper with plastic overlay	.a: 9 1/8 x 12" (23.1 x 30.5 cm) .b: 9 1/8 x 8" (23.1 x 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Barbara Jakobson
Study for Triangles of the Field Drawing Acc. 416.1969	(1967)	Rubber stamp and ink on graph paper	8 1/4 x 10 3/4" (20.9 x 27.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Barbara Jakobson
Study for Triangles of the Field Drawing Acc. 417.1969	1967	Rubber stamp and ink, pen and ink on graph paper	7 3/4 x 10 3/4" (19.4 x 27.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Barbara Jakobson
Triangles of the Field Sculpture Acc. 1310.1968	1967	Plastic, metal, and motor	48 5/8" x 6' 3/4" x 9 1/2" (123.4 x 184.6 x 23.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mrs. Charles G. Stachelberg
Words on Edge from American Abstract Artists 60th Anniversary Print Portfolio Print Acc. 135.1998.30	1997	One from a portfolio of forty lithographs	composition: 7 7/8 × 6" (20 × 15.2 cm); sheet: 12 3/4 × 9 3/4" (32.4 × 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Goodyear