Artist Monograph

Leon Polk Smith, American

American, 1906–1996

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	16	72.7%
Drawing	3	13.6%
Oil Painting	1	4.5%
Other Media	1	4.5%
Gouache	1	4.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	20	90.9%
Painting & Sculpture	2	9.1%

Production by Decade

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

Classification Types

Print — 16
Drawing — 4
Painting — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	17	81%
Large (1–3 m)	3	14.3%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	4.8%

Range: 57.3 cm → 457.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1966	1
1970	1
1974	16
1981	4

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 22 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Anitou Painting Acc. 1109.1969	1958	Oil on canvas	56 5/8" (143.6 cm) diameter ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 143.80 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Lejwa
Torn Drawing Drawing Acc. 269.1966	1961	Gouache on torn and pasted paper	23 7/8 x 17 7/8" (60.7 x 45.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously in memory of Mrs. Henry Epstein
Untitled Print Acc. 626.1969	1968	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 29 15/16 × 17 1/2" (76.1 × 44.4 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 Print Acc. 627.1969	1968	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 29 15/16 × 21 15/16" (76.1 × 55.8 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 Print Acc. 628.1969	1968	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 24 1/16 × 24 1/8" (61.1 × 61.3 cm); sheet: 26 × 26" (66.1 × 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 Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled Print Acc. 629.1969	1968	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 22 9/16 × 21 15/16" (57.3 × 55.8 cm); sheet: 30 × 21 15/16" (76.2 × 55.8 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 Print Acc. 630.1969	1968	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 24 × 24 1/16" (61 × 61.1 cm); sheet: 26 1/16 × 26" (66.2 × 66 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 Print Acc. 615.1969	1968	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 29 5/8 x 18 11/16" (75.3 x 47.5 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 Print Acc. 616.1969	1968	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 29 3/4 × 20 11/16" (75.5 × 52.6 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 Print Acc. 617.1969	1968	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 29 3/4 × 20 11/16" (75.5 × 52.6 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 Print Acc. 618.1969	1968	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 29 5/8 x 18 11/16" (75.3 x 47.4 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 Print Acc. 619.1969	1968	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 29 15/16 × 22" (76.1 × 55.9 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.
Untitled Print Acc. 620.1969	1968	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 24 1/8 × 24 1/16" (61.2 × 61.1 cm); sheet: 26 × 25 11/16" (66.1 × 65.3 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.
Untitled Print Acc. 621.1969	1968	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 24 × 24 1/16" (61 × 61.1 cm); sheet: 25 15/16 × 26 1/16" (65.9 × 66.2 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 Print Acc. 622.1969	1968	Lithograph	composition: 22 15/16 × 17 1/2" (58.3 × 44.4 cm); sheet: 22 15/16 × 17 1/2" (58.3 × 44.4 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 Print Acc. 623.1969	1968	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 24 × 24" (61 × 61 cm); sheet: 26 × 26" (66 × 66 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 Print Acc. 624.1969	1968	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 30 × 21 15/16" (76.2 × 55.8 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 Print Acc. 625.1969	1968	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 29 15/16 × 21 7/8" (76 × 55.5 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 × 21 15/16" (76 × 55.8 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.
Red Wing, Number 1 from the Form Space series Painting Acc. 66.1981.a-b	1979	Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, in two parts	48 1/2" x 15' 1" (123.2 x 457.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Helen Acheson, William A. M. Burden, and Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Funds
Untitled Drawing Acc. 82.1981	1979	Ink on paper	25 3/4 x 40 3/8" (65.5 x 102.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled Drawing Acc. 84.1981	1979	Ink on paper	50 x 35 7/8" (127.2 x 91.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled Drawing Acc. 83.1981	1980	Ink on paper	40 3/8 x 25 5/8" (102.6 x 65.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist