Artist Monograph

Lester Beall, American

American, 1903–1969

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	7	50%
Screenprint	6	42.9%
Other Media	1	7.1%

Production by Decade

8

1930s

5

1940s

1

1950s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	7.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	1	7.1%
Large (1–3 m)	12	85.7%

Range: 25.4 cm → 102.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1937	6
1944	2
1968	1
1979	3
1983	1
2015	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 519" — 2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 14 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Heat-Cold – Rural Electrification Administration Design Acc. 219.1937	1937	Silkscreen	40 x 30" (101.6 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Light – Rural Electrification Administration Design Acc. 220.1937	1937	Lithograph	40 x 30" (101.6 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Light (Poster for the Rural Electrification Administration) Design Acc. 753.1983	1937	Silkscreen	40 x 30" (101.8 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Radio – Rural Electrification Administration Design Acc. 218.1937	1937	Silkscreen	40 1/4 x 30" (102 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Running Water – Rural Electrification Administration Design Acc. 223.1937	1937	Silkscreen	40 x 30" (101.6 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Rural Electrification Administration Design Acc. 221.1937	1937	Silkscreen	40 x 30" (101.6 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Wash Day – Rural Electrification Administration Design Acc. 222.1937	1937	Silkscreen	40 x 30" (101.6 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
When I Think Back..REA Design Acc. 862.1979	1939	Lithograph	38 1/8 x 29 3/4" (97.1 x 75.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Anonymous gift
Cross Out Slums Design Acc. 89.1944	1941	Lithograph	39 1/2 x 29 1/8" (100.3 x 74 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the U.S. Housing Authority
Don't Let Him Down! Design Acc. 860.1979	1941	Lithograph	40 x 30" (100.7 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Given anonymously
Our Lines, Rural Electrificaton Administration Design Acc. 861.1979	1941	Lithograph	40 x 29 7/8" (101.6 x 75.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Given anonymously
Power on the Farm (Poster for the Rural Electrification Administration) Design Acc. 90.1944	1941	Lithograph	40 x 30" (101.6 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Department of Agriculture
Slums Breed Crime Design Acc. 111.1968	1941	Offset lithograph	39 1/2 x 29 1/8" (100.3 x 73.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Lester Beall letterhead (Letter to Alvin Lustig) Design Acc. 1153.2015	1951	Letterpress	10 × 7 1/4" (25.4 × 18.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds