Artist Monograph

Lester F. Johnson, American

American, 1919–2010

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Woodcut	7	77.8%
Other Media	1	11.1%

Production by Decade

7

1950s

1

1960s

1

1980s

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1985	1
1986	7
1988	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 9 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled from the portfolio Man in Woodcut, 1953-1957 Print Acc. 318.1986	1953–85	Woodcut	Composition (irreg.): 12 3/16 x 8 1/16" (30.9 x 20.4 cm); sheet: 20 7/8 x 17 5/16" (53 x 43.9 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 Chip Elwell
Selections from Man in Woodcut, 1953-1957 Print Acc. 10.1986.1-3	1954–85	Three woodcuts	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Untitled from Man in Woodcut, 1953-1957 Print Acc. 10.1986.1	1954–85	Woodcut	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Untitled from the portfolio Man in Woodcut, 1953-1957 Print Acc. 319.1986	1954–85	Woodcut	Composition (irreg.): 15 x 7 5/8" (38.1 x 19.4 cm); sheet: 21 1/4 x 17 7/8" (54 x 45.4 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 Chip Elwell
Untitled from Man in Woodcut, 1953-1957 Print Acc. 10.1986.2	1956–85	Woodcut	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Untitled from Man in Woodcut, 1953-1957 Print Acc. 10.1986.3	1957–85	Woodcut	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Untitled from the portfolio Man in Woodcut, 1953-1957 Print Acc. 320.1986	1957–85	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 11 × 9 3/4" (27.9 × 24.8 cm); sheet: 21 1/4 × 17 13/16" (54 × 45.2 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 Chip Elwell
Classic Figure No. 2 Print Acc. 16.1985	c. 1966	Aquatint	Plate: 17 5/8 x 14 11/16" (44.8 x 37.3 cm); sheet: 22 5/16 x 17 11/16" (56.6 x 44.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Joanne M. Stern Fund
Untitled from The Atelier Project Print Acc. 198.1988.8	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