Artist Monograph

Lorenzo Homar, Puerto Rican

Puerto Rican, 1913–2004

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	14	40%
Screenprint	5	14.3%
Engraving	2	5.7%
Lithography	1	2.9%
Woodcut	1	2.9%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	30	85.7%
Architecture & Design	5	14.3%

Production by Decade

1920s

1950s

1960s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 27
Design — 5
Print — 3

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	21	61.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	13	38.2%

Range: 7.2 cm → 77.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1956	1
1964	15
1965	13
1968	1
2015	5

Puerto Rican Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 35 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Drowning Man Print Acc. 632.1956	1928	Linoleum cut	Sheet 20 5/8 x 26" (52.3 x 66.1 cm) Comp. 16 x 19 7/8" (40.6 x 50.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Departmente de Instrucción, División de Educación de la Comunidad, Puerto Rico
Ay Lola Lola (Oh Lola Lola) (double page in-text plate, folios 11 verso and 12) from Plenas Illustrated Book Acc. 1109.1964.8	1954, published 1955	One from an illustrated book with twenty-five linoleum cuts (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 11 × 11 1/2" (28 × 29.2 cm); page (each): 12 13/16 × 10 1/16" (32.5 × 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Cover from Plenas Illustrated Book Acc. 1109.1964.25	1954, published 1955	One from an illustrated book with twenty-five linoleum cuts (including cover)	composition: 13 9/16 × 20 9/16" (34.4 × 52.2 cm); page (each): 12 13/16 × 10 1/16" (32.5 × 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
El Obispo de Ponce (The Bishop of Ponce) (double page in-text plate, folios 5 verso and 6) from Plenas Illustrated Book Acc. 1109.1964.2	1954, published 1955	One from an illustrated book with twenty-five linoleum cuts (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 11 1/8 × 12 13/16" (28.2 × 32.5 cm); page (each): 12 13/16 × 10 1/16" (32.5 × 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
La Guagua (The Bus) (double page in-text plate, folios 13 verso and 14) from Plenas Illustrated Book Acc. 1109.1964.10	1954, published 1955	One from an illustrated book with twenty-five linoleum cuts (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 11 1/4 × 17 13/16" (28.5 × 45.3 cm); page (each): 12 13/16 × 10 1/16" (32.5 × 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Los Muchachos de Cataño (The Boys of Cataño) (double page in-text plate, folios 17 verso and 18) from Plenas Illustrated Book Acc. 1109.1964.14	1954, published 1955	One from an illustrated book with twenty-five linoleum cuts (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 10 5/8 × 17 13/16" (27 × 45.2 cm); page (each): 12 13/16 × 10 1/16" (32.5 × 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tintorera del Mar (Shark of the Sea) (double page in-text plate, folios 9 verso and 10) from Plenas Illustrated Book Acc. 1109.1964.6	1954, published 1955	One from an illustrated book with twenty-five linoleum cuts (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 11 1/8 × 17 13/16" (28.3 × 45.2 cm); page (each): 12 13/16 × 10 1/16" (32.5 × 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Vignette (folio 11) from Plenas Illustrated Book Acc. 1109.1964.7	1954, published 1955	One from an illustrated book with twenty-five linoleum cuts (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 2 15/16 × 4 1/16" (7.5 × 10.3 cm); page (each): 12 13/16 × 10 1/16" (32.5 × 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Vignette (folio 13) from Plenas Illustrated Book Acc. 1109.1964.9	1954, published 1955	One from an illustrated book with twenty-five linoleum cuts (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 2 1/8 × 4 7/16" (5.4 × 11.2 cm); page (each): 12 13/16 × 10 1/16" (32.5 × 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Vignette (folio 17) from Plenas Illustrated Book Acc. 1109.1964.13	1954, published 1955	One from an illustrated book with twenty-five linoleum cuts (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 4 15/16 × 4 7/8" (12.6 × 12.4 cm); page (each): 12 13/16 × 10 1/16" (32.5 × 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Vignette (folio 21) from Plenas Illustrated Book Acc. 1109.1964.17	1954, published 1955	One from an illustrated book with twenty-five linoleum cuts (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 3 7/16 × 3 7/16" (8.8 × 8.8 cm); page (each): 12 13/16 × 10 1/16" (32.5 × 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Vignette (folio 5) from Plenas Illustrated Book Acc. 1109.1964.1	1954, published 1955	One from an illustrated book with twenty-five linoleum cuts (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 4 × 2 1/2" (10.2 × 6.4 cm); page (each): 12 13/16 × 10 1/16" (32.5 × 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Vignette (folio 9) from Plenas Illustrated Book Acc. 1109.1964.5	1954, published 1955	One from an illustrated book with twenty-five linoleum cuts (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 3 9/16 × 4 3/16" (9 × 10.7 cm); page (each): 12 13/16 × 10 1/16" (32.5 × 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Ya Llegó (He Has Arrived) (double page in-text plate, folios 21 verso and 22) from Plenas Illustrated Book Acc. 1109.1964.18	1954, published 1955	One from an illustrated book with twenty-five linoleum cuts (including cover)	composition (irreg.): 11 1/16 × 18 1/16" (28.1 × 45.9 cm); page (each): 12 13/16 × 10 1/16" (32.5 × 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
La Primera Exposición de Carlos R. Rivera Design Acc. 816.2015	c.1955	Lithograph	30 5/8 × 19 3/8" (77.8 × 49.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Anonymous gift
Exposición Francisco Rodón Design Acc. 812.2015	1961	Silkscreen	30 1/8 × 18 3/4" (76.5 × 47.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Anonymous gift
Duplicate of frontispiece (supplementary suite, plate 1) from LOS RENEGADOS Illustrated Book Acc. 643.1965.7	1962		irreg. composition 4 5/8 x 2 7/8" (11.8 x 7.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
Duplicate of plate from folio 6 verso (supplementary suite, plate 2) from LOS RENEGADOS Illustrated Book Acc. 643.1965.8	1962		irreg. composition 5 x 2 7/8" (12.8 x 7.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
Duplicate of plate from folio 7 verso (supplementary suite, plate 3) from LOS RENEGADOS Illustrated Book Acc. 643.1965.9	1962		irreg. composition 4 5/8 x 2 3/4" (11.7 x 7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
Duplicate of plate from folio 8 verso (supplementary suite, plate 4) from LOS RENEGADOS Illustrated Book Acc. 643.1965.10	1962		irreg. composition 4 5/8 x 2 7/8" (11.7 x 7.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
Duplicate of plate from folio 9 verso (supplementary suite, plate 5) from LOS RENEGADOS Illustrated Book Acc. 643.1965.11	1962		irreg. composition 4 5/8 x 2 13/16" (11.7 x 7.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
Duplicate of tailpiece from folio 10 (supplementary suite, plate 6) from LOS RENEGADOS Illustrated Book Acc. 643.1965.12	1962		irreg. composition 1 5/16 x 2 13/16" (3.3 x 7.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
Frontispiece from LOS RENEGADOS Illustrated Book Acc. 643.1965.1	1962		irreg. composition 4 5/8 x 2 7/8" (11.8 x 7.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
Los Renegados: (Narración inspirada en un cuento popular puertorriqueño) Illustrated Book Acc. 643.1965.1-12	1962	Illustrated book with six wood engravings and supplementary suite	irreg. page 6 3/4 x 4 7/8" (17 x 12.4 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Plate (folio 6 verso) from LOS RENEGADOS Illustrated Book Acc. 643.1965.2	1962		irreg. composition 5 x 2 7/8" (12.8 x 7.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
Plate (folio 7 verso) from LOS RENEGADOS Illustrated Book Acc. 643.1965.3	1962		irreg. composition 4 9/16 x 2 3/4" (11.6 x 7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
Plate (folio 8 verso) from LOS RENEGADOS Illustrated Book Acc. 643.1965.4	1962		irreg. composition 4 9/16 x 2 7/8" (11.6 x 7.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
Plate (folio 9 verso) from LOS RENEGADOS Illustrated Book Acc. 643.1965.5	1962		irreg. composition 4 5/8 x 2 13/16" (11.7 x 7.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
Tailpiece (folio 10) from LOS RENEGADOS Illustrated Book Acc. 643.1965.6	1962		irreg. composition 1 5/16 x 2 13/16" (3.3 x 7.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
Untitled Illustrated Book Acc. 130.1964	1962	Woodcut	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Felipe Cossio del Pomar Fund
La Cáncora Print Acc. 131.1964	1963	Wood engraving	composition: 2 9/16 x 3 1/8" (6.5 x 8 cm); sheet: 10 3/16 x 8" (25.9 x 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Felipe Cossio del Pomar Fund
Concurso Esso Design Acc. 813.2015	1964	Silkscreen	29 1/4 x 18 7/8" (74.3 x 47.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Anonymous gift
8vo Festival de Teatro Puertorriqueño: Los Ballets de San Juan Design Acc. 814.2015	1965	Silkscreen	29 x 19 1/4" (73.7 x 48.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Anonymous gift
Escultura de Rafi Ferrer Design Acc. 815.2015	1966	Silkscreen	30 x 19 3/4" (76.2 x 50.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Anonymous gift
J. F. Kennedy Print Acc. 1629.1968	1966	Screenprint	Sheet 38 1/2 x 24 3/4" (97.8 x 62.8 cm) Comp. 28 1/16 x 14" (71.3 x 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 the artist