Artist Monograph

Louisa Chase, American

American, 1951–2016

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Woodcut	4	66.7%
Watercolor	1	16.7%
Lithography	1	16.7%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	83.3%
Large (1–3 m)	1	16.7%

Range: 37.5 cm → 100.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1981	1
1983	2
1988	1
1991	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 6 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Squall Print Acc. 380.1981	1981	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 30 1/16 × 39 9/16" (76.3 × 100.5 cm); sheet: 37 5/8 × 45 15/16" (95.6 × 116.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Black Sea Print Acc. 544.1983	1983	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 30 1/16 x 36 1/16" (76.3 x 91.6 cm); sheet (irreg.): 30 1/16 x 36 1/16" (76.3 x 91.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Miles O. Epstein Fund
Red Sea Print Acc. 543.1983	1983	Woodcut with watercolor additions	composition (irreg.): 30 3/8 x 36 1/4" (77.1 x 92.1 cm); sheet: 33 1/16 x 38 3/8" (84 x 97.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Richard A. Epstein Fund
Untitled Print Acc. 333.1988	1988	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 39 × 24 11/16" (99.1 × 62.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Business Committee for the Arts
Lemming (plate, folio 17 verso) from A Bestiary Illustrated Book Acc. 29.1991.5	1990	Linoleum cut from an illustrated book with twenty-nine linoleum cuts (two with pochoir and two with letterpress) and seven woodcuts	composition and page: 14 3/4 × 10 13/16" (37.5 × 27.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Mongoose (plate, folio 45 verso) from A Bestiary Illustrated Book Acc. 29.1991.19	1990	Linoleum cut from an illustrated book with twenty-nine linoleum cuts (two with pochoir and two with letterpress) and seven woodcuts	composition and page: 14 3/4 × 10 13/16" (37.5 × 27.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund