Artist Monograph

Malcolm Morley, American

American, born Great Britain. 1931–2018

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	8	57.1%
Oil Painting	2	14.3%
Etching	2	14.3%
Screenprint	1	7.1%
Watercolor	1	7.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	12	85.7%
Painting & Sculpture	2	14.3%

Production by Decade

1

1960s

8

1970s

3

1980s

2

1990s

Classification Types

Print — 11
Painting — 2
Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	9	69.2%
Large (1–3 m)	4	30.8%

Range: 51.1 cm → 265.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1979	1
1983	1
1984	2
1985	6
1987	1
1988	1
1995	1
1999	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 14 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
BEACH SCENE from the portfolio SIX NEW YORK ARTISTS Print Acc. 871.1978.4	(1969)	Screenprint	composition 20 1/8 x 15 1/4" (51.1 x 38.7 cm) sheet 29 3/4 x 22" (75.6 x 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 Carolyn and Brooke Alexander
Arles from Arles/Miami Print Acc. 526.1984.5	1973	One from a portfolio of five lithographs and colophon page	composition: 22 13/16 × 33 5/8" (58 × 85.4 cm); sheet: 24 × 34 3/16" (60.9 × 86.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dr. Samuel Mandel
Arles/Miami Print Acc. 526.1984.1-5	1973	Portfolio of five lithographs and colophon page	various composition sizes; sheet (each approx.): 23 15/16 × 34" (60.8 × 86.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dr. Samuel Mandel
Miami Postcard from Arles/Miami Print Acc. 526.1984.2	1973	One from a portfolio of five lithographs and colophon page	various composition sizes; sheet (each approx.): 23 15/16 × 34" (60.8 × 86.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dr. Samuel Mandel
Miami Silver from Arles/Miami Print Acc. 526.1984.1	1973	One from a portfolio of five lithographs and colophon page	composition: 23 5/16 × 34" (59.2 × 86.4 cm); sheet: 23 5/16 × 34" (59.2 × 86.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dr. Samuel Mandel
Parrot Jungle from Arles/Miami Print Acc. 526.1984.4	1973	One from a portfolio of five lithographs and colophon page	composition: 21 3/8 × 33 7/16" (54.3 × 84.9 cm); sheet: 23 15/16 × 34" (60.8 × 86.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dr. Samuel Mandel
Parrot Jungle Twist from Arles/Miami Print Acc. 526.1984.3	1973	One from a portfolio of five lithographs and colophon page	composition: 23 3/16 × 33 3/16" (58.9 × 84.3 cm); sheet: 23 3/16 × 33 3/16" (58.9 × 84.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dr. Samuel Mandel
Train Wreck Print Acc. 236.1984	1975	Etching and aquatint	plate: 32 3/4 x 43 5/8" (83.2 x 110.8 cm); sheet: 35 13/16 x 46 11/16" (91 x 118.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
The Day of the Locust Painting Acc. 191.1987	1977	Oil on canvas	7' 10 1/8" x 7' 6 5/8" (239.3 x 199.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	The Bernhill Fund, Enid A. Haupt and Sid R. Bass Funds
Beach Scene Print Acc. 225.1983	1982	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 38 1/4 x 51 1/4" (97.1 x 130.1cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Landscape Drawing Acc. 46.1988	1983	Watercolor on paper	19 x 24" (48.2 x 60.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
French Legionnaires Being Eaten By a Lion Print Acc. 193.1984	(1984)	Etching and aquatint	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Dorothy Braude Edinburg Fund
Michelle Painting Acc. 127.1995	1992	Oil on canvas	6' 7 3/4" x 8' 8 1/2" (202.6 x 265.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the artist and Lida Morley
Ancient Chinese Horses (for Parkett no. 52) Print Acc. 177.1999	1998	Lithograph	(irreg.) composition 23 3/16 x 33 15/16" (58.9 x 86.2 cm) sheet 28 x 37 13/16" (71 x 96.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Dorothy Braude Edinburg Fund