Artist Monograph

Malcolm Wells, American

American, 1926–2009

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Watercolor	9	81.8%
Drawing	1	9.1%
Printmaking	1	9.1%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	20%
Medium (30–100 cm)	8	80%

Range: 20.3 cm → 54.6 cm (largest side)

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 11 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
RCA Victor Montreal warehouse, perspective Architecture Acc. 17.2024.1	1964	Ink and watercolor on paper	10 × 15" (25.4 × 38.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Sam H. Wells
RCA Victor Montreal warehouse, project drawings Architecture Acc. 17.2024.1-2	1964	Ink and watercolor on paper	each: 10 x 15" ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Sam H. Wells
RCA Victor Montreal warehouse, section Architecture Acc. 17.2024.2	1964	Ink and watercolor on paper	10 × 15" (25.4 × 38.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Sam H. Wells
Untitled (from "Nowhere to Go but Down," Progressive Architecture, February 1965) (Plan of an underground house) Architecture Acc. 18.2024.2	1964	Print on mylar	8" x 21 1/2" (20.3 x 54.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Sam H. Wells
Untitled (from "Nowhere to Go but Down," Progressive Architecture, February 1965) (Section of an underground house) Architecture Acc. 18.2024.1	1964	Ink and watercolor on vellum	7 3/4 x 20 1/2" (19.7 x 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Sam H. Wells
Untitled (from "Nowhere to Go but Down," Progressive Architecture, February 1965) (Section of an underground library) Architecture Acc. 18.2024.4	1964	Ink and watercolor on vellum	7 3/4 x 20 1/2" (19.7 x 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Sam H. Wells
Untitled (from "Nowhere to Go but Down," Progressive Architecture, February 1965) (Section of an underground multi-use housing complex) Architecture Acc. 18.2024.3	1964	Ink and watercolor on vellum	7 3/4 x 20 1/2" (19.7 x 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Sam H. Wells
Untitled drawings from "Nowhere to Go but Down" Architecture Acc. 18.2024.1-4	1964	Ink and watercolor on vellum	each (approx.): 8 x 21" (20.3 x 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Sam H. Wells
Earth-sheltered suburb project Architecture Acc. 19.2024.1-2	c. 1965	two architectural drawings	dims vary ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Sam H. Wells
Earth-sheltered suburb project (Aerial perspective) Architecture Acc. 19.2024.1	c. 1965	Watercolor on paper	6 x 9" (15.2 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Sam H. Wells
Earth-sheltered suburb project (Section) Architecture Acc. 19.2024.2	c. 1965	Ink and watercolor on paper	5 x 8" (12.7 x 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Sam H. Wells