Artist Monograph

Marisol (Marisol Escobar), Venezuelan

Venezuelan and American, born France 1930–2016

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	12	37.5%
Etching	9	28.1%
Other Media	4	12.5%
Acrylic Painting	2	6.3%
Sculpture	2	6.3%
Screenprint	2	6.3%
Drawing	1	3.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	27	84.4%
Painting & Sculpture	4	12.5%
Architecture & Design	1	3.1%

Classification Types

Print — 20
Sculpture — 4
Drawing — 3
Illustrated Book — 2
Publication — 1
Design — 1
Multiple — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	4	12.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)	22	68.8%
Large (1–3 m)	6	18.8%

Range: 3.0 cm → 209.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1962	1
1963	1
1965	5
1967	3
1968	3
1970	5
1971	2
1973	7
1974	2
1976	1
2018	1
2023	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4, 412" — 1

Venezuelan Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 32 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Drawing with Sculptured Hand Drawing Acc. 203.2023	1960	Colored pencil, graphite, and acrylic on cut cardboard with plaster cast	14 × 11" (35.6 × 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis in honor of Edgar Wachenheim III
Untitled Drawing Acc. 111.1963	1960	Crayon and cut-and-pasted paper on paper	27 5/8 x 39 1/2" (70.2 x 100.2 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
Love Sculpture Acc. 1405.1974	1962	Plaster and Coca-Cola bottle	6 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 8 1/8" (15.8 x 10.5 x 20.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 1.36 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Claire and Tom Wesselmann
The Family Sculpture Acc. 231.1962.a-c	1962	Paint and graphite on wood, sneakers, tinted plaster, door knob and plate, three sections	Overall 6' 10 5/8" x 65 1/2" x 15 1/2" (209.8 x 166.3 x 39.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Advisory Committee Fund
Furshoe Print Acc. 75.1965	1964	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 13 1/2 x 10 1/4" (34.3 x 26.1 cm); sheet: 25 3/8 x 20 1/4" (64.4 x 51.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Shoe and Hand Print Acc. 76.1965	1964	Lithograph	Composition (irreg.): 13 1/8 x 9 3/4" (33.4 x 24.7 cm); sheet: 25 3/8 x 20 3/16" (64.4 x 51.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Hand and Purse Print Acc. 659.1965	1965	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 36 1/2 × 12 11/16" (92.7 × 32.2 cm); sheet: 41 1/2 × 29 5/8" (105.4 × 75.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Pappagallo Print Acc. 188.1965	1965	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 16 13/16 x 11 9/16" (42.7 x 29.3 cm); sheet: 20 1/4 x 25 5/16" (51.5 x 64.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
The Kiss Print Acc. 805.1965	1965	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 12 1/16 x 10 1/2" (30.6 x 26.6cm); sheet: 22 7/16 x 17 1/2" (57 x 44.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Hand and Flower (folio 4 verso) from Stamped Indelibly Illustrated Book Acc. 94.1968.4	1967	One from an illustrated book with fifteen rubber stamps	composition (irreg.): 8 1/8 × 4 13/16" (20.7 × 12.3 cm); sheet: 9 1/2 × 6 1/2" (24.2 × 16.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
In-text plate (folios 15 verso and 16 recto) from In Memory of My Feelings Illustrated Book Acc. 92.1968.5	1967	One from an illustrated book with forty-six lithographs	composition (irreg.): 10 7/8 x 12 1/8" (27.6 x 30.8cm); page (two-page spread): 11 15/16 x 17 15/16" (30.4 x 45.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Museum of Modern Art Department of Publications
LBJ Sculpture Acc. 776.1968.a-c	1967	Acrylic and pencil on wood	6' 8" x 27 7/8" x 24 5/8" (203.1 x 70.9 x 62.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 53.07 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Avnet
Original wax prototype for Self-portrait ring Multiple Acc. 1140.2018	1967	Prototype of pigmented wax	1 3/16 × 1 3/16 × 1 3/16" (3 × 3 × 3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Joan Kron and Audrey Sabol
Paris Review Design Acc. 2294.1967	1967	Silkscreen	32 1/2 × 26" (82.6 × 66 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Page, Arbitrio and Resen
Portrait of Sidney Janis Selling Portrait of Sidney Janis by Marisol, by Marisol Sculpture Acc. 2356.1967.a-g	1967-68	Wood, bow tie, carpet, eyeglass rims, and plaster	69 x 61 1/2 x 21 5/8" (175.2 x 156.2 x 54.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection
Preparatory drawing for In Memory of My Feelings Drawing Acc. 2202.1967.76.a-b	1967	Pencil on acetate	sheet (each): 13 15/16 x 10 15/16" (35.4 x 27.8 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
The Death of Head and Leg Print Acc. 355.1973	1969, printed 1973	Etching	plate: 23 11/16 x 35 1/16" (60.2 x 89 cm); sheet (irreg.): 27 11/16 x 40 3/4" (70.3 x 103.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
French Curve Print Acc. 184.1970	1970	Etching	plate: 7 7/8 x 10 9/16" (20 x 26.8 cm); sheet: 25 11/16 x 19 1/16" (65.3 x 48.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Kalimpong 1 Print Acc. 422.1970	1970	Etching	plate: 17 13/16 x 11 3/4" (45.2 x 29.9 cm); sheet: 27 1/2 x 20 3/16" (69.9 x 51.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Kalimpong 2 Print Acc. 423.1970	1970	Etching	plate: 17 5/8 x 11 3/4" (44.8 x 29.8 cm); sheet: 31 5/16 x 22 3/16" (79.5 x 56.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Pnom Penh, One Print Acc. 424.1970	1970	Etching	plate 23 5/8 x 17 7/8" (60 x 45.4 cm) sheet 41 3/8 x 27 7/8" (105.1 x 70.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Pnom Penh, Two Print Acc. 425.1970	1970	Etching	plate: 23 11/16 x 17 7/8" (60.1 x 45.4cm); sheet: 40 x 27 1/2" (101.6 x 69.9cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Self-Portrait Print Acc. 359.1973	1970, printed and dated 1973	Etching	plate 23 9/16 x 17 11/16" (59.8 x 44.9 cm) sheet 41 1/16 x 27 7/16" (104.3 x 69.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
The Spoon Publication Acc. 360.1973	1970, printed and dated 1973	Etching and aquatint	plate 21 1/2 x 17 3/16" (54.7 x 43.6 cm) sheet 41 3/16 x 27 1/2" (104.6 x 69.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Diptych Print Acc. 501.1971.a-b	1971	Lithograph	composition (.a, irreg.): 42 13/16 x 28 11/16" (108.7 x 72.8 cm); composition (.b, irreg.): 41 5/16 x 22 1/2" (104.9 x 57.2 cm); sheet (total): 95 1/2 x 63 5/16" (242.6 x 160.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Five Hands and One Finger Print Acc. 500.1971	1971	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 13 11/16 x 17 3/4" (34.8 x 45.1 cm); sheet: 18 1/8 x 24 3/4" (46 x 62.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Catalpa Maiden About to Touch Herself Print Acc. 354.1973	1973	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 40 1/16 x 27 5/8" (101.8 x 70.2 cm); sheet: 40 3/16 x 27 5/8" (102.1 x 70.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Cultural Head Print Acc. 8.1974	1973	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 24 13/16 x 22 9/16" (63.1 x 57.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 29 5/16 x 23 1/16" (74.5 x 58.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Forest Print Acc. 356.1973	1973	Lithograph	composition: 13 1/16 x 21" (33.2 x 53.3 cm); sheet: 19 7/16 x 24 5/16" (49.4 x 61.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Hand in Leaf Print Acc. 357.1973	1973	Lithograph	irreg composition 18 7/16 x 17 7/8" (46.8 x 45.4 cm) irreg sheet 30 3/8 x 25 1/8" (77.1 x 63.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
I Hate You Print Acc. 358.1973	1973	Etching	plate: 11 15/16 x 11 7/8" (30.3 x 30.1 cm); sheet: 29 3/4 x 22 1/4" (75.5 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Women's Equality from Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence Print Acc. 503.1976.9	1975	Lithograph from a portfolio of six lithographs, four screenprints (one with collage additions), and two lithograph and screenprints	composition (irreg.): 34 3/8 × 29 1/2" (87.3 × 74.9 cm); sheet: 41 7/8 × 29 1/2" (106.3 × 74.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lorillard, A Division of Loews Theatres, Inc.