Artist Monograph

Martin Wong, American

American, 1946–1999

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Acrylic Painting	4	66.7%
Screenprint	1	16.7%
Other Media	1	16.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Painting & Sculpture	4	66.7%
Drawings & Prints	2	33.3%

Classification Types

Painting — 4
Illustrated Book — 1
Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	33.3%
Large (1–3 m)	3	50%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	16.7%

Range: 43.2 cm → 396.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1993	1
2011	1
2012	1
2021	1
2024	2

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 2, 202" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 6 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
First letter home from New York (also I joined The Museum of Modern Art) Drawing Acc. 643.2012	1978	Felt-tip pen on paper	13 3/4 x 17" (34.9 x 43.2 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's estate
Delta2 Painting Acc. 328.2024	1983	Acrylic and spray paint on canvas	8’ 5” × 48” ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Martin Wong Foundation
Sharp Painting Acc. 329.2024	1983	Acrylic and spray paint on canvas	8’ 5” × 48” ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Martin Wong Foundation
Stanton near Forsyth Street Painting Acc. 863.2011	1983	Acrylic on canvas	48 x 64" (121.9 x 162.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art; Steven Johnson and Walter Sudol; and James Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach
Houston Street Painting Acc. 538.2021	1986	Acrylic on canvas	8 x 13' (243.8 × 396.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Steven Johnson and Walter Sudol
Viva Tu Vida En Loisaida (plate, folio 26) from Your House Is Mine Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1993.11	printed 1988-92, published 1992	One from an illustrated book with thirty screenprints bound in a lead, wood, and flexible plastic cover	sheet: 23 1/16 × 19 7/8" (58.5 × 50.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Ralph E. Shikes Fund