Artist Monograph

Mary Beth Edelson, American

American, 1933–2021

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	5	71.4%
Drawing	1	14.3%
Lithography	1	14.3%

Production by Decade

5

1970s

1

1980s

1

2000s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	57.1%
Large (1–3 m)	3	42.9%

Range: 30.4 cm → 120.7 cm (largest side)

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 7 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Some Living American Women Artists Drawing Acc. 4.2010	1972	Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver prints with crayon and transfer type on printed paper with typewriting on cut-and-taped paper	28 1/4 x 43" (71.8 x 109.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds provided by Agnes Gund, and gift of John Berggruen (by exchange)
Bringing Home the Evolution Drawing Acc. 5.2010	1976	Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver prints with crayon and transfer type on printed paper with typewriting on cut-and-taped paper	20 1/2 x 26 5/8" (52.1 x 67.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds provided by Agnes Gund, and gift of John Berggruen (by exchange)
Death of Patriarchy / A.I.R. Anatomy Lesson Drawing Acc. 6.2010	1976	Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver prints with crayon and transfer type on printed paper with typewriting on cut-and-taped paper	27 3/8 x 43" (69.5 x 109.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds provided by Agnes Gund, and gift of John Berggruen (by exchange)
Death of Patriarchy / Heresies Drawing Acc. 7.2010	1976	Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver prints with crayon and transfer type on printed paper with typewriting on cut-and-taped paper	27 3/8 x 37" (69.5 x 94 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds provided by Agnes Gund, and gift of John Berggruen (by exchange)
Happy Birthday America Drawing Acc. 8.2010	1976	Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver prints with crayon and transfer type on printed paper with typewriting on cut-and-taped paper	24 x 31 1/4" (61 x 79.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds provided by Agnes Gund, and gift of John Berggruen (by exchange)
Installation Drawing for Albright-Knox: Mouring to Rage to Celebration Drawing Acc. 1412.2018	1980	Graphite, ink and pigment on paper, canvas and board	25 5/8 × 47 1/2" (65.1 × 120.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Goddess Head/Soft from Femfolio Print Acc. 113.2010.5	2007, published 2009	Digital print from a portfolio of nineteen digital prints (twelve with lithograph, one with pochoir, one with hand coloring, and one with gold dusting) and one lithograph	composition: 11 15/16 x 11 15/16" (30.4 x 30.4 cm); sheet: 11 15/16 x 11 15/16" (30.4 x 30.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ann and Lee Fensterstock in honor of Momenta Art