Artist Monograph

Miriam Schapiro, American

American, born Canada. 1923–2015

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	5	71.4%
Etching	1	14.3%
Textile	1	14.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	6	85.7%
Painting & Sculpture	1	14.3%

Production by Decade

5

1960s

1

1970s

1

2000s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	71.4%
Large (1–3 m)	2	28.6%

Range: 30.4 cm → 126.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1963	1
1969	4
2010	1
2026	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 7 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Print Acc. 529.1963	1962	Etching	plate: 11 7/8 x 14 3/4" (30.1 x 37.4cm); sheet: 20 3/16 x 25 13/16" (51.3 x 65.6cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw
Poster Print Acc. 1440.1967	1964	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 19 13/16 × 16 1/8" (50.4 × 40.9 cm); sheet: 24 7/16 × 20 1/2" (62 × 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Shrine Print Acc. 1437.1967.a-d	1964	Lithograph on four sheets of paper	various composition and sheet dimensions; composition and sheet (total, irreg.): 49 15/16 × 12 1/16" (126.9 × 30.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Souvenir Print Acc. 1438.1967	1964	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 20 × 16 3/16" (50.8 × 41.1 cm); sheet: 24 13/16 × 20 11/16" (63 × 52.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled Print Acc. 1439.1967	1964	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 19 13/16 × 14 9/16" (50.4 × 37 cm); sheet: 24 5/8 × 20 9/16" (62.5 × 52.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
My Nosegays are for Captives Painting Acc. 160.2026	1976	Acylic and fabric collage on canvas	40 × 32" (101.6 × 81.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture
Court Jester from Femfolio Print Acc. 113.2010.11	2009	Digital print with lithograph 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 and sheet: 11 15/16 x 11 15/16" (30.3 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