Artist Monograph

Morgan Russell, American

American, 1886–1953

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Oil Painting	9	81.8%
Drawing	2	18.2%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	7	63.6%
Painting & Sculpture	4	36.4%

Production by Decade

1

0s

5

1910s

5

1920s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	11.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	8	88.9%

Range: 21.9 cm → 54.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1949	3
1951	2
1955	4
1959	1
1978	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 11 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Archaic Composition No. 1 Painting Acc. 348.1949	n.d.	Oil on canvas	16 x 10 5/8" (40.6 x 27 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Three Apples Drawing Acc. 349.1949.2	1910	Oil on board	9 3/4 x 12 7/8" (24.6 x 32.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Creavit Deus Hominem (Synchromy Number 3: Color Counterpoint) Painting Acc. 149.1951	1913	Oil on canvas, mounted on cardboard	11 7/8 x 10 1/4" (30.2 x 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Synchromy Drawing Acc. 299.1978	c. 1913-14	Pencil on paper	8 5/8 x 7 1/4" (21.7 x 18.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift in honor of Myron Orlofsky
Study Drawing Acc. 663.1959	1914-15	Crayon and pencil on paper	8 x 6 1/4" (20.3 x 15.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Miss Rose Fried
Archaic Composition Number 2 Painting Acc. 349.1949.1	1915	Oil on canvas	12 3/4 x 9 3/4" (32.4 x 24.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Color Form Synchromy (Eidos) Painting Acc. 21.1951	1922-23	Oil on canvas	14 1/2 x 10 5/8" (36.8 x 27 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. Wendell T. Bush Fund
Study in Transparency Drawing Acc. 29.1955	c. 1922	Oil on transparentized paper	18 3/4 x 13 7/8" (47.5 x 35.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Miss Rose Fried
Study in Transparency Drawing Acc. 30.1955	c. 1922	Oil on transparentized paper	17 5/8 × 14" (44.8 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Miss Rose Fried
Study in Transparency Drawing Acc. 31.1955	c. 1922	Oil on transparentized paper	4 3/4 × 13 1/2" (12.1 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Miss Rose Fried
Study in Transparency Drawing Acc. 32.1955	c. 1922	Oil on transparentized paper	5 × 21 1/2" (12.7 × 54.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Miss Rose Fried