Artist Monograph

Nancy Graves, American

American, 1940–1995

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Gouache	2	20%
Lithography	2	20%
Other Media	1	10%
Sculpture	1	10%
Oil Painting	1	10%
Etching	1	10%
Screenprint	1	10%
Watercolor	1	10%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	9	90%
Painting & Sculpture	1	10%

Production by Decade

1

1960s

7

1970s

2

1980s

Classification Types

Print — 5
Drawing — 4
Sculpture — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	20%
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	60%
Large (1–3 m)	2	20%

Range: 27.9 cm → 215.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1971	1
1973	1
1974	1
1977	2
1983	1
1985	1
2005	1
2011	1
2018	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 10 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Proposal to Control the Current Brush Invasion in the Western United States and Mexico or the Reintroduction of the Camel to Fill a Niche Left in the Pleistocene Drawing Acc. 1441.2018.a-c	1969	Typewriting on two sheets of paper, and felt-tip pen, ink and gouache on transparentized paper	(.a-b): 11 × 8 1/2" (27.9 × 21.6 cm); (.c): 11 × 9" (27.9 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Untitled Notebook Drawing Acc. 434.1971	1970	Felt-tip pen, ballpoint pen, ink, pencil, watercolor and typewritten pages in spiral ring notebook with additional loose sheets	11 x 8 1/2" (28 x 21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired with matching funds from Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller and the National Endowment for the Arts
Arctic Ocean Floor, Barometric Curves Drawing Acc. 103.1974	1972	Ink, pencil, and gouache on paper	22 5/8 x 30" (57.5 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Joanna Glassell Wood
I Part of Sabine D Region, Southwest Mare Tranquilitatis from Lithographs Based on Geologic Maps of Lunar Orbiter and Apollo Landing Sites Print Acc. 1011.2011	1972	Lithograph	composition: 21 x 30" (53.3 x 76.2 cm); sheet: 22 5/8 x 30" (57.4 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Yvonne Rainer
Maskelyne DA Region of the Moon from the series Lunar Maps Print Acc. 169.1973	1972	Lithograph	composition: 16 3/4 x 29 13/16" (42.5 x 75.7 cm); sheet: 22 1/2 x 29 13/16" (57.1 x 75.7 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
Anaglyphic View, Moon Rocks, Stereoscopic Image of Lunar Surface Drawing Acc. 1776.2005	1973	Felt-tip pen and synthetic polymer paint on paper	22 x 29 1/2" (55.9 x 74.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Muin Print Acc. 435.1977	1977	Etching, aquatint and drypoint with oil stick additions	plate 19 15/16 x 23 3/4" (50.6 x 60.3 cm) sheet 31 5/8 x 35 1/2" (80.3 x 90.1 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
Saille Print Acc. 434.1977	1977	Etching and aquatint with pastel additions	plate 20 x 23 13/16" (50.8 x 60.5 cm) sheet 31 5/8 x 35 9/16" (80.3 x 90.3 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
Extend-Expand Sculpture Acc. 647.1983	1983	Bronze with polychromed patina	7' 1" x 51" x 33 5/8" (215.7 x 129.5 x 85.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 63.50 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Anne and Sid Bass
75 x 75 Print Acc. 12.1985	1984	Screenprint	composition: 29 1/2 × 41 11/16" (75 × 105.9 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 41 11/16" (75 × 105.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff