Artist Monograph

Nancy Spero, American

American, 1926–2009

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	6	50%
Screenprint	2	16.7%
Drawing	2	16.7%
Gouache	2	16.7%

Production by Decade

2

1970s

2

1980s

6

1990s

2

2000s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	9.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	54.5%
Large (1–3 m)	3	27.3%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	9.1%

Range: 29.0 cm → 6,400.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1984	1
1988	1
1992	1
1993	1
1994	1
1997	1
1998	1
2006	3
2007	1
2010	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 12 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Codex Artaud XXIII Drawing Acc. 207.1993	1972	Cut-and-pasted paper, printed text, gouache, metallic paint, ink, stamped ink, and pencil on paper	24 x 115" (61 x 292.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Agnes Gund, R.L.B. Tobin and Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
Notes in Time Drawing Acc. 602.1998.a-x	1979	Cut-and-pasted painted paper, gouache, and pencil on joined sheets of paper	Overall: 20" x 210' (50.8 x 6400.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Harriet and Rick Meyer
To the Revolution XI Print Acc. 198.1984	1981	Handprinting with pencil additions	composition: 18 13/16" x 8' 3/4" (47.8 x 245.8 cm); sheet: 20 1/4" x 9' 2 3/8" (51.4 x 280.4 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
Thou Shalt Not Kill, plate VI from the portfolio The Ten Commandments Print Acc. 194.1988	1987	Lithograph and letterpress	composition and sheet: 23 11/16 × 17 13/16" (60.1 × 45.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Art Issue Editions, Inc.
Ballade von der Judenhure Marie Sanders Print Acc. 287.1992	1991	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 21 1/16 x 48 1/8" (53.5 x 122.2 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
To the Revolution from ACT UP Art Box Print Acc. 316.1994.1	1994	Multiple of wooden box with stamped ink and paint additions	overall (closed): 5 1/8 × 24 × 13 15/16" (13 × 60.9 × 35.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Agnes Gund
Untitled for the Museum in Progress project Symposia: Art, Society and Media Print Acc. 514.2006.59	(newspaper published: December 23, 1994)	Lithograph, offset printed	Sheet: 18 1/2 x 12 3/8" (47 x 31.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
Woman/War/Victimage/Resistance from the Museum in Progress Print Acc. 514.2006.57a-f	(newspaper published October 19, 1994 through March 14, 1995)	Six lithographs, offset printed	sheet (each): 18 1/2 x 12 3/8" (47 x 31.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
Tattoo Print Acc. 255.1997	1996	Screenprint	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
Airborne from Exit 8 Print Acc. 136.2007.8	1998	Screenprint with collage additions from a portfolio of seven screenprints (two with collage additions, two with water color additions), one lithograph, and screenprinted cover	composition (irreg.): 26 5/16 x 20 13/16" (66.9 x 52.9 cm); sheet: 29 3/4 x 22 1/16" (75.5 x 56 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lee and Ann Fensterstock
Timeless from the Museum in Progress project With an Open Mind – Tolerance and Diversity Print Acc. 514.2006.363a-b	(newspapers published September 11 and 17, 2002)	Two lithographs, offset printed	sheet (.a): 18 1/2 x 12 3/8" (47 x 31.5 cm); sheet (.b): 22 7/16 x 15 3/4" (57 x 40 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
Maypole-War from Femfolio Print Acc. 113.2010.16	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 (irreg.): 11 7/16 x 9 1/4" (29 x 23.5 cm); sheet: 12 1/16 x 12" (30.6 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints