Artist Monograph

Naomi Savage, American

American, 1927–2005

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	6	40%
Drawing	4	26.7%
Other Media	3	20%
Engraving	1	6.7%
Etching	1	6.7%

Production by Decade

2

1950s

12

1960s

1

1970s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	8	53.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	7	46.7%

Range: 17.8 cm → 47.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1964	2
1967	1
1968	2
1973	3
1975	3
1982	1
2016	1
2017	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 15 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Photograph Acc. 488.2017	c. 1950	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 5" (19.1 × 12.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Committee on Photography Fund
Untitled (lights reflected in water) Photograph Acc. 489.2017	c. 1950	Gelatin silver print	8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Committee on Photography Fund
Mask Photograph Acc. 546.1964	1960	Photograph (multiple-toned)	9 5/8 × 6 7/8" (24.4 × 17.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Tweed Photograph Acc. 547.1964	1960	Photograph (multiple-toned)	7 × 6 1/4" (17.8 × 15.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Mask Photograph Acc. 2625.1967	1965	Line-cut photo-engraving on silver-plated copper	18 3/4 × 14 1/2" (47.6 × 36.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Joseph G. Mayer Foundation Inc. Fund
Portrait Photograph Acc. 360.1968	1965	Gelatin silver print (bromide, with chemical toning)	9 1/2 × 11 1/2" (24.2 × 29.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Joseph G. Mayer Foundation Inc. Fund
Profile Photograph Acc. 361.1968	1966	Photo etching, printed by intaglio	10 1/4 × 13 1/2" (26.1 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Joseph G. Mayer Foundation, Inc. Fund
Beforehand Photograph Acc. 219.1975	1968	Inkless intaglio	13 1/2 × 10 9/16" (34.3 × 26.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Beforehand Photograph Acc. 89.1982	1968	Photogravure	13 5/8 × 10 3/4" (34.8 × 27.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Wendy Larsen
Lower Torso Photograph Acc. 218.1975	c. 1968	Inkless intaglio	16 13/16 × 13 7/8" (42.8 × 35.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Philip Roth Photograph Acc. 545.1973	1968	Inkless intaglio from solarized negative	11 3/8 × 8 1/4" (28.9 × 21.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Upper Torso Photograph Acc. 334.1975	c. 1968	Photo-engraved silver-plated copper plate	17 × 14" (43.3 × 35.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Versailles Photograph Acc. 546.1973	1968	Inkless intaglio	10 1/4 × 10 1/4" (26.1 × 26.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Zinnias Photograph Acc. 547.1973	1969	Negative-positive sandwich	13 1/4 × 10 1/4" (33.7 × 26.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
St. Brigid Photograph Acc. 500.2016	1975	Gelatin silver print (toned)	8 3/4 × 6 7/8" (22.2 × 17.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel