Artist Monograph

Noah Purifoy, American

American, 1917–2004

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Mixed Media	4	80%
Sculpture	1	20%

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 5 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Unknown Sculpture Acc. 789.2017	1967	Painted wood with parasol armature and handle, found wood, pasted papers, backgammon and poker chips, fishing pole, wire, bird cage parts, and other materials	43 × 43 × 7 1/2" (109.2 × 109.2 × 19.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds
Fire Next Time I (After James Baldwin), Desert Tombstone Series Sculpture Acc. 344.2021.1	1994–1995	Mixed media	25 × 16 7/8 × 7" (63.5 × 42.9 × 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley
Fire Next Time I, II, III (After James Baldwin), Desert Tombstone Series Sculpture Acc. 344.2021.1-3	1994–1995	Mixed media	Part (.1): 25 × 16 7/8 × 7", 90 lb. (63.5 × 42.9 × 17.8 cm, 40.8 kg) Part (.2): 25 5/8 × 16 1/4 × 7", 90 lb. (65.1 × 41.3 × 17.8 cm, 40.8 kg) Part (.3): 26 1/2 × 16 1/8 × 7", 90 lb. (67.3 × 41 × 17.8 cm, 40.8 kg) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 40.82 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, The Sundheim Family Foundation, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz, and Alice and Tom Tisch
Fire Next Time II (After James Baldwin), Desert Tombstone Series Sculpture Acc. 344.2021.2	1994–1995	Mixed media	25 5/8 × 16 1/4 × 7" (65.1 × 41.3 × 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of The Sundheim Family Foundation
Fire Next Time III (After James Baldwin), Desert Tombstone Series Sculpture Acc. 344.2021.3	1994–1995	Mixed media	26 1/2 × 16 1/8 × 7" (67.3 × 41 × 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz, and Alice and Tom Tisch