Artist Monograph

Norman Lewis, American

American, 1909–1979

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	4	44.4%
Oil Painting	3	33.3%
Drawing	1	11.1%
Etching	1	11.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	6	66.7%
Painting & Sculpture	3	33.3%

Production by Decade

4

1930s

3

1940s

1

1950s

1

1970s

Classification Types

Drawing — 5
Painting — 3
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	9	100%

Range: 35.6 cm → 91.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1969	1
1975	1
1998	2
2010	1
2021	1
2023	3

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 522" — 1
"MoMA, Floor 5, 520" — 1
"MoMA, Floor 1, 1 North" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 9 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Bobbin Loom Drawing Acc. 217.2023	1935	Pastel on fine sandpaper	sheet (irreg.): 14 × 8" (35.6 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Robert Lehman Endowment Fund for Acquisitions by the Department of Drawings and Prints, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Dan Mask Drawing Acc. 218.2023	1935	Pastel on fine sandpaper	sheet (irreg.): 18 1/8 × 12 1/2" (46 × 31.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Robert Lehman Endowment Fund for Acquisitions by the Department of Drawings and Prints, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Ivory Coast Baulé Drawing Acc. 219.2023	1935	Pastel on fine sandpaper	sheet (irreg.): 22 × 14 1/4" (55.9 × 36.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin in honor of Christophe Cherix
Untitled (Head of a Mule, French Sudan [now Mali]) Drawing Acc. 69.2021	1935	Pastel on fine sandpaper	20 × 14" (50.8 × 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 halley k harrisburg and Michael Rosenfeld
Phantasy II Painting Acc. 528.1998	September 23, 1946	Oil on canvas	28 1/8 x 35 7/8" (71.4 x 91.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art
City Night Painting Acc. 549.2010	1949	Oil on wood	24 x 18" (61 x 45.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
Untitled Painting Acc. 529.1998	1949	Oil on canvas	26 7/8 x 31 7/8" (68.3 x 81 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of The Friends of Education of The Museum of Modern Art
The Messenger Drawing Acc. 250.1969	1952	Charcoal and ink on paper	26 × 30 3/8" (66 × 77.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller
Carnaval from Impressions: Our World, Volume I Print Acc. 247.1975.5	1974	Etching and aquatint with embossing from a portfolio of seven etchings (five with aquatint, two with embossing)	plate: 19 13/16 × 12 3/16" (50.4 × 31 cm); sheet: 30 1/16 × 22 1/4" (76.3 × 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase