Artist Monograph

Paul Cadmus, American

American, 1904–1999

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Gouache	17	42.5%
Watercolor	15	37.5%
Etching	3	7.5%
Drawing	3	7.5%
Photography	1	2.5%
Other Media	1	2.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	39	97.5%
Photography	1	2.5%

Classification Types

Drawing — 36
Print — 3
Photograph — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	20	50%
Medium (30–100 cm)	20	50%

Range: 16.0 cm → 65.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1941	24
1942	6
1943	1
1954	2
1960	1
1968	2
1978	3
2018	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4, 409" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 40 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Stewart's Print Acc. 279.1968	1934	Etching	plate: 8 1/16 x 11 7/8" (20.5 x 30.2 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 x 15 1/4" (28.2 x 38.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. Irving Drutman
The Fleet's In! Print Acc. 565.1954	1934	Etching	plate: 7 7/16 × 14 1/16" (18.9 × 35.7 cm); sheet: 11 7/16 × 15 15/16" (29 × 40.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Stanley Resor
A Girl (Lorna?). Costume design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.6	1937	Gouache and pencil on paper	8 3/4 x 8 5/8" (22.2 x 21.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Costume design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.22	1937	Gouache, watercolor, pencil, and pinned fabric on paper	12 1/8 x 8 1/4" (30.8 x 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Four Women's Hats. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.5	1937	Gouache, watercolor, and pencil on paper	6 1/2 x 9 5/8" (16.5 x 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Jane. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.3	1937	Gouache and pencil on paper	11 1/2 x 7 3/4" (29.2 x 19.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Mac, the Filling Station Attendant. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.4	1937	Gouache, pencil, and watercolor on card	11 x 6 7/8" (27.9 x 17.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Mac, the Filling Station Attendant. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.20	1937	Gouache, watercolor, and pencil on card	10 1/8 x 13 1/4" (25.7 x 33.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Man and Woman. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.9	1937	Gouache, crayon, watercolor, pencil, and pinned fabric on paper	11 5/8 x 9 1/2" (29.5 x 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Man's Costume – State Trooper. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.2	1937	Gouache and pencil on paper	12 1/2 x 8" (31.8 x 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Man's Costume- State Trooper. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.16	1937	Gouache and pencil on paper	12 x 10 1/4" (30.5 x 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Ray. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.11	1937	Gouache, pencil, and ink on card	11 x 7 7/8" (27.9 x 20 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Ray. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.14	1937	Gouache and pencil on paper	11 x 8 3/4" (27.9 x 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Rich Boy. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.23	1937	Gouache, pencil, and ink on card	11 1/2 x 7" (29.2 x 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Rich Girl. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.21	1937	Gouache, watercolor, and pencil on paper	12 1/8 x 10 1/4" (30.8 x 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Roy. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.13	1937	Gouache, pencil, and watercolor on card	12 1/4 x 7 3/4" (31.1 x 19.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Set design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.8	1937	Cut-and-pasted paper, gouache, watercolor, and pencil on paper	8 x 10 7/8" (20.3 x 27.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
The Gangster (recto) and State Trooper (verso). Costume designs for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.15.a-b	1937	Gouache, watercolor, pencil, and pinned and stapled fabric on paper (recto); Gouache, watercolor, and pencil on paper (verso)	13 x 9 1/4" (33 x 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
The Motorist. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station (recto); Costume design for the ballet Filling Station (verso) Drawing Acc. 506.1941.19.a-b	1937	Gouache, watercolor, pencil, and pinned fabric on paper (recto); Gouache, watercolor, and pencil on paper (verso)	11 1/8 x 10" (28.3 x 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
The Motorist's Daughter. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.7	1937	Gouache and pencil on card	12 x 10 1/8" (30.5 x 25.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
The Motorist's Daughter. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.17	1937	Gouache and pencil on paper	10 1/4 x 8" (26 x 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Twenty-two costume designs and one set design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.1-23	1937	.1 = tempera, colored crayon and pencil .2-.4, .6, .7, .13, .14, .16, .17, .20, .23 = tempera and pencil; .5, .12, .18, .21 = tempera, watercolor and pencil; .8 (set) = tempera and cut-and-pasted paper; .9 = tempera, colored crayon, watercolor, pencil and pinned fabric; .10 = tempera, col ored crayon, watercolor, and pencil; .11 = tempera , pencil, and pen and ink; .15 = tempera, pencil, and pinned and stapled fabric; .19, .22 = tempera, watercolor, pencil and stapled fabric	various sizes: 6 1/2 x 9 5/8" to 13 x 9 1/4" (16.5 x 24.4 to 33 x 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Woman's Costume. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.1	1937	Gouache, crayon, and pencil on paper	11 3/4 x 7 5/8" (29.8 x 19.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Woman's Costume. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.10	1937	Gouache, colored crayon, watercolor, and pencil on paper	11 5/8 x 7 5/8" (29.5 x 19.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Woman's Costume. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.12	1937	Gouache, watercolor, and pencil on paper	11 3/4 x 8 7/8" (29.8 x 22.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Woman's Costume. Costume design for the ballet Filling Station Drawing Acc. 506.1941.18	1937	Gouache, watercolor, and pencil on paper	12 1/4 x 7 1/2" (31.1 x 19.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Ballet Positions. Drawings for Ballet Alphabet: A Primer for Laymen Drawing Acc. 63.1942.1-5	1939	Ink, pencil, colored ink, and gouache on paper	various sizes: 13 × 8 1/4" to 14 1/2 × 10 7/8" (33 × 21 cm to 36.8 × 27.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Margaret French, Fire Island Photograph Acc. 993.2018	c. 1939	Gelatin silver print	4 3/16 × 6 5/16" (10.6 × 16 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 the William Talbott Hillman Foundation
Plate 1 from Ballet Positions. Drawing for Ballet Alphabet: A Primer for Laymen Drawing Acc. 63.1942.1	1939	Ink, pencil, colored ink, and gouache on paper	13 × 8 1/2" (33 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Plate 2 from Ballet Positions. Drawing for Ballet Alphabet: A Primer for Laymen (recto); Untitled (verso) Drawing Acc. 63.1942.2.a-b	1939	Ink, pencil, colored ink, and gouache on paper (recto); Ink and pencil on paper (verso)	13 1/2 × 9" (34.3 × 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 Lincoln Kirstein
Plate 3 from Ballet Positions. Drawing for Ballet Alphabet: A Primer for Laymen Drawing Acc. 63.1942.3	1939	Ink, pencil, colored ink, and gouache on paper	13 1/4 × 8 1/4" (33.7 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Plate 4 from Ballet Positions. Drawing for Ballet Alphabet: A Primer for Laymen Untitled (verso) Drawing Acc. 63.1942.4.a-b	1939	Ink, pencil, colored ink, and gouache on paper (recto); Pencil on paper (verso)	14 1/2 × 10 1/2" (36.8 × 26.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Untitled from Ballet Positions. Drawing for Ballet Alphabet: A Primer for Laymen Drawing Acc. 63.1942.5	1939	Ink, pencil, colored ink, and gouache on paper	14 1/4 × 10 7/8" (36.2 × 27.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Poster design for American Ballet Drawing Acc. 100.1943	c. 1941	Gouache and pencil on colored paper-faced board	25 x 18 3/4" (63.5 x 47.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
Youth with Kite Print Acc. 646.1954	1941	Etching	plate: 10 3/8 x 5 3/8" (26.3 x 13.7 cm); sheet: 15 11/16 x 10 1/4" (39.8 x 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (by exchange)
Katherine Anne Porter Drawing Acc. 21.1960	1942	Pencil on paper	12 x 9 1/2" (30.6 x 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Monroe Wheeler
Glenway Wescott Drawing Acc. 267.1978	1943	Pencil on paper on board	8 1/2 x 7 3/8" (21.6 x 18.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Monroe Wheeler
Monroe Wheeler Drawing Acc. 268.1978	1943	Pencil on paper	10 x 7 1/2" (25.4 x 19 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Monroe Wheeler
Feathers, Shells, and Bones Drawing Acc. 1525.1968.a-b	1946	Crayon on colored paper	8 3/4 x 9 1/2" (22.3 x 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Monroe Wheeler
Gluttony Drawing Acc. 22.1978	1949	Pencil, gouache, and watercolor on colored paper	25 5/8 x 14 7/8" (65.2 x 37.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection