Artist Monograph

Peggy Bacon, American

American, 1895–1987

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	24	64.9%
Lithography	8	21.6%
Etching	4	10.8%
Drawing	1	2.7%

Production by Decade

1910s

1920s

1930s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	30	81.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	7	18.9%

Range: 10.1 cm → 42.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1934	1
1940	35
2012	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 37 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Model in the Bellows Class Print Acc. 3.2012	1918	Drypoint	plate: 5 7/8 x 7 15/16" (15 x 20.1 cm); sheet: 7 15/16 x 10" (20.2 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 Alan Melniker in honor of Joanne M. Stern
Model in the Bellows Class Print Acc. 604.1940	1918	Drypoint	plate: 5 15/16 x 7 15/16" (15.1 x 20.2cm); sheet: 6 3/4 × 8 11/16" (17.2 × 22.1 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
Backstairs Gossip Print Acc. 606.1940	1919	Drypoint	plate: 3 15/16 x 4 15/16" (10 x 12.6cm); sheet: 5 11/16 × 6 7/16" (14.5 × 16.3 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
Dance at the League Print Acc. 607.1940	1919	Drypoint	plate: 6 15/16 x 9 15/16" (17.7 x 25.3 cm); sheet: 9 7/16 x 12 15/16" (23.9 x 32.8 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
Earnestly Exhorting the Cook to Protect Isabella Print Acc. 629.1940	1919	Drypoint	plate: 4 15/16 x 3 15/16" (12.5 x 10cm); sheet: 7 1/16 x 6 1/16" (18 x 15.4 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
John Sloan's Lecture Print Acc. 605.1940	1919	Drypoint	plate: 4 15/16 x 6 15/16" (12.5 x 17.7cm); sheet: 6 15/16 x 9 1/16" (17.7 x 23 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
The Sketch Class Print Acc. 608.1940	1919	Drypoint	plate: 6 1/8 x 7 15/16" (15.5 x 20.1cm); sheet: 9 1/16 × 11 1/8" (23 × 28.2 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
Moving to 8th Street Print Acc. 609.1940	1920	Drypoint	Plate 6 x 7 7/8" (15.2 x 20.0 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
Café de la Rotonde Print Acc. 635.1940	c. 1921	Drypoint	plate: 6 15/16 x 9 15/16" (17.7 x 25.3cm); sheet: 11 5/16 x 14" (28.8 x 35.5 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
Belinda Print Acc. 634.1940	1925	Drypoint	plate: 4 x 3" (10.1 x 7.6cm); sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 5/8" (32 × 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 Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Bouquet Print Acc. 612.1940	1925	Drypoint	plate: 4 15/16 x 4" (12.6 x 10.1cm); sheet: 12 13/16 × 9 1/4" (32.5 × 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 Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Frenzied Effort Print Acc. 610.1940	1925	Drypoint	plate: 5 13/16 x 9" (14.8 x 22.8cm); sheet: 11 5/8 × 18 1/8" (29.6 × 46 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
Thin Woman Print Acc. 611.1940	1925	Drypoint	plate: 8 13/16 x 4 5/16" (22.4 x 10.9cm); sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 5/8" (32 × 24.5 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
Fat Print Acc. 637.1940	1926	Drypoint	plate: 6 9/16 x 5 1/2" (16.6 x 14cm); sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 11/16" (32 × 24.6 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
Sore Throat Print Acc. 628.1940	1926	Drypoint	plate: 5 15/16 x 3 15/16" (15.1 x 10cm); sheet: 12 11/16 × 9 3/4" (32.3 × 24.7 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
A Few Ideas Print Acc. 614.1940	1927	Drypoint	plate: 7 15/16 × 10" (20.1 × 25.4 cm); sheet: 12 5/8 × 18 1/8" (32 × 46 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
Help! Print Acc. 615.1940	1927	Drypoint	plate: 9 7/8 x 7 7/8" (25.1 x 20 cm); sheet: 14 1/8 x 11 15/16" (35.9 x 30.4 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
Jules Pascin Drawing Acc. 146.1940	c. 1927	Transfer drawing	16 1/4 x 13 5/8" (41.2 x 34.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
The Patroness Print Acc. 613.1940	1927	Drypoint	plate: 10 x 7 15/16" (25.4 x 20.1 cm); sheet: 13 3/8 x 9 13/16" (34 x 25 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
Lunch No. 1 – Hors D'Oeuvres Print Acc. 631.1940	1928	Lithograph	composition: 7 1/16 × 8 11/16" (18 × 22 cm); sheet: 11 1/2 × 15 15/16" (29.2 × 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 Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Lunch No. 2 – Soup Print Acc. 633.1940	1928	Lithograph	composition: 5 3/4 x 9 13/16" (14.6 x 25cm); sheet: 8 5/16 × 11 7/16" (21.1 × 29.1 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
Lunch No. 3 – Sandwich Print Acc. 632.1940	1928	Lithograph	composition: 5 3/16 x 5 3/16" (13.2 x 13.2cm); sheet: 11 9/16 × 7 5/8" (29.3 × 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 Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Lunch No. 4 – Custard Print Acc. 630.1940	1928	Lithograph	composition: 4 9/16 x 10 1/16" (11.6 x 25.5cm); sheet: 11 5/8 × 15 13/16" (29.5 × 40.1 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
Achates Print Acc. 619.1940	1929	Etching	plate: 4 15/16 x 4" (12.6 x 10.2cm); sheet: 12 5/8 × 10 1/8" (32 × 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 Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Black Eye Print Acc. 617.1940	1929	Drypoint	plate: 4 15/16 x 4" (12.6 x 10.1cm); sheet: 12 5/8 × 8 1/4" (32 × 21 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
Greed Print Acc. 618.1940	1929	Drypoint	plate: 5 3/16 x 8 15/16" (13.2 x 22.7cm); sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 11/16" (24.2 × 32.2 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
Peter Platt Printing Print Acc. 616.1940	1929	Etching	plate: 5 15/16 x 4" (15.1 x 10.1cm); sheet: 12 3/8 × 10" (31.5 × 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 Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Happy Holiday Print Acc. 623.1940	1930	Etching and drypoint	plate 11 15/16 x 16 13/16" (30.3 x 42.7 cm) sheet 18 1/16 x 22 11/16" (45 x 57.6 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
Heywood Broun Print Acc. 620.1940	1930	Lithograph	composition: 10 15/16 x 15 5/16" (27.8 x 38.9cm); sheet: 15 9/16 x 19 15/16" (39.5 x 50.7 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
Peanuts Print Acc. 621.1940	1930	Lithograph	composition: 10 3/16 x 13 1/16" (25.8 x 33.1cm); sheet: 14 1/4 × 18 9/16" (36.2 × 47.2 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
Rural Retreat Print Acc. 603.1940	1930	Lithograph	composition: 11 1/16 x 15" (28.1 x 38.1cm); sheet: 14 3/16 × 18 11/16" (36 × 47.5 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
Slovenliness Print Acc. 622.1940	1930	Etching	plate: 7 1/16 x 5 1/16" (17.9 x 12.8cm); sheet: 13 × 9 7/8" (33 × 25.1 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
Nymph Print Acc. 625.1940	1931	Drypoint	plate: 6 x 4 1/2" (15.2 x 11.5cm); sheet: 12 1/8 × 9 3/4" (30.8 × 24.7 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
Satyr Print Acc. 624.1940	1931	Drypoint	plate: 5 15/16 x 4 1/2" (15.1 x 11.5cm); sheet: 12 3/16 × 9 7/16" (31 × 23.9 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
Close Quarters Print Acc. 627.1940	1932	Drypoint	plate: 4 15/16 x 6 15/16" (12.5 x 17.7cm); sheet: 9 3/4 × 12 13/16" (24.7 × 32.6 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
The Ardent Bowlers Print Acc. 626.1940	1932	Drypoint	plate: 5 15/16 x 13 15/16" (15.1 x 35.4cm); sheet: 12 5/8 x 18 15/16" (32 x 48.1 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
Mayor La Guardia Print Acc. 142.1934	1934	Lithograph	composition: 13 1/8 x 9 11/16" (33.3 x 24.6cm); sheet: 15 7/8 × 11 5/16" (40.3 × 28.8 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