Artist Monograph

Peter Blume, American

American, 1906–1992

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	11	61.1%
Oil Painting	6	33.3%
Gouache	1	5.6%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	13	72.2%
Painting & Sculpture	5	27.8%

Production by Decade

2

1920s

12

1930s

3

1940s

1

1950s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	4	22.2%
Medium (30–100 cm)	12	66.7%
Large (1–3 m)	2	11.1%

Range: 17.1 cm → 143.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1935	6
1940	1
1941	1
1942	3
1945	1
1952	1
1954	1
1955	1
1963	1
1979	1
1980	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 521" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 18 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Study for Parade (Waterfront, Manhattan) Drawing Acc. 30.1935	1929	Gouache on board	20 1/4 x 14" (51.4 x 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 Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
The Boat Painting Acc. 39.1952	1929	Oil on canvas	20 1/8 x 24 1/8" (51.1 x 61.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mrs. Sam A. Lewisohn
Parade Painting Acc. 29.1935	1930	Oil on canvas	49 1/4 x 56 3/8" (125.1 x 143.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Harps Drawing Acc. 32.1935	1932	Pencil on paper	13 3/4 x 16 3/4" (34.9 x 42.6 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
Museum Drawing Acc. 33.1935	1932	Pencil on paper	15 3/4 x 11" (40.0 x 27.7 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
Obelisk Drawing Acc. 34.1935	1932	Pencil on paper	16 3/4 x 13 3/4" (42.6 x 35 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
Beggar Woman (Study for The Eternal City) Drawing Acc. 242.1954	1933	Pencil on paper	11 3/4 x 9 3/8" (30 x 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Edgar Kaufmann, Jr.
Elemosina (Study for The Eternal City) Drawing Acc. 31.1935	1933	Pencil on paper	17 3/8 x 13 1/2" (44.2 x 34.3 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
Jack-in-the-Box (Study for The Eternal City) Drawing Acc. 575.1942	1933	Pencil on paper	14 x 9 3/4" (35.6 x 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
Insurrection (Study for The Eternal City) Drawing Acc. 576.1942	1934	Pencil on paper	10 x 14 1/8" (25.4 x 35.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
Iris and Pansies Drawing Acc. 137.1940	1934	Pencil on paper	17 7/8 x 10 3/4" (43.5 x 27.3 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
The Eternal City Painting Acc. 574.1942	1934-37 (dated on painting 1937)	Oil on board	34 x 47 7/8" (86.4 x 121.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
Monk (Study for The Eternal City) Drawing Acc. 121.1945	(1937)	Oil on paper	9 7/8 x 9 1/2" (25.1 x 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Landscape with Poppies Painting Acc. 391.1941	1939	Oil on canvas	18 x 25 1/8" (45.7 x 63.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Key West Beach Painting Acc. 1203.1979	1940	Oil on canvas	12 x 18" (30.3 x 46 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	James Thrall Soby Bequest
Study for Key West Beach Drawing Acc. 294.1980	1940	Conté crayon and pencil on paper	4 3/4 x 6 3/4" (12 x 17.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	James Thrall Soby Bequest
Sponge Drawing Acc. 341.1963	1942	Pencil on paper	7 1/2 x 9 5/8" (18.9 x 24.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Kay Sage Tanguy Bequest
Easter Island and Rana Raraku Drawing Acc. 329.1955	1954	Ink on paper on colored paper	18 1/2 x 25 1/4" (47 x 64.2 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