Artist Monograph

Peter Grippe, American

American, 1912–2002

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Engraving	3	60%
Etching	1	20%
Other Media	1	20%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	4	80%
Painting & Sculpture	1	20%

Classification Types

Print — 3
Illustrated Book — 1
Sculpture — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	4	80%
Medium (30–100 cm)	1	20%

Range: 14.7 cm → 35.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1943	1
1949	2
1963	1
1995	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 5 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
The City Sculpture Acc. 20.1943	1942	Terra cotta	9 1/2 x 11 1/8 x 16" (24.1 x 28.3 x 40.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Running Figures Print Acc. 35.1995	1945	Engraving	plate: 4 x 5 13/16" (10.2 x 14.7 cm); sheet: 8 9/16 x 10 3/8" (21.7 x 26.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
The City Print Acc. 123.1949	1945	Engraving	plate: 8 3/4 x 4 15/16" (22.2 x 12.6 cm); sheet (irreg.): 12 15/16 x 11 3/4" (32.9 x 29.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Conception Print Acc. 124.1949	1947	Engraving	plate: 10 7/8 x 6 7/8" (27.7 x 17.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 19 15/16 x 13 3/16" (50.6 x 33.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
In-text plate (folio 9) from 21 Etchings and Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 131.1963.6	1960	Etching from an illustrated book with 14 etchings (six with aquatint, four with engraving, one with drypoint), two aquatints, two engravings, two drypoints, and one photogravure	plate: 13 13/16 × 11 3/4" (35.1 × 29.9 cm); page: 19 11/16 × 16 7/8" (50 × 42.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Jacquelynn Shlaes