Artist Monograph

R. Maxil Ballinger, American

American, 1914–1958

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	3	37.5%
Woodcut	2	25%
Sculpture	2	25%
Engraving	1	12.5%

Production by Decade

1

1920s

5

1940s

2

1950s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	28.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	71.4%

Range: 25.4 cm → 94.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1949	1
1952	4
1954	1
1956	1
1964	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 8 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Three blocks from the woodcut AT PLAY Print Acc. 201.1964.1-3	1929	Wood block	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Print Acc. 67.1952	(1947)	Zinc plate, with etching and aquatint	Plate 19 15/16 x 15 15/16" (50.5 x 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 the artist
The Immaculate Conception Print Acc. 99.1949	(1947)	Etching and aquatint	plate: 19 3/4 x 15 7/8" (50.2 x 40.3 cm); sheet: 23 1/8 x 16 7/8" (58.7 x 42.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread Print Acc. 43.1954	(1947)	Aquatint and etching	plate: 11 11/16 x 17 15/16" (29.7 x 45.5 cm); sheet: 16 1/4 x 23 13/16" (41.2 x 60.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Mother and Child Print Acc. 59.1952	1948	Wood engraving	composition: 7 11/16 x 10" (19.5 x 25.4cm); sheet: 10 15/16 x 14 7/8" (27.8 x 37.8cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
MOTHER AND CHILD Print Acc. 66.1952	(1948)	Wood block (Pieced boxwood)	Size of block 7 11/16 x 10 1/16" (19.5 x 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS Print Acc. 86.1952	1952	Woodcut, printed in black	Sheet 15 1/8 x 39 3/16" (38.5 x 99.6 cm) Comp. 11 9/16 x 37" (29.4 x 94.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
INRI Print Acc. 297.1956	1953	Woodcut, printed in color	Sheet 39 5/16 x 18 1/2" (99.9 x 47.2 cComp. 36 1/4 x 15 5/8" (92.0 x 39.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase