Artist Monograph

Ralston Crawford, American

American, born Canada. 1906–1978

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	6	50%
Watercolor	3	25%
Screenprint	2	16.7%
Photography	1	8.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	11	91.7%
Photography	1	8.3%

Production by Decade

1

1920s

3

1930s

3

1940s

5

1950s

Classification Types

Print — 8
Drawing — 3
Photograph — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	8.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	11	91.7%

Range: 24.2 cm → 58.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1942	1
1949	1
1952	2
1954	1
1958	1
1977	3
1979	1
1986	1
2001	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 12 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Composition Print Acc. 61.1954	1921	Lithograph	composition: 11 5/8 x 14 5/8" (29.5 x 37.2cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 22 3/16" (38 x 56.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Exton Barn No. 3 Drawing Acc. 7.1977	(1936)	Watercolor and ink on paper	9 3/4 x 14" (24.8 x 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired with matching funds from Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller and the National Endowment for the Arts
Worth Steel Plant Drawing Acc. 9.1977	1936	Watercolor and ink on paper	9 7/8 x 14" (25.1 x 35 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired with matching funds from the Joseph G. Mayer Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts
Sanford Tanks Drawing Acc. 8.1977	(1939)	Watercolor, ink, and pencil on paper	12 x 16" (30.6 x 40.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired with matching funds from George M. Jaffin and the National Endowment for the Arts
Gray Street Print Acc. 202.1942	1941	Screenprint	composition: 11 15/16 x 14 15/16" (30.4 x 38 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 17 15/16" (38 x 45.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Red and Black (U.S.S. Nevada) Print Acc. 364.1949	1949	Screenprint	composition: 12 5/16 x 16" (31.3 x 40.6 cm); sheet: 17 3/16 x 23 3/8" (43.7 x 59.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Edith Gregor Halpert
Third Avenue Elevated Photograph Acc. 1664.2001	1949	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 6 3/8" (24.2 × 16.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther
Cologne Landscape #6 Print Acc. 92.1952	1951	Lithograph	composition: 14 15/16 x 21 3/16" (38 x 53.8cm); sheet: 19 3/4 x 25 3/4" (50.2 x 65.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Third Avenue Elevated #1 Print Acc. 247.1952	1952	Lithograph	composition: 10 3/8 x 17 3/8" (26.4 x 44.1cm); sheet: 12 7/8 x 19 3/4" (32.7 x 50.2cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
June 18/54 I Print Acc. 1057.1979	1954	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 9 3/4 × 14 3/4" (24.8 × 37.5 cm); sheet: 14 × 20 1/16" (35.6 × 50.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rosenfeld (through the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books)
Collage #7 Print Acc. 168.1986	1955	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 11 x 17 3/16" (27.9 x 43.6cm); sheet: 15 1/16 x 22 3/16" (38.2 x 56.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of William S. Lieberman
Nets, Croix de vie #2 Print Acc. 27.1958	1955	Lithograph	composition: 23 x 18" (58.4 x 45.7cm); sheet: 25 11/16 x 19 11/16" (65.3 x 50cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase