Artist Monograph

Richard Lippold, American

American, 1915–2002

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	21	91.3%
Other Media	2	8.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	21	91.3%
Painting & Sculpture	2	8.7%

Production by Decade

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	13	59.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	8	36.4%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	4.5%

Range: 15.9 cm → 305.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1950	1
1962	1
1965	1
1967	1
1969	1
1973	1
1977	16
1990	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 23 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Five Variations within a Sphere Sculpture Acc. 682.1990.1-5	1947	Brass, silver, stainless steel, and copper wire	6 1/2" (16.5 cm) x 6" (15.2 cm), 8" (20.3 cm) x 9" (22.9 cm) diameter, 3" (7.6 cm) x 3" (7.6 cm) diameter, 12" (30.5 cm) x 10.5" (26.7 cm) diameter, and 6" (15.2 cm) x 5" (12.7 cm) diameter ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 15.24 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mary Sisler Bequest
Studies for Variation No. 7: Full Moon Drawing Acc. 507.1977.1-13	1949-50	Pencil, ink, and colored pencil on paper; thirteen sheets	Dimensions vary ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Study for Juggler in the Sun Drawing Acc. 518.1965.a-b	1949	Pencil on graph paper	10 1/2 x 8 1/2" (26.4 x 21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Miss Mildred Constantine
Study for Variation No. 7: Full Moon Drawing Acc. 507.1977.1.a-b	1949-50	Pencil and colored pencil on paper	10 1/2 x 7 1/4" (26.7 x 18.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Study for Variation No. 7: Full Moon Drawing Acc. 507.1977.2	1949-50	Pencil on paper	17 x 14" (43.2 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 Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Study for Variation No. 7: Full Moon Drawing Acc. 507.1977.3	1949-50	Pencil on paper	17 x 14" (43.2 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 Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Study for Variation No. 7: Full Moon Drawing Acc. 507.1977.4.a-b	1949-50	Pencil on paper	6 3/8 x 8 1/2" (16.2 x 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Study for Variation No. 7: Full Moon Drawing Acc. 507.1977.5	1949-50	Pencil on paper	11 x 8 5/8" (27.9 x 21.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Study for Variation No. 7: Full Moon Drawing Acc. 507.1977.6.a-b	1949-50	Pencil, ink, and colored pencil on paper	8 1/2 x 7 1/4" (21.6 x 18.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Study for Variation No. 7: Full Moon Drawing Acc. 507.1977.7.a-b	1949-50	Pencil, ink, and colored pencil on paper	8 3/4 x 7 1/4" (22.2 x 18.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Study for Variation No. 7: Full Moon Drawing Acc. 507.1977.8.a-b	1949-50	Pencil on paper	8 1/2 x 6 5/8" (21.6 x 16.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Study for Variation No. 7: Full Moon Drawing Acc. 507.1977.9	1949-50	Pencil and ink on paper	21 x 14" (53.3 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 Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Study for Variation No. 7: Full Moon Drawing Acc. 507.1977.10	1949-50	Pencil on paper	11 1/4 x 8 3/8" (28.6 x 21.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Study for Variation No. 7: Full Moon Drawing Acc. 507.1977.11	1949-50	Pencil on paper	8 1/2 x 11" (21.6 x 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Study for Variation No. 7: Full Moon Drawing Acc. 507.1977.12	1949-50	Pencil on paper	17 x 14" (43.2 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 Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Study for Variation No. 7: Full Moon Drawing Acc. 507.1977.13	1949-50	Pencil, ink, and colored pencil on paper	8 3/4 x 10 7/8" (22.2 x 27.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Variation Number 7: Full Moon Sculpture Acc. 241.1950	1949-50	Brass rods, nickel-chromium and stainless steel wire	10' x 6' x 6' (305 x 183 x 183 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 1.81 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
Explanatory notes of the visual history of sketches for Variation No. 7: Full Moon Drawing Acc. 508.1977.1-4	1950	Pen and ink on paper	11 x 8 1/2" (27.9 x 21.6 cm) each ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Study for A Universe Drawing Acc. 144.1962	1957	Ink and pencil on paper	17 3/4 x 22 1/4" (45.0 x 56.3 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 Four Seasons Drawing Acc. 788.1969	1958	Pencil and ink on paper	30 1/2 x 30 1/4" (77.3 x 76.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Philip Johnson
Study for Bicentennial Medallion Drawing Acc. 752.1966	1964	Ink and pencil on transparentized paper	32 x 24" (81.1 x 60.9 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
Study for Dew Pendant Drawing Acc. 274.1973	1972	Ink, gold ink on cloth, and pencil on paper	36 7/8 x 24 1/2" (93.8 x 62.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lily Auchincloss
Page of Verse Drawing Acc. 509.1977	1977	Ink on colored paper	3 1/2 x 6 1/4" (8.9 x 15.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.