Artist Monograph

Richard Pousette-Dart, American

American, 1916–1992

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	5	33.3%
Oil Painting	5	33.3%
Photography	2	13.3%
Gouache	2	13.3%
Drawing	1	6.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	8	53.3%
Painting & Sculpture	5	33.3%
Photography	2	13.3%

Production by Decade

5

1940s

8

1950s

1

1960s

1

1990s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 5
Painting — 5
Drawing — 3
Photograph — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	6	40%
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	33.3%
Large (1–3 m)	4	26.7%

Range: 22.9 cm → 270.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1950	1
1964	1
1969	1
1970	2
1977	1
1994	2
1998	1
2005	1
2018	5

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 15 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Desert Painting Acc. 1099.1969	1940	Oil on canvas	43" x 6' (109 x 182.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Fugue Number 2 Painting Acc. 1100.1969	1943	Oil and sand on canvas	41 1/8" x 8' 10 1/2" (104.2 x 270.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Untitled Drawing Acc. 16.1998	1946	Gouache and ink on paper	6 x 9" (15.2 x 22.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Bequest
Untitled Drawing Acc. 21.1977	1948	Pencil, gouache, and ink on gesso on board	20 x 24" (50.1 x 60.1 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 Edward John Noble Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts
Number 11: A Presence Painting Acc. 100.1950	1949	Oil on canvas	25 1/8 x 21 1/8" (63.8 x 53.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Katharine Cornell Fund
Betty Parsons. (seated woman) Photograph Acc. 358.1994	c. 1950	Gelatin silver print	13 5/16 × 10 1/8" (33.8 × 25.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mrs. Richard Pousette-Dart
Headpiece from Taos Quartet in Three Movements by Merle Armitage Illustrated Book Acc. 370.2018.3	1950	Letterpress from an illustrated book with five letterpress illustrations	sheet: 10 11/16 × 8 1/16" (27.1 × 20.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Headpiece from Taos Quartet in Three Movements by Merle Armitage Illustrated Book Acc. 370.2018.4	1950	Letterpress from an illustrated book with five letterpress illustrations	sheet: 10 11/16 × 8 1/16" (27.1 × 20.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Headpiece from Taos Quartet in Three Movements by Merle Armitage Illustrated Book Acc. 370.2018.5	1950	Letterpress from an illustrated book with five letterpress illustrations	sheet: 10 11/16 × 8 1/16" (27.1 × 20.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Mark Rothko Photograph Acc. 357.1994	c. 1950	Gelatin silver print	9 15/16 × 11 7/8" (25.3 × 30.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Geraldine J. Murphy Fund
Taos Quartet in Three Movements by Merle Armitage Illustrated Book Acc. 370.2018.1-5	1950	Illustrated book with five letterpress illustrations	overall (closed): 11 × 8 11/16 × 1/4" (27.9 × 22 × 0.6 cm); sheet (each): 10 11/16 × 8 1/16" (27.1 × 20.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Title page from Taos Quartet in Three Movements by Merle Armitage Illustrated Book Acc. 370.2018.2	1950	Letterpress from an illustrated book with five letterpress illustrations	sheet: 10 11/16 × 8 1/16" (27.1 × 20.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Chavade Painting Acc. 503.1969	1951	Oil and pencil on canvas	53 3/8" x 8' 1/2" (135.6 x 245 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Philip Johnson Fund
Radiance Painting Acc. 453.1964	1962-63	Oil and metallic paint on canvas	6' 1/8" x 8' 1/4" (183.3 x 244.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Susan Morse Hilles
Ramification Radiant Energy Drawing Acc. 2824.2005	1992	Ink, felt-tip pen, and synthetic polymer paint on paper	22 3/4 x 29 3/4" (57.8 x 75.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift