Artist Monograph

Roger Brown, American

American, 1941–1997

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	21	84%
Photography	2	8%
Oil Painting	1	4%
Other Media	1	4%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	24	96%
Painting & Sculpture	1	4%

Production by Decade

1970s

1980s

1990s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 21
Print — 3
Painting — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	17	70.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	25%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	4.2%

Range: 10.3 cm → 304.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1979	1
1984	21
1993	1
1994	1
1997	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 25 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Capitol City Painting Acc. 948.1979	1978	Oil on canvas	6' 3/4" x 10' (184.6 x 304.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Louis and Bessie Adler Foundation, Inc., Seymour M. Klein, President
Double page plate (folios 11 [verso] and 12) from Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.10	1983	Lithograph with tipped-in photolithographic reproduction of newspaper clipping from an illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (irreg.): 7 1/16 × 15 3/4" (18 × 40 cm); page: 10 5/8 × 18 1/8" (27 × 46 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
Double page plate (folios 18 [verso] and 19) from Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.17	1983	Lithograph with tipped-in photolithographic reproduction of newspaper clipping from an illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (irreg.): 9 13/16 × 16 7/8" (25 × 42.8 cm); page: 10 5/8 × 18 1/8" (27 × 46 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
Double page plate (folios 5 [verso] and 6) from Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.4	1983	Lithograph with tipped-in lithograph and tipped-in photographic reproduction of newspaper clipping from illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (irreg.): 9 1/16 × 16 15/16" (23 × 43 cm); page: 10 5/8 × 18 1/8" (27 × 46 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
Double page plate (folios 9 [verso] and 10) from Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.8	1983	Lithograph with tipped-in photographic reproduction of newspaper clipping from illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (irreg.): 8 11/16 × 14 3/4" (22 × 37.4 cm); page: 10 5/8 × 18 1/8" (27 × 46 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 (colophon) from Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.1	1983	One from an illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (irreg.): 3 1/4 × 6 11/16" (8.3 × 17 cm); page: 10 5/8 × 9 1/16" (27 × 23 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
Plate (folio 11) from Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.9	1983	One from an illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (irreg.): 9 1/2 × 6 11/16" (24.2 × 17 cm); page: 10 5/8 × 9 1/16" (27 × 23 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
Plate (folio 13) from Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.11	1983	One from an illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (irreg.): 10 5/16 × 7 1/4" (26.2 × 18.4 cm); page: 10 5/8 × 9 1/16" (27 × 23 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
Plate (folio 14) from Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.12	1983	One from an illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (irreg.): 9 5/8 × 6 7/8" (24.4 × 17.4 cm); page: 10 5/8 × 9 1/16" (27 × 23 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
Plate (folio 15) from Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.13	1983	One from an illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (irreg.): 9 3/8 × 5 1/2" (23.8 × 14 cm); page: 10 5/8 × 9 1/16" (27 × 23 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
Plate (folio 16) from Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.14	1983	One from an illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (irreg.): 9 7/8 × 4 1/2" (25.1 × 11.5 cm); page: 10 5/8 × 9 1/16" (27 × 23 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
Plate (folio 17) from Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.15	1983	Lithograph with tipped-in lithograph from an illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (irreg.): 9 1/16 × 6 3/4" (23 × 17.2 cm); page: 10 5/8 × 9 1/16" (27 × 23 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
Plate (folio 18) from Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.16	1983	One from an illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (irreg.): 8 11/16 × 6 15/16" (22.1 × 17.7 cm); page: 10 5/8 × 9 1/16" (27 × 23 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
Plate (folio 20) from Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.18	1983	One from an illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (irreg.): 9 7/16 × 6 1/4" (24 × 15.8 cm); page: 10 5/8 × 9 1/16" (27 × 23 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
Plate (folio 21) from Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.19	1983	One from an illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (irreg.): 7 11/16 × 7 1/16" (19.6 × 18 cm); page: 10 5/8 × 9 1/16" (27 × 23 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
Plate (folio 22) from Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.20	1983	One from an illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (irreg.): 4 1/16 × 2 9/16" (10.3 × 6.5 cm); page: 10 5/8 × 9 1/16" (27 × 23 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
Plate (folio 4) from Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.2	1983	One from an illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (irreg.): 9 3/8 × 5 9/16" (23.8 × 14.1 cm); page: 10 5/8 × 9 1/16" (27 × 23 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
Plate (folio 5) from Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.3	1983	One from an illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (irreg.): 9 5/16 × 6 7/8" (23.7 × 17.4 cm); page: 10 5/8 × 9 1/16" (27 × 23 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
Plate (folio 7) from Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.5	1983	One from an illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (irreg.): 9 5/8 × 6 7/16" (24.5 × 16.4 cm); page: 10 5/8 × 9 1/16" (27 × 23 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
Plate (folio 8) from Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.6	1983	One from an illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (irreg.): 9 3/4 × 7 1/4" (24.8 × 18.4 cm); page: 10 5/8 × 9 1/16" (27 × 23 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
Plate (folio 9) from Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.7	1983	One from an illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (irreg.): 8 3/4 × 7 5/16" (22.3 × 18.5 cm); page: 10 5/8 × 9 1/16" (27 × 23 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
Sketchbook 1982 Illustrated Book Acc. 254.1984.1-20	1983	Illustrated book with twenty lithographs (some with tipped-in photolithographic reproductions of newspaper clippings or lithographs)	composition (see child records): dimensions vary; page (each): 10 5/8 x 9 1/16" (27 x 23 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
Family Tree Mourning Print Print Acc. 657.1993	1987	Linoleum cut	sheet and comp.: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8" (27.6 × 35.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Richard Becker
Fear No Evil Print Acc. 140.1994	1991	Lithograph	composition 30 x 29 7/8" (76.3 x 75.9 cm) sheet 36 1/4 x 35 15/16" (92 x 91.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Ralph E. Shikes Fund
Hank Williams, Honky Tonk Man Print Acc. 198.1997	1991	Lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Landfall Press