Artist Monograph

Sari Dienes, American

American, born Hungary. 1898–1992

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	6	50%
Drawing	4	33.3%
Watercolor	1	8.3%
Lithography	1	8.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	11	91.7%
Fluxus Collection	1	8.3%

Production by Decade

7

1940s

4

1950s

1

1970s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	6	50%
Medium (30–100 cm)	3	25%
Large (1–3 m)	2	16.7%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	8.3%

Range: 17.0 cm → 513.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1999	1
2008	1
2018	8
2021	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 12 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Broken Vessel Drawing Acc. 334.2018	late 1940s	Watercolor, ink, and pencil on paper	12 7/8 × 10" (32.7 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Sari Dienes Foundation
Flight 1 (Artist's proof) Print Acc. 331.2018	1949	Etching	plate: 10 13/16 × 6 15/16" (27.5 × 17.6 cm); sheet: 16 9/16 × 10 5/16" (42 × 26.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Flight 1 Stage 3 Print Acc. 328.2018	1949	Etching	plate: 6 15/16 × 10 3/4" (17.7 × 27.3 cm); sheet: 10 7/16 × 13 1/8" (26.5 × 33.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Flight 1 Stage 4 Print Acc. 329.2018	1949	Etching	plate: 10 7/8 × 6 13/16" (27.7 × 17.3 cm); sheet: 15 3/8 × 10 1/4" (39 × 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Flight 1 Stage 5 Print Acc. 330.2018	1949	Etching	plate: 10 3/4 × 6 15/16" (27.3 × 17.6 cm); sheet: 13 3/16 × 9 7/8" (33.5 × 25.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Green Waves Print Acc. 332.2018	1949	Etching	plate: 6 7/8 × 10 5/8" (17.5 × 27 cm); sheet (irreg.): 11 7/16 × 15 9/16" (29 × 39.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Lovers (series) Print Acc. 333.2018	1949	Etching	plate: 6 11/16 × 4 15/16" (17 × 12.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Deborah Wye Endowment Fund
Soho Sidewalk Drawing Acc. 335.2018	c. 1953–55	Ink rubbing on Webril	80 × 38 1/2" (203.2 × 97.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Mary M. and Sash A. Spencer and The Modern Women's Fund
Tomb Drawing Acc. 376.1999	c. 1953–54	Ink rubbing on paper, fabric flag, and torn colored board	36 x 24" (91.4 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 Sari Dienes Foundation, Inc.
Lady Bug Drawing Acc. 355.2021	1956	Ink on Webril on canvas	irreg.: 44 11/16 × 41 11/16" (113.5 × 105.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Sari Dienes Foundation
The Handy Man Drawing Acc. 354.2021	1956	Ink on Webril on canvas	irreg.: 202 × 41 3/4" (513.1 × 106 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Sari Dienes Foundation
Poster for Sounds out of Silent Spaces, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York, October 1976–May 1977 Print Acc. FC2536	1976–77	Offset lithograph	sheet: 17 1/2 x 11 1/2" (44.5 x 29.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Fluxus Collection	The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Gift