Artist Monograph

Seong Moy, American

American, born China.1921–2013

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Woodcut	10	83.3%
Screenprint	1	8.3%
Lithography	1	8.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	11	91.7%
Architecture & Design	1	8.3%

Production by Decade

2

1940s

9

1950s

1

1960s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	10	100%

Range: 32.4 cm → 94.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1949	2
1951	1
1952	7
1954	1
1963	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 12 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Chinese Actor Print Acc. 436.1949	1948	Woodcut	composition: 22 3/4 × 13 1/4" (57.8 × 33.6 cm); sheet: 24 3/4 × 15 3/16" (62.8 × 38.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Spaeth Foundation
The Little Act on Horseback Print Acc. 437.1949	1949	Woodcut	composition: 12 3/8 × 12 3/4" (31.4 × 32.4 cm); sheet: 22 1/2 × 18" (57.1 × 45.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Spaeth Foundation
Inscription of T'Chao Paé Print Acc. 212.1951	1950	Woodcut	composition: 24 × 7 1/2" (61 × 19.1 cm); sheet: 28 × 12 1/8" (71.1 × 30.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Hay Whitney
Dancer in Motion Print Acc. 281.1952.5	1952	One from a portfolio of five woodcuts	composition: 16 1/16 x 11 9/16" (40.8 x 29.4 cm); sheet: 18 1/2 x 14 1/16" (47 x 35.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Homage to Lieou Pei Print Acc. 98.1952	1952	Woodcut	composition: 11 9/16 x 16 1/16" (29.4 x 40.8cm); sheet: 15 9/16 x 19 13/16" (39.5 x 50.3cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Inscription of T'Chao Pae # II Print Acc. 281.1952.1	1952	One from a portfolio of five woodcuts	composition: 17 7/8 x 7 5/16" (45.4 x 18.5 cm); sheet: 20 1/16 x 10 5/16" (51 x 26.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Seong Moy Print Acc. 281.1952.1-5	1952	Portfolio of five woodcuts	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Study of Kuang Kung Print Acc. 281.1952.4	1952	One from a portfolio of five woodcuts	composition: 14 3/8 x 11 13/16" (36.5 x 30 cm); sheet: 17 x 14 1/16" (43.2 x 35.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled from Seong Moy Print Acc. 281.1952.3	1952	One from a portfolio of five woodcuts	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Yen Shang Print Acc. 281.1952.2	1952	One from a portfolio of five woodcuts	composition: 19 5/8 x 10 9/16" (49.8 x 26.8 cm); sheet: 20 3/8 x 13" (51.8 x 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Paintings, Seong Moy Design Acc. 526.1954	1954	Photo offset lithograph	37 × 12 1/4" (94 × 31.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the New Gallery
Ujon's Journey from 11 Prints by 11 Printmakers Print Acc. 372.1963.7	1961	Woodcut from a portfolio of four woodcuts (one with wood engraving), two etchings (one with aquatint), two engravings, one wood engraving, one screenprint, and one lithograph	composition: 11 1/4 × 15" (28.5 × 38.1 cm); sheet: 14 × 20 1/8" (35.5 × 51.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously