Artist Monograph

Seymour Chwast, American

American, born 1931

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	6	31.6%
Screenprint	2	10.5%
Printmaking	1	5.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	11	57.9%
Architecture & Design	8	42.1%

Production by Decade

11

1950s

6

1960s

2

1970s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	11	61.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	33.3%
Large (1–3 m)	1	5.6%

Range: 8.6 cm → 102.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1958	11
1969	5
1982	2
1983	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 19 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
A BOOK OF BATTLES Illustrated Book Acc. 319.1958.1-10	1957	10 linoleum cuts and stencils (including title page), printed in color	page 6 1/16 x 9 1/2" (15 x 24.2 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Plate (folio 10) from A BOOK OF BATTLES Illustrated Book Acc. 319.1958.4	1957		irreg. composition 4 7/16 x 6 11/16" (11.3 x 17 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
Plate (folio 13) from A BOOK OF BATTLES Illustrated Book Acc. 319.1958.5	1957		irreg. composition 4 15/16 x 6 11/16" (12.5 x 17 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
Plate (folio 15) from A BOOK OF BATTLES Illustrated Book Acc. 319.1958.6	1957		irreg. composition 5 x 7 11/16" (12.7 x 19.5 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
Plate (folio 17) from A BOOK OF BATTLES Illustrated Book Acc. 319.1958.7	1957		irreg. composition 5 1/16 x 7 11/16" (12.9 x 19.5 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
Plate (folio 19) from A BOOK OF BATTLES Illustrated Book Acc. 319.1958.8	1957		irreg. composition 4 7/8 x 7 5/8" (12.4 x 19.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Plate (folio 20) from A BOOK OF BATTLES Illustrated Book Acc. 319.1958.9	1957		irreg. composition 5 x 7 1/2" (12.8 x 19.1 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
Plate (folio 23) from A BOOK OF BATTLES Illustrated Book Acc. 319.1958.10	1957		irreg. composition 4 15/16 x 7 9/16" (12.6 x 19.2 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
Plate (folio 7) from A BOOK OF BATTLES Illustrated Book Acc. 319.1958.2	1957		irreg. composition 5 1/8 x 7 1/2" (13 x 19.1 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
Plate (folio 8) from A BOOK OF BATTLES Illustrated Book Acc. 319.1958.3	1957		irreg. composition 5 1/8 x 7 1/4" (13 x 18.5 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
Title page from A BOOK OF BATTLES Illustrated Book Acc. 319.1958.1	1957		irreg. composition 2 3/8 x 3 3/8" (6 x 8.6 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
End Bad Breath Design Acc. 355.1969	1967	Offset lithograph	37 x 24" (94 x 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Push Pin Studios
Blues Project Design Acc. 356.1969	1968	Offset lithograph	40 1/4 x 29 5/8" (102.2 x 75.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Push Pin Studios
Filmsense Design Acc. 353.1969	1968	Offset lithograph	17 1/2 x 25 3/4" (44.5 x 65.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Push Pin Studios
Judy Garland Design Acc. 497.1983	1968	Offset lithograph	36 5/8 x 23" (93 x 58.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Elektra Film Productions Design Acc. 1127.1969	1969	Offset lithograph	24 x 36" (61 x 91.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Push Pin Studios
Fifteen Years of Heartache and Aggravation Design Acc. 354.1969	1969	Silkscreen	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Push Pin Studios
With a Song in my Art: The Musical Image Design Acc. 411.1982	1976	Silkscreen	35 7/8 x 35 5/16" (91.2 x 91.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Pushpin Lubalin & Peckolick Inc.
Push Pin Posters Packages & Publications Design Acc. 412.1982	1979	Offset lithograph	18 x 24" (45.6 x 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Pushpin Lubalin & Peckolick Inc.