Artist Monograph

Stephen Antonakos, American

Stephen Antonakos is represented by 71 works in MoMA's permanent collection, classified as american, with dated works spanning 1963–1985.

American, born Greece. 1926–2013

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Medium & Technique Profile

Primary media across the MoMA holdings

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Screenprint	32	45.1%
Other Media	18	25.4%
Collage	10	14.1%
Drawing	5	7%
Printmaking	3	4.2%
Photography	2	2.8%

Technique range

Stephen Antonakos’s MoMA holdings concentrate in Screenprint, with secondary engagement in Other Media, Collage, Drawing, Printmaking, Photography.

Collection Distribution: MoMA & The Met

Works held at MoMA

MoMA holds a substantial body of 71 works produced between 1963 and 1985 attributed to Stephen Antonakos, representing verified accession records curated by the museum’s Department of Painting and Sculpture and sister departments.

Production timeline

Dated works in these two collections span 22 years, from 1963 to 1985.

Cultural Context & Contemporaries

National context

Stephen Antonakos is catalogued under American nationality. See the full American artists hub.

Contemporaries among American artists

16315
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
works at MoMA
3358
Louise Bourgeois
works at MoMA
2199
Ellsworth Kelly
works at MoMA
1338
Lee Friedlander
works at MoMA
932
George Maciunas
works at MoMA

Lifespan & active period

Lifespan: 1926–2013 (87 years). Artistic production is attributed within this window.

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 71 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Pillow Sculpture Acc. 165.2023	1963	Found pillow, rope, varnish	20 5/8 × 15 3/4 × 6 1/4" (52.4 × 40 × 15.9 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Agnes Gund
Neon for 57th Street Drawing Acc. 805.1969	1967	Crayon, synthetic polymer paint, and pencil on paper	22 7/8 x 28 7/8" (58.3 x 73.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Foundation Fund
Floor Neon Drawing Acc. 1368.2018	1969	Signed and dated graphite, pigment and varnish on paper	13 7/8 × 22" (35.2 × 55.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Package collage Drawing Acc. 493.1982.a-b	1973	Unopened package with ink, felt-tip pen, gouache, spraypaint, postage stamps and cut-and-pasted printed papers	15 1/8 × 20 1/2 × 1" (38.4 × 52.1 × 2.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Ruth Vollmer Bequest
Incomplete Circle (five-unit drawing with blue and red incomplete circles) Drawing Acc. 75.2004.a-e	1975	Pencil and colored pencil on paper	each: 29 x 23" (73.7 x 58.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky
Art & Project Bulletin #98 Print Acc. 1099.2007.98	1976	One from a set of 156 offset printed bulletins, exhibition copy	sheet (each): 11 5/8 x 16 9/16" (29.6 x 42 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Study for Incomplete Neon Square Drawing Acc. 1369.2018	1977	Graphite, ink, and paper on photograph	15 7/8 × 28 3/4" (40.3 × 73 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Gilbert B. and Lila Silverman Instruction Drawing Collection, Detroit
Cover from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.62	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color	composition 12 3/16 x 25 3/16" (31 x 64 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Justification page (folio 60) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.60	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 1) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.1	1980-1985	Purple red, smooth, wove paper		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 10) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.10	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 11) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.11	1980-1985	Collage		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 12) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.12	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in black		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 13) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.13	1980-1985	Pencil on blue, smooth, wove paper with inserted glassine with printed instructions		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 14) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.14	1980-1985	Green, smooth, wove paper		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 15) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.15	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 16) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.16	1980-1985	Ivory, smooth, wove paper		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 17) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.17	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 18) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.18	1980-1985	Purple blue, smooth, wove paper		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 19) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.19	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 2) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.2	1980-1985	Purple red, smooth, wove paper		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 20) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.20	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in black on ivory, smooth, wove paper and inserted glassine with printed instructions		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 21) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.21	1980-1985	Collage		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 22) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.22	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in black		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 23) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.23	1980-1985	Orange, smooth, wove paper		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 24) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.24	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in black		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 25) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.25	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color on ivory, smooth, wove paper and inserted glassine with printed instructions		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 26) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.26	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in black		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 27) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.27	1980-1985	Pencil on green, smooth, wove paper and inserted glassine with printed instructions		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 28) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.28	1980-1985	Collage		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 29) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.29	1980-1985	Collage		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 30) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.30	1980-1985	Collage		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 31) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.31	1980-1985	Collage		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 32) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.32	1980-1985	Purple blue paper and inserted glassine with printed instructions		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 33) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.33	1980-1985	Purple blue, smooth, wove paper and inserted glassine with printed instructions		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 34) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.34	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 35) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.35	1980-1985	Collage		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 36) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.36	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 37) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.37	1980-1985	Collage		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 38) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.38	1980-1985	Collage		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 39) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.39	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 4) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.4	1980-1985	Orange, smooth, wove paper		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 40) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.40	1980-1985	Collage		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 41) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.41	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 42) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.42	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color on ivory, smooth, wove paper and inserted glassine with printed instructions		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 43) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.43	1980-1985	Purple red, smooth, wove paper		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 44) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.44	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 45) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.45	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in black		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 46) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.46	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color, and collage		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 47) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.47	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in black		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 48) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.48	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color on ivory, smooth, wove paper and inserted glassine with printed instructions		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 49) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.49	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in black		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 5) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.5	1980-1985	Ivory, smooth, wove paper		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 50) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.50	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 51) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.51	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 52) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.52	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color on ivory, smooth, wove paper and inserted glassine with printed instructions		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 53) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.53	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color on ivory, smooth wove paper and inserted glassine with printed instructions		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 54) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.54	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 55) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.55	1980-1985	Ivory, smooth, wove paper		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 56) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.56	1980-1985	Purple blue, smooth, wove paper		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 57) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.57	1980-1985	Purple blue, smooth, wove paper		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 58) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.58	1980-1985	Die cut		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 59) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.59	1980-1985	Purple red, smooth, wove paper		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 6) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.6	1980-1985	Photograph tipped in on ivory, smooth, wove paper		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 61) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.61	1980-1985	Purple red, smooth, wove paper		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 7) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.7	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 8) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.8	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in black		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 9) from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.9	1980-1985	Screenprint, printed in color		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Title page from BOOK Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.3	1980-1985	Die cut		Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Book Illustrated Book Acc. 21.1986.1-62	1985. (Prints executed 1980-1985).	Illustrated book with thirty screenprints, eleven collages, two pencil drawings, two die cuts and a screenprinted cover	page 12 x 12" (30 x 30.5 cm) Prints (ea.): 12 x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
F#4 Drawing Acc. 2576.2001	1985	Pencil on synthetic polymer sheet	22 x 17 3/4" (55.9 x 45.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky

Frequently Asked Questions

How many works by Stephen Antonakos are in MoMA?

MoMA's catalogue lists 71 works attributed to Stephen Antonakos.

What medium did Stephen Antonakos primarily work in?

Based on MoMA's holdings, Stephen Antonakos's most represented medium is Screenprint.

What nationality is Stephen Antonakos?

Stephen Antonakos is catalogued as American in MoMA's Artists index.

When were Stephen Antonakos's works created?

Dated works in MoMA + Met for Stephen Antonakos span 1963 to 1985.