Artist Monograph

Unidentified Designer, American

American

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	17	65.4%
Other Media	9	34.6%

Production by Decade

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	7	29.2%
Medium (30–100 cm)	17	70.8%

Range: 1.9 cm → 92.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1941	1
1956	3
1962	1
1988	1
2012	19
2015	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 26 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Storage Boxes with Covers Design Acc. 532.1956.1-3	Unknown	Clear plastic	Each: l. 1 7/8 x w. 7/8" (l. 4.8 x w. 2.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 4.76 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Department Purchase
Welder's Mask Design Acc. 408.1988	Before 1930	Coated cardboard, glass, bakelite, and metal	9 x 9 x 7" (22.9 x 22.9 x 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Department Purchase Fund
Vegetable Peeler Design Acc. 799.1941	Before 1941	Steel	6 1/2 x 3/4" (16.5 x 1.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 16.50 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase
Salt Shakers Design Acc. 535.1956.1-2	c. 1946	Plastic	Each: diam. 1 1/2" (3.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 3.81 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Philip Johnson
Frank Lloyd Wright letterhead Design Acc. 1250.2015.2	1950	Letterpress	8 1/4 × 5 1/4" (21 × 13.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Blanket Pin Design Acc. 549.1956	Before 1956	Steel	3 3/4" (9.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 9.50 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Department Purchase
Greetings of the Season with Very Best Wishes for a Happy and Beautiful New Year, Cumberland Furniture Corporation Design Acc. 288.1962	1962	Lithograph	23 x 18" (58.4 x 45.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Given anonymously
Lou Reed Design Acc. 174.2012	1972	Lithograph	33 x 17" (83.8 x 43.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lawrence Benenson
Lou Reed, First Solo LP Design Acc. 173.2012	1972	Lithograph	33 x 21" (83.8 x 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lawrence Benenson
Lou Reed, Rock N Roll Animal Design Acc. 178.2012	1974	Lithograph	36 1/4 x 24" (92.1 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 Lawrence Benenson
Wayne County & the Backstreet Boys at Max's Design Acc. 182.2012	1975	Lithograph	11 x 15" (27.9 x 38.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lawrence Benenson
Blondie Design Acc. 186.2012	1976	Lithograph	27 3/4 x 17" (70.5 x 43.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lawrence Benenson
Flyer for the Philadelphia Screening of the Documentary Film "Blank Generation" Design Acc. 185.2012	1976	Photocopy	14 x 8 1/2" (35.6 x 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lawrence Benenson
Patti Smith, Radio Ethiopia Design Acc. 187.2012	1976	Lithograph	31 1/4 x 24" (79.4 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 Lawrence Benenson
Blondie (Flyer for a punk rock party sponsored by Bump Records, Hollywood) Design Acc. 197.2012	1977	Photocopy	11 x 8 1/2" (27.9 x 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lawrence Benenson
Blondie, Plastic Letters Design Acc. 198.2012	1977	Lithograph	35 x 23" (88.9 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 Lawrence Benenson
Fear, 1st LP, Slash Records Design Acc. 233.2012	c.1977	Lithograph	30 x 24" (76.2 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 Lawrence Benenson
Iggy Pop, Metallic KO Design Acc. 207.2012	1977	Lithograph	16 x 12" (40.6 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lawrence Benenson
Suicide, Debut LP Design Acc. 223.2012	1977	Lithograph	23 x 15 1/2" (58.4 x 39.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lawrence Benenson
Television, Marquee Moon Design Acc. 224.2012	1977	Lithograph	11 x 14" (27.9 x 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lawrence Benenson
Album cover for The Residents, Duck Stab/Buster & Glen Design Acc. 259.2012	1978	Lithograph	12 1/2 x 12 1/2" (31.8 x 31.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lawrence Benenson
Germs, Darby Crash Cover of Slash magazine Design Acc. 242.2012	1978	Lithograph	32 x 23" (81.3 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 Lawrence Benenson
Patti Smith Group salutes Pope Jean Paul I Design Acc. 260.2012	1978-1979	Lithograph	10 x 8" (25.4 x 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lawrence Benenson
The Cramps, We're Coming to Take You Away, Hurrah! Design Acc. 261.2012	c.1978	Photocopy	8 1/2 x 11" (21.6 x 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lawrence Benenson
The Residents, Duck Stab! Design Acc. 258.2012	1978	Lithograph	18 x 12 1/2" (45.7 x 31.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lawrence Benenson
Chrome, Half Machine Lip Moves Design Acc. 263.2012	1979	Lithograph	22 x 17" (55.9 x 43.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lawrence Benenson