Artist Monograph

Vitaly Komar, American

American, born Russia 1943

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Screenprint	15	88.2%
Oil Painting	1	5.9%
Etching	1	5.9%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	16	94.1%
Painting & Sculpture	1	5.9%

Classification Types

Print — 15
Painting — 1
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	5.9%
Medium (30–100 cm)	14	82.4%
Large (1–3 m)	2	11.8%

Range: 22.1 cm → 183.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1983	1
1987	1
1988	1
1989	1
1992	13

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 17 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
I Saw Stalin Once When I Was a Child Painting Acc. 265.1983	1981-82	Oil on canvas	6' 1/8" x 54 1/4" (183.3 x 137.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Helena Rubinstein Fund
Thank You Comrade Stalin for Our Happy Childhood Print Acc. 151.1985	1983	Screenprint	composition (irreg.): 9 5/8 × 25 9/16" (24.4 × 65 cm); sheet: 13 3/4 × 30 3/8" (35 × 77.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
VENICE FROM THE BOOK TEXT (portfolio, plate 6) from RUSSIAN SAMIZDAT ART Illustrated Book Acc. 24.1987.B6	1986	Screenprint, printed in color	irreg. composition 8 11/16 x 5 7/8" (22.1 x 15 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
SUNRISE AT BAYONNE Print Acc. 11.1989	(1988)	Etching and aquatint, with copper leaf additions	plate 23 3/4 x 65 1/16" (60.3 x 165.3 cm) sheet 32 3/4 x 74 1/8" (83 x 188.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Joanne M. Stern Fund
DEATH Magazine Print Acc. 138.1992.1-12	1991-92	Series of twelve screenprints	each approx. composition 11 15/16 x 9 15/16" (30.5 x 24.5 cm) each approx. sheet 12 1/16 x 10" (30 x 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 Lily Auchincloss
December 1991, Vol. 1, Issue 3 from the series DEATH Magazine Print Acc. 138.1992.3	1991	One from a series of twelve screenprints	composition 12 x 10" (30.5 x 25.4 cm) sheet 12 x 10" (30 x 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 Lily Auchincloss
November 1991, Vol. 1, Issue 2 from the series DEATH Magazine Print Acc. 138.1992.2	1991	One from a series of twelve screenprints	each approx. composition 12 x 10" (30.5 x 25.4 cm) each approx. sheet 12 x 10" (30 x 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 Lily Auchincloss
October 1991, Vol. 1, Issue 1 from the series DEATH Magazine Print Acc. 138.1992.1	1991	One from a series of twelve screenprints	each approx. composition 12 x 10" (30.5 x 25.4 cm) each approx. sheet 12 x 10" (30 x 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 Lily Auchincloss
April 1992, Vol. 1, Issue 7 from the series DEATH Magazine Print Acc. 138.1992.7	1992	One from a series of twelve screenprints	composition 12 x 10" (30.5 x 25.4 cm) sheet 12 x 10" (30 x 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 Lily Auchincloss
August 1992, Vol. 1, Issue 11 from the series DEATH Magazine Print Acc. 138.1992.11	1992	One from a series of twelve screenprints	composition 12 x 10" (30.5 x 25.4 cm) sheet 12 x 10" (30 x 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 Lily Auchincloss
February 1992, Vol. 1, Issue 5 from the series DEATH Magazine Print Acc. 138.1992.5	1992	One from a series of twelve screenprints	composition 12 x 10" (30.5 x 25.4 cm) sheet 12 x 10" (30 x 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 Lily Auchincloss
January 1992, Vol. 1, Issue 4 from the series DEATH Magazine Print Acc. 138.1992.4	1992	One from a series of twelve screenprints	composition 12 x 10" (30.5 x 25.4 cm) sheet 12 x 10" (30 x 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 Lily Auchincloss
July 1992, Vol. 1, Issue 10 from the series DEATH Magazine Print Acc. 138.1992.10	1992	One from a series of twelve screenprints	composition 12 x 10" (30.5 x 25.4 cm) sheet 12 x 10" (30 x 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 Lily Auchincloss
June 1992, Vol. 1, Issue 9 from the series DEATH Magazine Print Acc. 138.1992.9	1992	One from a series of twelve screenprints	composition 12 x 10" (30.5 x 25.4 cm) sheet 12 x 10" (30 x 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 Lily Auchincloss
March 1992, Vol. 1, Issue 6 from the series DEATH Magazine Print Acc. 138.1992.6	1992	One from a series of twelve screenprints	composition 12 x 10" (30.5 x 25.4 cm) sheet 12 x 10" (30 x 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 Lily Auchincloss
May 1992, Vol. 1, Issue 8 from the series DEATH Magazine Print Acc. 138.1992.8	1992	One from a series of twelve screenprints	composition 12 x 10" (30.5 x 25.4 cm) sheet 12 x 10" (30 x 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 Lily Auchincloss
September 1992, Vol. 1, Issue 12 from the series DEATH Magazine Print Acc. 138.1992.12	1992	One from a series of twelve screenprints	composition 12 x 10" (30.5 x 25.4 cm) sheet 12 x 10" (30 x 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 Lily Auchincloss