Artist Monograph

Will Barnet, American

American, 1911–2012

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	13	72.2%
Screenprint	2	11.1%
Other Media	1	5.6%
Oil Painting	1	5.6%
Woodcut	1	5.6%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	17	94.4%
Painting & Sculpture	1	5.6%

Production by Decade

2

1950s

1

1960s

2

1970s

2

1990s

11

2000s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 10
Print — 7
Painting — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	10	58.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	35.3%
Large (1–3 m)	1	5.9%

Range: 13.8 cm → 162.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1952	1
1960	1
1976	1
1977	1
1986	1
1998	2
2005	1
2009	10

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 18 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Enfant Print Acc. 87.1952	1951	Lithograph	composition: 16 3/4 x 14" (42.5 x 35.5 cm); sheet: 22 1/4 x 20" (56.5 x 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Golden Tension Painting Acc. 22.1960	1959-60	Oil and gold leaf on canvas	64 x 39 7/8" (162.5 x 101.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Dr. Jack M. Greenbaum
Singular Image Print Acc. 293.1986	(1964)	Woodcut	(irreg) composition 32 11/16 x 22 3/16" (83.1 x 56.3 cm) (sl irreg) sheet 37 1/8 x 24 13/16" (94.3 x 63 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Elena and Will Barnet
The Book from 1776 USA 1976 Bicentennial Prints Print Acc. 416.1977.3	1975	One screenprint from a portfolio of six lithographs, five screenprints and one aquatint	composition 26 1/4 x 18 3/16" (66.8 x 46.2 cm) sheet 29 7/8 x 22 1/4" (75.9 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Special Projects Group
Waiting from Kent Bicentennial Portfolio: Spirit of Independence Print Acc. 503.1976.1	1975	Lithograph and screenprint from a portfolio of six lithographs, four screenprints (one with collage additions), and two lithograph and screenprints	composition: 34 × 33 1/16" (86.3 × 84 cm); sheet: 39 7/16 × 36 7/8" (100.2 × 93.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lorillard, A Division of Loews Theatres, Inc.
Duluth from American Abstract Artists 60th Anniversary Print Portfolio Print Acc. 135.1998.3	1997	One from a portfolio of forty lithographs	composition: 6 5/8 × 9" (16.8 × 22.8 cm); sheet: 9 5/8 × 12 5/8" (24.4 × 32 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Goodyear
Between Life and Life Print Acc. 606.1998	1998	Lithograph	Sheet: 29 x 29 3/4" (73.7 x 75.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Print Club of New York
A Wave Illustrated Book Acc. 1349.2009.A1-8	2002	Illustrated book with eight lithographs	overall (closed): 14 3/8 x 11 1/2 x 13/16" (36.5 x 29.2 x 2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sasha Cutter and Aaron Hsu
A Wave Illustrated Book Acc. 1349.2009.A-B	2002	Illustrated book with eight lithographs and supplemental suite of eight lithographs	book (overall, closed): 14 3/8 x 11 1/2 x 13/16" (36.5 x 29.2 x 2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sasha Cutter and Aaron Hsu
Untitled from A Wave Illustrated Book Acc. 1349.2009.B2	2002	One from the supplemental suite of eight lithographs	composition: 6 9/16 x 5 9/16" (16.7 x 14.1 cm); sheet: 14 3/16 x 11 1/4" (36 x 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sasha Cutter and Aaron Hsu
Untitled from A Wave Illustrated Book Acc. 1349.2009.B3	2002	One from the supplemental suite of eight lithographs	composition: 6 9/16 x 5 9/16" (16.7 x 14.1 cm); sheet: 14 3/16 x 11 1/4" (36 x 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sasha Cutter and Aaron Hsu
Untitled from A Wave Illustrated Book Acc. 1349.2009.B4	2002	One from the supplemental suite of eight lithographs	composition: 6 11/16 x 4 15/16" (17 x 12.5 cm); sheet: 14 3/16 x 11 1/4" (36 x 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sasha Cutter and Aaron Hsu
Untitled from A Wave Illustrated Book Acc. 1349.2009.B5	2002	One from the supplemental suite of eight lithographs	composition: 5 1/2 x 4 3/8" (14 x 11.1 cm); sheet: 14 3/16 x 11 1/4" (36 x 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sasha Cutter and Aaron Hsu
Untitled from A Wave Illustrated Book Acc. 1349.2009.B6	2002	One from the supplemental suite of eight lithographs	composition: 5 11/16 x 4 7/16" (14.5 x 11.3 cm); sheet: 14 3/16 x 11 1/4" (36 x 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sasha Cutter and Aaron Hsu
Untitled from A Wave Illustrated Book Acc. 1349.2009.B7	2002	One from the supplemental suite of eight lithographs	composition: 5 13/16 x 4 7/16" (14.8 x 11.2 cm); sheet: 14 3/16 x 11 1/4" (36 x 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sasha Cutter and Aaron Hsu
Untitled from A Wave Illustrated Book Acc. 1349.2009.B8	2002	One from the supplemental suite of eight lithographs	composition: 4 3/16 x 5 7/16" (10.7 x 13.8 cm); sheet: 14 3/16 x 11 1/4" (36 x 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sasha Cutter and Aaron Hsu
Untitled from A Wave Illustrated Book Acc. 1349.2009.B1	2002	One from the supplemental suite of eight lithographs	composition: 7 15/16 x 7 1/16" (20.2 x 18 cm); sheet: 14 3/16 x 11 1/4" (36 x 28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Sasha Cutter and Aaron Hsu
Bob Print Acc. 910.2005	2005	Intaglio	plate: 9 7/8 × 4 7/8" (25.1 × 12.4 cm); sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 1/16" (37.8 × 25.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Agnes Gund