Artist Monograph

William Lescaze, American

American, born Switzerland. 1896–1969

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	3	50%
Sculpture	2	33.3%
Gouache	1	16.7%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	33.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	66.7%

Range: 5.1 cm → 65.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1994	2
1996	1
2002	1
2009	1
2020	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 6 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Table Lamp Design Acc. 384.2009.a-b	c. 1934	Chromed steel with paper shade	h. 22" (55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
Salt and Pepper Shakers Design Acc. 152.2002.1-2	c. 1935	Aluminum and plastic	Each: 1 3/4 x 2 x 5/8" (4.4 x 5.1 x 1.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Dorothy Cullman Purchase Fund
Libbey – Owens – Ford Glass Company Building, Project for World's Fair, New York, 1939 Architecture Acc. 390.1994	1939	Painted wood, glass, and metal	3 1/4 x 18 x 12" (8.3 x 45.7 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 Della Rothermel in honor of John Petrik Rothermel
House, 1940 Architecture Acc. 391.1994	1940	Wood and paint	2 3/4 x 25 3/4 x 21 1/4" (7 x 65.4 x 54 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Della Rothermel
CBS office interior Architecture Acc. 239.2020	1944	Gouache, pencil, colored pencil, ink and cut-and-pasted printed paper on paper	15 1/8 × 19 5/8" (38.4 × 49.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Barbara Jakobson
Coat Hook Design Acc. 110.1996	Before 1946	Chrome-plated brass	6 3/4 x 4 x 7/8" (17.1 x 10.2 x 2.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Frank Stanton