Artist Monograph

William Majors, American

American, 1930–1982

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	21	87.5%
Drawing	3	12.5%

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 19
Print — 3
Drawing — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	12	50%
Medium (30–100 cm)	12	50%

Range: 17.5 cm → 75.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1962	1
1964	1
1966	19
1967	1
1970	1
1994	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 24 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Drawing Acc. 243.1962	1962	Ink on paper	22 1/8 x 29 3/4" (56.3 x 75.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Ethel R. Scull Fund
Crucifixion Print Acc. 1156.1964	1963	Etching	plate: 17 7/8 × 22 5/16" (45.4 × 56.6 cm); sheet: 20 1/16 × 25" (51 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Vera de Vries Weber Memorial Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 592.1970	1963	Ink on paper	19 1/4 x 26" (48.5 x 66 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Wilder Green
Untitled Print Acc. 559.1994	1963	Etching	plate: 5 3/8 × 7 7/8" (13.7 × 20 cm); sheet (irreg.): 9 5/8 × 11 5/8" (24.5 × 29.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Frances R. Keech Bequest
Ecclesiastes I:7 (plate, folio 4) from Etchings from Ecclesiastes Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1966.1	1965	Etching from an illustrated book with eighteen etchings, thirteen with aquatint	plate: 10 × 13 3/4" (25.4 × 35 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 16 15/16" (35 × 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Junior Council
Ecclesiastes I:9 (plate, folio 6) from Etchings from Ecclesiastes Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1966.2	1965	Etching from an illustrated book with eighteen etchings, thirteen with aquatint	plate: 9 13/16 × 13 3/4" (25 × 35 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 16 15/16" (35 × 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Junior Council
Ecclesiastes II:5 (plate, folio 8) from Etchings from Ecclesiastes Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1966.3	1965	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with eighteen etchings, thirteen with aquatint	plate: 3 1/16 × 6 15/16" (7.7 × 17.6 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 16 15/16" (35 × 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Junior Council
Ecclesiastes III:1 (plate, folio 10) from Etchings from Ecclesiastes Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1966.4	1965	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with eighteen etchings, thirteen with aquatint	plate: 3 1/16 × 6 7/8" (7.8 × 17.5 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 16 15/16" (35 × 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Junior Council
Ecclesiastes III:2 (plate, folio 11) from Etchings from Ecclesiastes Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1966.5	1965	Etching from an illustrated book with eighteen etchings, thirteen with aquatint	plate: 6 15/16 × 5 1/4" (17.6 × 13.4 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 16 15/16" (35 × 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Junior Council
Ecclesiastes III:3 (plate, folio 12) from Etchings from Ecclesiastes Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1966.6	1965	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with eighteen etchings, thirteen with aquatint	plate: 6 15/16 × 5 3/16" (17.7 × 13.2 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 16 15/16" (35 × 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Junior Council
Ecclesiastes III:4,5 (plate, folio 13) from Etchings from Ecclesiastes Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1966.7	1965	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with eighteen etchings, thirteen with aquatint	plate: 7 1/2 × 13 7/8" (19 × 35.3 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 16 15/16" (35 × 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Junior Council
Ecclesiastes III:8 (plate, folio 14) from Etchings from Ecclesiastes Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1966.8	1965	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with eighteen etchings, thirteen with aquatint	plate: 7 1/16 × 9 13/16" (17.9 × 24.9 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 16 15/16" (35 × 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Junior Council
Ecclesiastes IV:9 (plate, folio 16) from Etchings from Ecclesiastes Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1966.9	1965	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with eighteen etchings, thirteen with aquatint	plate: 6 15/16 × 9 13/16" (17.6 × 25 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 16 15/16" (35 × 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Junior Council
Ecclesiastes IX:10 (plate, folio 26) from Etchings from Ecclesiastes Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1966.14	1965	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with eighteen etchings, thirteen with aquatint	plate: 7 1/2 × 9 7/8" (19 × 25.1 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 16 15/16" (35 × 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Junior Council
Ecclesiastes V:15 (plate, folio 18) from Etchings from Ecclesiastes Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1966.10	1965	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with eighteen etchings, thirteen with aquatint	plate: 9 15/16 × 13 3/4" (25.2 × 35 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 16 15/16" (35 × 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Junior Council
Ecclesiastes VI:12 (plate, folio 20) from Etchings from Ecclesiastes Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1966.11	1965	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with eighteen etchings, thirteen with aquatint	plate: 9 15/16 × 13 3/4" (25.2 × 34.9 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 16 15/16" (35 × 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Junior Council
Ecclesiastes VII:25 (plate, folio 22) from Etchings from Ecclesiastes Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1966.12	1965	Etching from an illustrated book with eighteen etchings, thirteen with aquatint	plate: 10 1/16 × 13 5/8" (25.5 × 34.6 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 16 15/16" (35 × 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Junior Council
Ecclesiastes VIII:17 (plate, folio 24) from Etchings from Ecclesiastes Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1966.13	1965	Etching from an illustrated book with eighteen etchings, thirteen with aquatint	plate: 9 7/8 × 13 3/4" (25.1 × 35 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 16 15/16" (35 × 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Junior Council
Ecclesiastes X:17 (plate, folio 28) from Etchings from Ecclesiastes Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1966.15	1965	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with eighteen etchings, thirteen with aquatint	plate: 6 15/16 × 8 3/4" (17.6 × 22.3 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 16 15/16" (35 × 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Junior Council
Ecclesiastes XI:6 (plate, folio 30) from Etchings from Ecclesiastes Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1966.16	1965	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with eighteen etchings, thirteen with aquatint	plate: 7 9/16 × 9 15/16" (19.2 × 25.3 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 16 15/16" (35 × 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Junior Council
Ecclesiastes XII:14 (plate, folio 33) from Etchings from Ecclesiastes Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1966.18	1965	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with eighteen etchings, thirteen with aquatint	plate: 7 1/2 × 9 7/8" (19 × 25.1 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 16 15/16" (35 × 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Junior Council
Ecclesiastes XII:2 (plate, folio 32) from Etchings from Ecclesiastes Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1966.17	1965	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with eighteen etchings, thirteen with aquatint	plate: 6 15/16 × 9 3/4" (17.6 × 24.7 cm); page: 13 3/4 × 16 15/16" (35 × 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Junior Council
Etchings from Ecclesiastes Illustrated Book Acc. 30.1966.1-18	1965	Illustrated book with eighteen etchings, thirteen with aquatint	page: 13 3/4 × 16 15/16" (35 × 43 cm); overall (closed): 14 3/4 × 18 1/4 × 1 3/4" (37.5 × 46.3 × 4.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Junior Council
Procession Print Acc. 57.1967	1966	Inkless intaglio	plate: 11 3/4 × 17 1/2" (29.9 × 44.5 cm); sheet: 22 5/16 × 30 3/4" (56.7 × 78.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund