Artist Monograph

William Newzam Prior Nicholson, British

British, 1872–1949

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Woodcut	2	40%
Gouache	2	40%
Lithography	1	20%

Classification Types

Print — 3
Illustrated Book — 1
Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	4	80%
Medium (30–100 cm)	1	20%

Range: 13.7 cm → 32.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1953	1
1954	1
1964	1
1970	1
1978	1

British Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 5 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
An Alphabet Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1970	1897, dated 1898	Illustrated book with twenty-seven photolithographs and two line block prints	irreg. sheet 12 11/16 x 10" (32.3 x 25.5 cm) irreg. page 15 9/16 x 12 11/16" (39 x 32.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Reiss-Cohen Fund
Old Woman Print Acc. 513.1953	1897	Woodcut	composition: 9 5/8 x 7 11/16" (24.4 x 19.5cm); sheet: 14 1/2 x 11" (36.8 x 28cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter H. Deitsch
GUARDIAN OF THE TOWER Print Acc. 1157.1964	1898	Woodcut, printed in black with gray-tan wash, and blue and red gouache added	Sheet and comp. 10 1/8 x 9" (25.8 x 23.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
The Hooligan Drawing Acc. 787.1978	1898	Ink and gouache on board	13 x 9" (33.0 x 22.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift in honor of Myron Orlofsky
I Rise Early Print Acc. 47.1953	1900	Woodcut	composition: 5 3/8 x 3 5/8" (13.7 x 9.2cm); sheet: 9 5/16 x 6 7/8" (23.7 x 17.5cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Victor Thaw