Artist Monograph

William Zorach, American

American, born Lithuania. 1889–1966

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	5	55.6%
Watercolor	2	22.2%
Sculpture	1	11.1%
Drawing	1	11.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	7	77.8%
Painting & Sculpture	2	22.2%

Production by Decade

4

1910s

4

1920s

1

1940s

Classification Types

Print — 4
Drawing — 3
Sculpture — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	4	44.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	55.6%

Range: 18.0 cm → 57.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1935	2
1939	1
1940	1
1942	1
1964	1
1981	3

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 9 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Sailboat Print Acc. 16.1981	c. 1915-20	Linoleum cut	composition: 7 1/16 x 6 1/2" (18 x 16.5 cm); sheet: 10 1/4 x 9 7/8" (26 x 25.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
Marine Print Acc. 17.1981	c. 1916	Linoleum cut	composition: 6 3/16 x 7 5/8" (15.7 x 19.4 cm); sheet: 8 1/4 x 11" (21 x 28 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
Masts and Houses (Provincetown) Print Acc. 18.1981	c. 1916	Linoleum cut	composition: 10 7/8 x 7 5/16" (27.6 x 18.6 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 1/16" (40 x 28.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Carol O. Selle Fund
Untitled Print Acc. 804.1963	c. 1918	Stencil	composition: 10 1/8 x 4 1/2" (25.7 x 11.5 cm); sheet: 10 1/4 x 4 1/2" (26 x 11.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Holger Cahill
Edna St. Vincent Millay Drawing Acc. 215.1940	1923	Charcoal on paper	22 5/8 x 18 3/4" (57.5 x 47.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Child with Cat Sculpture Acc. 15.1939	1926	Tennessee marble	21 3/4 x 11 1/4 x 7 1/2" (55.4 x 28.6 x 19 cm) including base ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 40.37 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sam A. Lewisohn
Fisherman Drawing Acc. 171.1935	1927	Watercolor and charcoal on paper	15 1/8 x 22 1/8" (38.5 x 56.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Spring Drawing Acc. 173.1935	1927	Watercolor and pencil on paper	15 1/4 x 22 1/4" (38.9 x 56.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously (by exchange)
Head of Christ Sculpture Acc. 188.1942	1940	Stone	20 5/8 x 10 1/4 x 11 5/8" (52.4 x 26 x 29.6 cm) including marble base ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund