Artworks · Martin Puryear

Becky from Cane

2000 · One from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with ten woodcuts and a supplementary suite of seven woodcuts

composition: 10 3/8 x 12 3/4" (26.3 x 32.4 cm); sheet: 16 3/4 x 20 1/2" (42.5 x 52 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Karintha (plate, facing page 8) from Cane

2000 · One from an illustrated book with ten woodcuts and a supplementary suite of seven woodcuts

composition: 10 3/8 × 12 13/16" (26.3 × 32.5 cm); page (each): 11 1/2 × 13 7/8" (29.2 × 35.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Arc (plate, page 89) from Cane

2000 · One from an illustrated book with ten woodcuts and a supplementary suite of seven woodcuts

composition: 3 7/16 × 4 3/16" (8.7 × 10.7 cm); page (each): 11 1/2 × 13 7/8" (29.2 × 35.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bona (plate, facing page 80) from Cane

2000 · One from an illustrated book with ten woodcuts and a supplementary suite of seven woodcuts

composition: 10 3/8 × 12 7/8" (26.3 × 32.7 cm); page (each): 11 1/2 × 13 7/8" (29.2 × 35.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Avey (plate, facing page 50) from Cane

2000 · One from an illustrated book with ten woodcuts and a supplementary suite of seven woodcuts

composition: 10 3/8 × 12 13/16" (26.4 × 32.5 cm); page (each): 11 1/2 × 13 7/8" (29.2 × 35.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Esther (plate, facing page 28) from Cane

2000 · One from an illustrated book with ten woodcuts and a supplementary suite of seven woodcuts

composition: 10 3/8 × 12 13/16" (26.4 × 32.5 cm); page (each): 11 1/2 × 13 7/8" (29.2 × 35.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fern (plate, facing page 22) from Cane

2000 · One from an illustrated book with ten woodcuts and a supplementary suite of seven woodcuts

composition: 10 7/16 × 12 13/16" (26.5 × 32.5 cm); page (each): 11 1/2 × 13 7/8" (29.2 × 35.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Carma (plate, facing page 18) from Cane

2000 · One from an illustrated book with ten woodcuts and a supplementary suite of seven woodcuts

composition: 10 7/16 × 12 7/8" (26.5 × 32.7 cm); page (each): 11 1/2 × 13 7/8" (29.2 × 35.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Avey from Cane

2000 · One from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with ten woodcuts and a supplementary suite of seven woodcuts

composition: 10 5/16 x 12 11/16" (26.2 x 32.3 cm); sheet: 16 3/4 x 20 1/2" (42.5 x 52 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Karintha from Cane

2000 · One from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with ten woodcuts and a supplementary suite of seven woodcuts

composition: 10 3/8 x 12 3/4" (26.3 x 32.4 cm); sheet: 16 3/4 x 20 1/2" (42.5 x 52 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Esther from Cane

2000 · One from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with ten woodcuts and a supplementary suite of seven woodcuts

composition: 10 3/8 x 12 3/4" (26.4 x 32.4 cm); sheet: 16 3/4 x 20 11/16" (42.5 x 52.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fern from Cane

2000 · One from the supplementary suite of an illustrated book with ten woodcuts and a supplementary suite of seven woodcuts

composition: 10 7/16 x 12 11/16" (26.5 x 32.3 cm); sheet: 16 3/4 x 20 11/16" (42.5 x 52.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Becky (plate, facing page 12) from Cane

2000 · One from an illustrated book with ten woodcuts and a supplementary suite of seven woodcuts

composition: 10 5/16 × 12 3/4" (26.2 × 32.4 cm); page (each): 11 1/2 × 13 7/8" (29.2 × 35.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cane

2000 · Illustrated book with ten woodcuts and a supplementary suite of seven woodcuts

page (each): 11 1/2 × 13 7/8" (29.2 × 35.3 cm); overall (closed): 11 11/16 × 14 1/8 × 1 1/8" (29.7 × 35.8 × 2.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cane (book by Jean Toomer with woodblock print illustrations)

2000 · Artist book of typeset and woodblock prints on paper

Book: 11 3/4 × 14 3/16 × 15/16 in. (29.8 × 36 × 2.4 cm) Slip case and book: 13 11/16 × 15 1/16 × 1 13/16 in. (34.8 × 38.3 × 4.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cane

2000 · Portfolio of 7 woodblock prints on Japanese paper

Sheet (Each sheet, approx.): 16 7/8 × 20 3/8 in. (42.9 × 51.8 cm) Plate (Each block, approx.): 10 3/8 × 12 3/4 in. (26.4 × 32.4 cm) Portfolio: 18 3/16 × 21 3/4 × 1/4 in. (46.2 × 55.2 × 0.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

1999 · Etching and aquatint on cream Japanese paper, laid down on white wove paper (chine collé)

Image/plate: 45.5 × 60.2 cm (17 15/16 × 23 3/4 in.); Sheet: 68.5 × 80.7 cm (27 × 31 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (LA MoCA portfolio)

1999 · Hard and soft ground etching and aquatint, on cream Japanese paper, laid down on white wove paper (chine collé)

Image/plate: 60.5 × 45 cm (23 7/8 × 17 3/4 in.); Sheet: 76 × 54.5 cm (29 15/16 × 21 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1999 · etching with chine collé

Sheet: 68.5 x 81 cm (26 15/16 x 31 7/8 in.); Platemark: 45.3 x 60.5 cm (17 13/16 x 23 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Horsefly

1996 · Wire mesh, tar, glass, and wood

8' 1" x 6' 7" x 7' 11" (246.4 x 200.7 x 241.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Drawing for Untitled

1994 · Black Conté crayon, with smudging, on ivory wove paper

73.5 × 58.4 cm (28 15/16 × 23 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1994 · Charcoal on paper

29 x 23 1/8" (73.6 x 58.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1993 · Ink wash, conté crayon, and pencil on cut-and-taped colored paper

80 1/4 x 54 1/2" (203.8 x 138.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Alien Huddle

1993 · red cedar, pine

Overall: 134.6 x 162.5 x 134.6 cm (53 x 64 x 53 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Drawing for Untitled, 1997-2001

1992 · Compressed charcoal and graphite on buff wove paper

58.6 × 73.5 cm (23 1/8 × 28 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1989 · Pencil on paper on board

10 7/8 x 13 5/8" (27.7 x 34.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Malediction

1989 · Pencil on paper

13 5/8 x 10 7/8" (34.7 x 27.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Lever #1

1988 · Red cedar, cypress, poplar, and ash

429.3 × 340.4 × 45 cm (169 × 134 × 17 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Verge

1987 · Painted wood

67 3/8" x 7' x 46 1/4" (171.1 x 213.4 x 117.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mile of Sculpture

1984 · Color lithograph on white wove paper

Image: 81 × 68.5 cm (31 15/16 × 27 in.); Sheet: 89.5 × 68.5 cm (35 1/4 × 27 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Greed's Trophy

1984 · Steel rod and wire, wood, rattan, and leather

12' 9" x 20" x 55" (388.6 x 50.8 x 139.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dark Loop

1982 · Woodcut on ivory Japanese paper

Image/plate: 52.3 × 71 cm (20 5/8 × 28 in.); Sheet: 57.8 × 76.2 cm (22 13/16 × 30 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sanctuary

1982 · Pine, maple and cherry

320 × 61 × 45.7 cm (126 × 24 × 18 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dark Loop

1982 · Woodcut

composition (slightly irreg.): 20 3/4 × 27 15/16" (52.7 × 71 cm); sheet: 22 7/16 × 30 1/8" (57 × 76.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tango

1982 · Painted pine

62 × 2 in. (157.5 × 5.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

1977 · Graphite on ivory wove paper

22.5 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, Drawing for Sanctuary (recto and verso)

1977 · Graphite, with erasing and smudging (recto), and graphite (verso), on white wove paper

58.7 × 73.8 cm (23 1/8 × 29 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1966 · Woodcut in black on cream Japanese paper

Image: 28 × 36 cm (11 1/16 × 14 3/16 in.); Sheet: 42.5 × 52 cm (16 3/4 × 20 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1966 · Woodcut in black on cream Japanese paper

Image: 29 × 40 cm (11 7/16 × 15 3/4 in.); Sheet: 42.5 × 52.5 cm (16 3/4 × 20 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cacti

1965 · Graphite, with smudging, on ivory wove paper

19.7 × 22.3 cm (7 13/16 × 8 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bull

1962 · Woodcut in black on cream Japanese paper

Image: 29 × 46 cm (11 7/16 × 18 1/8 in.); Sheet: 43 × 52.5 cm (16 15/16 × 20 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, Drawing for Outdoor Sculpture in Fieldstone and Copper

Graphite on white wove paper

38.8 × 40.5 cm (15 5/16 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago