Saturn and Family
1953 · Aquatint and etching
Plate 11 3/4 x 23 9/16" (22.9 x 59.9 cm) Sheet 16 5/16 x 26"
Museum of Modern Art
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Alton Pickens
Artist
WA-00028911
Expressionism
Representation
None documented
16
Institutional Exhibitions
7
Works in Collection
17
Assets Indexed
0
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Authority Records (3)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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The Artist as Adversary
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1971
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Contemporary Painters and Sculptors as Printmakers
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
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Modern Allegories
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1961–1962
No image
XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1954–1955
No image
American Prints of the 20th Century
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1954
No image
Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947�1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1953
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Recent American Woodcuts and Prints by Marin, Hopper and Weber
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1952
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Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1952
No image
Some American Prints, 1949�50, from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1951
No image
Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1950
No image
Master Prints from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1949
No image
American Paintings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1948–1949
Source Registry (1)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Artworks (7)
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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