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Leonard Pytlak

Leonard Pytlak

American, 1910

WA-00029015

Newark, NJ, USA

Printmaking

Representation

None documented

4

Institutional Exhibitions

10

Works in Collection

14

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ52157222

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Art in War: OEM Purchases from a National Competition

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1942

No image

Pictures for Children

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941–1942

No image

American Color Prints under $10

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1940

No image

PM Competition: The Artist as Reporter

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1940

Field Verification (4 fields)

3 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearMoMA· 93%✓
LocationMoMA· 93%✓
NationalityMoMA· 93%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4765
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (10)

Laurels Number Two

1947 · portfolio of 2 etchings, 1 drypoint, 1 screenprint, and 1 engraving

Sheet: 33.5 x 21 cm (13 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.); Image: 14.5 x 21 cm (5 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1947 · screenprint

Sheet: 25.7 x 31.4 cm (10 1/8 x 12 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

ROCKPORT, MASSACHUSETTS

1941 · Serigraph, printed in color

Sheet 14 11/16" x 20 3/8" (37.3 x 51.8 cm) Comp 13 1/2 x 19 3/8" (34.3 x 49.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Landscape Gardeners

Landscape Gardeners

1939 · Color woodcut on light-gray Japanese paper

Image: 30.1 × 35.6 cm (11 7/8 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 37.5 × 46 cm (14 13/16 × 18 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

First Ice

1939 · Color screenprint on ivory wove paper

Image: 31.3 × 35 cm (12 3/8 × 13 13/16 in.); Sheet: 39.6 × 40.7 cm (15 5/8 × 16 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1935 · Serigraph

image: 14 x 16 1/2 in. (35.6 x 41.9 cm) sheet: 14 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (36.8 x 44.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1935 · Color woodcut

block: 8 x 11 in. (20.3 x 27.9 cm) sheet: 12 x 15 in. (30.5 x 38.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Making Ready

1935 · Color lithograph on off-white wove paper

Image: 30.4 × 39.7 cm (12 × 15 11/16 in.); Sheet: 35.4 × 47.6 cm (13 15/16 × 18 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Underground

1935 · Color lithograph on off-white wove paper

Image: 28.1 × 38.7 cm (11 1/8 × 15 1/4 in.); Sheet: 40.5 × 58.2 cm (16 × 22 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Corner House

1935 · Lithograph on off-white wove paper

Image: 25.6 × 28.5 cm (10 1/8 × 11 1/4 in.); Sheet: 29.4 × 40.6 cm (11 5/8 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

10 published of 11 catalogued · 5 with image

Art Institute Chicago
5 published5 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published
The Met
2 published
MoMA
1 publishedof 2 catalogued

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

After the Fire
1947 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Laurels Number Two
1947 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

First Ice (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

First Ice (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

3

Collections3

Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago