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Elizabeth Olds

Elizabeth Olds

1896⚠

WA-00028768

PrintmakingRealismSocial Realism

Representation

None documented

9

Institutional Exhibitions

7

Works in Collection

11

Assets Indexed

2

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ5363286 ULAN500018141

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Designed for Children

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1946

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Original Illustrations of Children's Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1946

No image

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

Silk Screen Prints Under $10

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941–1942

No image

Animals in Art; Designing a Stage Setting

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941

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

No image

Subway Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1938

Field Verification (2 fields)

0 cross-verified · 2 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%
Birth yearArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4398
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/elizabeth-olds
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

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Movement

Realism

Medium

Printmaking

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (7)

1940 · screenprint

Sheet: 56.2 x 78.2 cm (22 1/8 x 30 13/16 in.); Image: 50.5 x 74.6 cm (19 7/8 x 29 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Adoration of the Masters

1940 · screenprint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Picasso Study Club

Picasso Study Club

1940 · Screenprint

sheet: 9 3/8 × 17 7/8" (23.8 × 45.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Harlem Street Dancers

1939 · woodcut

Sheet: 30.9 x 46.4 cm (12 3/16 x 18 1/4 in.); Image: 25.3 x 35.4 cm (9 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Harlem Dancers

1939 · Color woodcut on Japanese paper

Image/block: 25.5 × 35.7 cm (10 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 33.6 × 45.7 cm (13 1/4 × 18 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Miner Joe

1935 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image: 45 × 34.5 cm (17 3/4 × 13 5/8 in.); Sheet: 58 × 40.7 cm (22 7/8 × 16 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Forging Axles

1935 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image: 32.2 × 48.3 cm (12 11/16 × 19 1/16 in.); Sheet: 40.7 × 58.4 cm (16 1/16 × 23 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork sources (3)

7 published of 8 catalogued · 5 with image

Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published
MoMA
1 publishedof 2 catalogued2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

Fire
1940 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Harlem Street Dancers
1939 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Adoration of the Masters
1940 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Harlem Dancers (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Harlem Dancers (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

4

Movements2

Realism Social Realism

Collections2

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago