The Cow's Siesta

1927

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Watercolor and black crayon on paper
Dimensions: 22 × 15 in. (61 × 38.1 cm)
Collection no.: 1974.356.14ab
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Cow's Siesta — Jan Matulka. 1927.

Medium: Watercolor and black crayon on paper. Dimensions: 22 × 15 in. (61 × 38.1 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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