Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase
Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase is a 1992 American animated short by Joan C. Gratz.
Summary
Consisting of 2-D "clay painting," it features famous paintings morphing into each other.List of artists featured
The works of several artists are featured in the transition:- Vincent van Gogh
- Chuck Close
- Pablo Picasso
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Andy Warhol
- Paul Gauguin
- Marcel Duchamp
- René Magritte
- Philip Guston
- Edvard Munch
- Henri Matisse
- André Derain
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
- Modigliani
- Francis Bacon (artist)
- Georg Grosz
- Lucian Freud
- Frida Kahlo
- Robert Rauschenberg
- James Rosenquist
- Tom Wesselmann
- Mark Rothko
- Max Ernst
Accolades
It won the 1992 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film.Reception
New York Magazine's Vulture named the film ninth best of all 87 Oscar winning animated short films.Availability
It was released on DVD by Hen's Tooth in 2004 alongside her other works.It was also available for streaming.