Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase

Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase is a 1992 American animated short by Joan C. Gratz.

Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase
Directed by	Joan C. Gratz
Produced by	Joan C. Gratz
Starring	Jean G. Poulot
Music by	Jamie Haggerty, Chel White
Production company	Joan C. Gratz Productions
Distributed by	Pyramid Films
Release date	1992 (1992)
Running time	7 minutes [1][2]
Country	United States
Language	English

Summary

Consisting of 2-D claymation, it features famous paintings morphing into each other.^[3][4]

List of artists featured

The works of several artists are featured in the transition:^[5][6][7]

• Vincent van Gogh
• Chuck Close
• Pablo Picasso
• Roy Lichtenstein
• Andy Warhol
• Paul Gauguin
• 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.^[8][9]

Reception

New York Magazine's Vulture named the film ninth best of all 87 Oscar winning animated short films.^[10]

Availability

It was released on DVD by Hen's Tooth in 2004 alongside her other works.^[11]

It is also available for streaming.^[12]