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Printmaking Artists
14,221 works at MoMA
8 nationalities
Leading Artists in Printmaking
- 4275 Eugène Atget French
- 614 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe American
- 334 Unidentified photographer
- 300 Jan Dibbets Dutch
- 214 William Eggleston American
- 173 Francis Frith British
- 157 Frances Benjamin Johnston American
- 144 Stephen Shore American
- 143 Alfred Capel Cure British
- 142 George P. Critcherson American
National Distribution
Classification Sub-types
| Classification | Works | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Photograph | 10315 | 72.5% |
| Illustrated Book | 1176 | 8.3% |
| 1014 | 7.1% | |
| Mies van der Rohe Archive | 699 | 4.9% |
| Drawing | 389 | 2.7% |
| Design | 230 | 1.6% |
| Architecture | 175 | 1.2% |
| Multiple | 50 | 0.4% |
Department Distribution
- Photography (MOMA) — 10288
- Photographs (MET) — 5548
- Drawings & Prints (MOMA) — 2712
- Architecture & Design (MOMA) — 1114
- The American Wing (MET) — 164
- Drawings and Prints (MET) — 136
- Media and Performance (MOMA) — 52
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (MET) — 38
- Painting & Sculpture (MOMA) — 32
- Fluxus Collection (MOMA) — 14
Production by Decade
165
0s
4
1830s
99
1840s
624
1850s
775
1860s
405
1870s
99
1880s
640
1890s
2179
1900s
1282
1910s
1255
1920s
443
1930s
386
1940s
458
1950s
771
1960s
1505
1970s
1136
1980s
956
1990s
568
2000s
436
2010s
35
2020s
Physical Scale Distribution
| Scale bracket | Works | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small (< 30 cm) | 4695 | 50.8% |
| Medium (30–100 cm) | 3922 | 42.4% |
| Large (1–3 m) | 585 | 6.3% |
| Monumental (> 3 m) | 49 | 0.5% |
Artist Birth Cohorts
4
1775–1799
79
1800–1824
70
1825–1849
53
1850–1874
95
1875–1899
145
1900–1924
407
1925–1949
373
1950–1974
77
1975–1999
2
2000–2024
Gender of Artists Working in Printmaking
- Male — 1,043
- Female — 287
- Gender non-conformin — 1
Met Cultural Context
| Culture | Country | Met Records |
|---|---|---|
| British (American market) | England | 113 |
| British | England | 21 |
| American | United States | 15 |
| British (American market) | England|England | 7 |
| British | 7 | |
| French, Jouy-en-Josas | 5 | |
| Japan | 4 | |
| British, Burslem, Staffordshire | 4 | |
| American | 4 | |
| British, Staffordshire | 4 |
On View Now
21 Printmaking works currently installed in Met galleries
Notable Highlights
Trattato dell' arte della pittura, scultura et architetettura
Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo · 1585
Milan: [s.n.], 1585
Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: The Three Crosses
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) · 1653
Architectura Curiosa Nova: Das ist, neue ergotzliche Sinn und Kunstreiche auch nutzliche Bau- und Wasser-Kunst . . .
Georg Andreas Böckler · 1664
Nuremberg : [s.n.], [1664]
Wrack
William Henry Fox Talbot · 1839
Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan
John Lloyd Stephens · 1842
London: J. Murray, 1842 (new ed.)
[Newhaven Fishwives]
David Octavius Hill|Robert Adamson|Hill and Adamson · ca. 1845
[Oak Tree and Rocks, Forest of Fontainebleau]
Gustave Le Gray · 1849–52
[Large Figures on the North Porch, Chartres Cathedral]
Henri-Jean-Louis Le Secq · 1852