Artist Monograph

Alfred Manessier, French

French, 1911–1993

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	7	77.8%
Watercolor	1	11.1%
Oil Painting	1	11.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	8	88.9%
Painting & Sculpture	1	11.1%

Production by Decade

1

1920s

1

1940s

7

1950s

Classification Types

Print — 7
Drawing — 1
Painting — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	4	50%
Medium (30–100 cm)	3	37.5%
Large (1–3 m)	1	12.5%

Range: 21.3 cm → 200.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1948	1
1951	1
1953	2
1954	1
1956	1
1957	2
1966	1

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 9 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
February in Holland Print Acc. 182.1957	1926	Lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Bertram Smith Fund
Evocation of the Entombment Drawing Acc. 255.1948	1948	Watercolor on paper	3 1/8 x 11" (7.9 x 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Cornelius J. Sullivan Fund
Twilight Print Acc. 385.1951	1950	Lithograph	composition: 15 7/8 x 10 3/8" (40.3 x 26.4 cm); sheet: 22 3/8 x 15 1/16" (56.9 x 38.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund
EXHIBITION CATALOG Print Acc. 38.1953.1-2	(1952)	Lithograph, printed in color	Sheet 12 7/8 x 9 3/4" (32.6 x 24.9 cm) folded size.Comp. .1 8 1/2 x 6 5/8" (21.6 x 16.8 cm) Comp. .2 2 1/4" x 2 5/8" (5.8 x 6.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Alfred A. Knopf
EXHIBITION CATALOG Print Acc. 39.1953.1-2	(1952)	Lithographs, printed in color	Sheet, folded size 12 7/8 x 9 3/4" (32.6 x 24.9 cm) Comp. .1 8 1/2 x 6 5/8" (21.6 x 16.8 cm) Comp. .2 2 1/4 x 2 5/8" (5.8 x 6.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Galerie de France, Paris
For the Feast of Christ the King Painting Acc. 197.1966	1952	Oil on canvas	6' 7" x 59 1/8" (200.5 x 150 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Litanies Print Acc. 122.1954	(1952)	Lithograph	composition: 20 1/4 x 12 13/16" (51.4 x 32.6 cm); sheet: 22 3/8 x 15 1/16" (56.8 x 38.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund
Living Flame Print Acc. 181.1957	(1954)	Lithograph	composition: 20 3/16 x 14" (51.3 x 35.6 cm); sheet: 25 11/16 x 19 11/16" (65.2 x 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Bertram Smith Fund
WINTER IN HOLLAND Print Acc. 668.1956	(1956)	Lithograph, printed in color	Sheet 13 x 9 13/16" (33.0 x 24.9 cm)Comp. 8 1/4 x 8 3/8" (21.0 x 21.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	France. Gift of Galerie de France