Artist Monograph

André Breton, French

French, 1896–1966

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	6	50%
Gouache	4	33.3%
Photography	2	16.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	10	83.3%
Architecture & Design	1	8.3%
Painting & Sculpture	1	8.3%

Production by Decade

1

1910s

1

1930s

10

1940s

Classification Types

Drawing — 10
Design — 1
Sculpture — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	9	75%
Medium (30–100 cm)	3	25%

Range: 21.5 cm → 53.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1948	1
1955	6
1963	1
1964	1
1969	1
2015	1
2025	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 3, 3 East" — 1

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 12 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Handwritten letter to Monsieur Maríchal Design Acc. 1158.2015	1918	Ink on paper	10 5/8 × 8 1/8" (27 × 20.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Untitled Drawing Acc. 7.1969	1935	Decalcomania (ink transfer) on paper	10 x 12 3/4" (25.3 x 32.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Dessin collectif (Collective Drawing) Drawing Acc. 267.2025	1940	Colored pencil and ink on paper	9 1/16 × 11 3/4" (23 × 29.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Drawings and Prints Fund
.a: Forêt – Noire (1918), .b: Poses Fatales (1919) Drawing Acc. 346.1955.8a-b	1941	.a: Gouache and cut-and-pasted printed paper on colored paper .b: Gouache and cut-and-pasted printed paper on colored paper	10 7/8 x 8 3/8" (27.7 x 21.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kay Sage Tanguy
.a: Hymne (1914), .b: Façon (1915) Drawing Acc. 346.1955.6a-b	1941	.a: Colored ink, pencil, and cut-and-pasted printed paper on colored paper .b: Ink and cut-and-pasted printed paper on colored paper	10 7/8 x 8 3/8" (27.7 x 21.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kay Sage Tanguy
.a: Suite des Prodiges (1924), .b: Untitled (1925) Drawing Acc. 346.1955.12a-b	1941	.a: Ink and cut-and-pasted printed paper on colored paper .b: Gouache and cut-and-pasted printed paper on colored paper	10 7/8 x 8 3/8" (27.7 x 21.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kay Sage Tanguy
.a: Untitled (1928), .b: Untitled (1929) Drawing Acc. 346.1955.14a-b	1941	.a: Gouache and cut-and-pasted printed paper on paper .b: Gouache and cut-and-pasted printed paper on paper	10 7/8 x 8 3/8" (27.7 x 21.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kay Sage Tanguy
.a: Untitled (1934), .b: Untitled (1935) Drawing Acc. 346.1955.18a-b	1941	.a: Gouache and cut-and-pasted printed paper on colored paper .b: Gouache and cut-and-pasted printed paper on colored paper	10 7/8 x 8 3/8" (27.7 x 21.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kay Sage Tanguy
.a: Untitled (1938), .b: La Maison D'Yves Tanguy (1939) Drawing Acc. 346.1955.20a-b	1941	.a: Ink and cut-and-pasted printed paper on colored paper .b: Ink and cut-and-pasted printed paper on colored paper	10 7/8 x 8 3/8" (27.7 x 21.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kay Sage Tanguy
Poem-Object Sculpture Acc. 197.1963	December 1941	Carved wood bust of man, oil lantern, framed photograph, toy boxing gloves, and paper mounted on drawing board	18 x 21 x 4 3/8" (45.8 x 53.2 x 10.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 2.72 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Kay Sage Tanguy Bequest
Poème-Objet from VVV Portfolio Drawing Acc. 1113.1964.1	1942, published 1943	Postcard, thread, sequins, and ink on paper from a portfolio of five etchings (one with aquatint), three duplicated drawings (two watercolor on paper and one crayon on paper), one collage, one engraving, and one gelatin silver print	composition (irreg.): 8 5/16 x 8 7/16" (21.1 x 21.5 cm); sheet: 18 x 13 15/16" (45.7 x 35.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Poème-Objet from VVV Portfolio Drawing Acc. 17.1948	c. 1942	Postcard, thread, sequins, and ink on gray paper	18 x 14" (45.8 x 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Bernard J. Reis