Artist Monograph

André Masson, French

French, 1896–1987

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Lithography 99 32.1%
Printmaking 65 21.1%
Other Media 24 7.8%
Etching 23 7.5%
Drawing 10 3.2%
Oil Painting 7 2.3%
Screenprint 3 1%
Tempera 2 0.6%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 297 96.4%
Painting & Sculpture 8 2.6%
Architecture & Design 3 1%

Production by Decade

40
1920s
12
1930s
158
1940s
86
1950s
6
1960s
6
1970s

Classification Types

  • Illustrated Book — 221
  • Print — 62
  • Drawing — 14
  • Painting — 8
  • Design — 3

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)18661%
Medium (30–100 cm)11437.4%
Large (1–3 m)51.6%

Range: 7.7 cm → 132.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19352
19372
19424
19441
19471
19481
194928
19504
19513
19552
195658
19582
19608
19613
19621
19632
196493
196642
19687
19703
19711
19731
19745
19755
19762

Currently On View

  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 517" — 1
  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 522" — 1

French Contemporaries

  1. 5032 Eugène Atget
  2. 1437 Jean Dubuffet
  3. 1168 Marc Chagall
  4. 1068 Henri Matisse
  5. 907 Pierre Bonnard