Artist Monograph

André Racz, American

American, 1916–1994

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Engraving	21	80.8%
Etching	3	11.5%
Drawing	1	3.8%
Gouache	1	3.8%

Classification Types

Print — 23
Drawing — 2
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	14	53.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	12	46.2%

Range: 10.2 cm → 59.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1943	2
1946	9
1949	14
1963	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 26 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
The Flesh Fly Drawing Acc. 17.1943	1942	Ink, pencil, and gouache on board	15 x 10" (38.1 x 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Charles McKinley
Figure with Seashell Drawing Acc. 623.1943	1943	Pencil on paper	14 1/2 x 11 1/2" (36.8 x 29.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
The Flowering Rock Print Acc. 605.1949.1-7	1943	Portfolio of seven engravings	plate dimensions vary; sheet (each approx.): 8 11/16 × 9 7/16" (22.1 × 23.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Untitled from The Flowering Rock Print Acc. 605.1949.1	1943	One from a portfolio of seven engravings	plate: 4 × 4 7/8" (10.1 × 12.4 cm); sheet: 8 11/16 × 9 7/16" (22.1 × 23.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Untitled from The Flowering Rock Print Acc. 605.1949.2	1943	One from a portfolio of seven engravings	plate: 4" (10.2 cm); sheet: 8 11/16 × 9 7/16" (22.1 × 23.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Untitled from The Flowering Rock Print Acc. 605.1949.3	1943	One from a portfolio of seven engravings	plate: 4 15/16 × 3 15/16" (12.6 × 10 cm); sheet: 8 11/16 × 9 7/16" (22 × 23.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Untitled from The Flowering Rock Print Acc. 605.1949.4	1943	One from a portfolio of seven engravings	plate: 4 × 4 13/16" (10.1 × 12.3 cm); sheet: 8 11/16 × 9 7/16" (22 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Untitled from The Flowering Rock Print Acc. 605.1949.5	1943	One from a portfolio of seven engravings	plate: 4 × 4 13/16" (10.1 × 12.3 cm); sheet: 8 11/16 × 9 7/16" (22 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Untitled from The Flowering Rock Print Acc. 605.1949.6	1943	One from a portfolio of seven engravings	plate: 3 15/16 × 4 13/16" (10 × 12.3 cm); sheet: 8 11/16 × 9 7/16" (22.1 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Untitled from The Flowering Rock Print Acc. 605.1949.7	1943	One from a portfolio of seven engravings	plate: 4 × 4 13/16" (10.1 × 12.2 cm); sheet: 8 3/4 × 9 3/8" (22.2 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
I from Reign of Claws Print Acc. 127.1946.1	1945	Engraving and aquatint from a portfolio of seven engravings and one engraving and aquatint	plate: 7 3/8 × 5 3/16" (18.8 × 13.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 20 1/16 × 12 11/16" (51 × 32.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase Fund
II from Reign of Claws Print Acc. 127.1946.2	1945	Engraving from a portfolio of seven engravings and one engraving and aquatint	plate: 5 15/16 × 7 13/16" (15.1 × 19.9 cm); sheet: 19 15/16 × 12 13/16" (50.7 × 32.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase Fund
III from Reign of Claws Print Acc. 127.1946.3	1945	Engraving from a portfolio of seven engravings and one engraving and aquatint	plate: 7 13/16 × 11 13/16" (19.9 × 30 cm); sheet: 12 9/16 × 20 1/8" (31.9 × 51.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase Fund
IV from Reign of Claws Print Acc. 127.1946.4	1945	Engraving from a portfolio of seven engravings and one engraving and aquatint	plate: 5 7/8 × 3 15/16" (14.9 × 10 cm); sheet: 19 7/8 × 12 9/16" (50.5 × 31.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase Fund
Perseus Beheading Medusa IV Print Acc. 439.1949	1945	Engraving and soft ground etching on zinc	plate: 21 5/8 × 14 13/16" (54.9 × 37.6 cm); sheet: 28 7/16 × 18 5/8" (72.3 × 47.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Spaeth Foundation
Perseus Beheading Medusa VIII Print Acc. 440.1949	1945	Engraving, aquatint and soft ground etching on zinc	plate: 21 3/4 × 14 15/16" (55.3 × 37.9 cm); sheet: 26 3/16 × 18 5/16" (66.5 × 46.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Spaeth Foundation
Reign of Claws Print Acc. 127.1946.1-8	1945	Portfolio of seven engravings and one engraving and aquatint	various plate dimensions; sheet (each approx., various orientations): 19 15/16 × 12 11/16" (50.7 × 32.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase Fund
V from Reign of Claws Print Acc. 127.1946.5	1945	Engraving from a portfolio of seven engravings and one engraving and aquatint	plate: 4 × 5 7/8" (10.2 × 14.9 cm); sheet: 20 1/16 × 12 5/8" (50.9 × 32.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase Fund
VI from Reign of Claws Print Acc. 127.1946.6	1945	Engraving from a portfolio of seven engravings and one engraving and aquatint	plate: 3 7/8 × 5 7/8" (9.8 × 14.9 cm); sheet: 19 7/8 × 12 3/4" (50.5 × 32.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase Fund
VII from Reign of Claws Print Acc. 127.1946.7	1945	Engraving from a portfolio of seven engravings and one engraving and aquatint	plate: 5 15/16 × 7 13/16" (15.1 × 19.9 cm); sheet: 20 × 12 5/8" (50.8 × 32.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase Fund
VIII from Reign of Claws Print Acc. 127.1946.8	1945	Engraving from a portfolio of seven engravings and one engraving and aquatint	plate: 13 13/16 × 9 7/8" (35.1 × 25.1 cm); sheet: 19 15/16 × 12 13/16" (50.6 × 32.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase Fund
Jesus Dies Upon the Cross ("There was darkness, over the whole earth") Print Acc. 380.1949	1948	Engraving on zinc	plate: 23 1/4 × 19 3/4" (59 × 50.1 cm); sheet: 26 1/4 × 22" (66.7 × 55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Jesus Dies Upon the Cross ("There was darkness, over the whole earth") Print Acc. 381.1949	1949	Engraving and aquatint on zinc	plate: 23 1/8 × 19 3/4" (58.8 × 50.1 cm); sheet: 26 1/16 × 21 3/4" (66.2 × 55.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Nativity Print Acc. 442.1949	1949	Engraving on zinc	plate: 12 3/16 × 15 7/8" (31 × 40.3 cm); sheet: 26 × 19 7/8" (66 × 50.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Spaeth Foundation
There Was Darkness Over the Whole Earth (Jesus Dies Upon the Cross) Print Acc. 441.1949	1949	Engraving on zinc	plate: 23 3/8 × 19 3/4" (59.4 × 50.2 cm); sheet: 25 15/16 × 23 9/16" (65.9 × 59.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Spaeth Foundation
In-text plate (folio 18) from 21 Etchings and Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 131.1963.15	1960	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with 14 etchings (six with aquatint, four with engraving, one with drypoint), two aquatints, two engravings, two drypoints, and one photogravure	plate: 14 1/16 × 12" (35.7 × 30.5 cm); page: 19 11/16 × 16 7/8" (50 × 42.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Jacquelynn Shlaes