Artist Monograph

Antonio Berni, Argentine

Argentine, 1905–1981

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Engraving	6	60%
Other Media	2	20%
Lithography	1	10%
Oil Painting	1	10%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	9	90%
Painting & Sculpture	1	10%

Production by Decade

1

1930s

2

1940s

7

1960s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	10%
Medium (30–100 cm)	7	70%
Large (1–3 m)	1	10%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	10%

Range: 27.5 cm → 300.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1942	3
1964	4
1965	1
1969	2

Argentine Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 10 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
New Chicago Athletic Club Painting Acc. 645.1942	1937	Oil on canvas	6' 3/4" x 9' 10 1/4" (184.8 x 300.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Inter-American Fund
Head of a Girl (Cabeza de niña) Print Acc. 647.1942	1942	Monotype	composition (plate marks indistinct): 10 13/16 × 10" (27.5 × 25.4 cm); sheet: 18 3/4 × 14 13/16" (47.6 × 37.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Red Head (Cabeza rubia) Print Acc. 648.1942	1942	Monotype	composition: 12 7/8 × 10 5/8" (32.7 × 27 cm); plate: 13 × 10 9/16" (33 × 26.9 cm); sheet: 18 11/16 × 12 13/16" (47.5 × 32.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
?-IMAGO No. 1 Print Acc. 145.1965	1963	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 30 1/4 × 21 1/4" (76.9 × 53.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Her Marriage Print Acc. 206.1964	1963	Collagraph and engraving, relief printed	composition: 30 3/4 × 22 3/8" (78.1 × 56.9 cm); sheet: 37 11/16 × 25 5/16" (95.7 × 64.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Ramona Lives Her Life (Ramona Vive Su Vida) Print Acc. 203.1964	1963	Collagraph and engraving, relief printed	composition: 52 15/16 × 21 7/8" (134.4 × 55.5 cm); sheet: 57 15/16 × 25 3/4" (147.2 × 65.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
The Civilian Protector Print Acc. 205.1964	1963	Collagraph and engraving, relief printed	composition: 30 11/16 × 22 1/16" (77.9 × 56 cm); sheet: 38 × 25 1/8" (96.5 × 63.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
The Military Protector Print Acc. 204.1964	1963	Collagraph and engraving, relief printed	composition: 31 5/16 × 22 3/16" (79.5 × 56.4 cm); sheet: 36 7/8 × 24 7/8" (93.7 × 63.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
The Dream (El Sueño) Print Acc. 858.1969	1967	Collagraph and engraving, relief printed	composition: 17 1/2 × 16 1/8" (44.5 × 40.9 cm); sheet: 21 5/16 × 19 5/8" (54.2 × 49.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	David Rockefeller Latin American Fund
The Examination (El Examen) Print Acc. 857.1969	1967	Collagraph and engraving, relief printed	plate: 21 9/16 × 31 3/4" (54.8 × 80.6 cm); sheet: 24 15/16 × 35 1/8" (63.4 × 89.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	David Rockefeller Latin American Fund