Artist Monograph

Arthur Deshaies, American

American, 1920–2011

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Engraving	3	42.9%
Woodcut	1	14.3%
Etching	1	14.3%
Other Media	1	14.3%
Screenprint	1	14.3%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	83.3%
Large (1–3 m)	1	16.7%

Range: 33.0 cm → 136.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1955	1
1956	1
1959	2
1963	1
1965	1
1977	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 7 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
The Alchemists Print Acc. 365.1956	1953	Wood engraving	composition: 20 x 11 7/8" (50.8 x 30.2cm); sheet: 23 1/4 x 17 13/16" (59.1 x 45.3cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Landscape Algae from the portfolio Graphics 160 Print Acc. 136.1955.3	1954	Woodcut from a portfolio of twelve prints	Sheet: 13 × 10" (33 × 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 the Art Center, Indiana University
LANDSCAPES EVERYWHERE Print Acc. 680.1959	1955	Etching, drypoint, engraving and roulette, printed in black	Plate 19 5/8 x 29 3/4" (49.9 x 75.6 cm) Sheet 22 3/16 x 32 1/4" (56.4 x 82.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Rübel Fund
A CYCLE OF A SMALL SEA: ANEMONE FABLE Print Acc. 681.1959	(1959)	Engraving	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Rübel
A CYCLE OF A SMALL SEA: UNDER Print Acc. 154.1965	1959	Lucite engraving, printed in black	Sheet 24 1/2 x 29 3/16" (62.2 x 74.1 cm) Comp. 19 5/8 x 23 15/16" (49.8 x 60.7 cm) irreg. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
A Cycle of a Small Sea: Fowl from 11 Prints by 11 Printmakers Print Acc. 372.1963.1	1961	Engraving from a portfolio of four woodcuts (one with wood engraving), two etchings (one with aquatint), two engravings, one wood engraving, one screenprint, and one lithograph	composition (irreg.): 12 1/16 × 14 3/4" (30.6 × 37.5 cm); sheet: 14 1/16 × 20 1/16" (35.7 × 50.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
A Cycle of a Small Sea: Unbeing Myself Print Acc. 424.1977	1961	Plaster cut	composition (irreg.): 53 3/4 × 36 5/8" (136.6 × 93 cm); sheet: 61 7/8 × 39 7/8" (157.1 × 101.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Andrew and Mary Stasik