Artist Monograph

Bernard Reder, American

American, born Rumania.1897–1963

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Woodcut	10	66.7%
Lithography	2	13.3%
Other Media	1	6.7%
Engraving	1	6.7%
Sculpture	1	6.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	14	93.3%
Painting & Sculpture	1	6.7%

Production by Decade

1

0s

1

1930s

10

1940s

3

1950s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	14.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	11	78.6%
Large (1–3 m)	1	7.1%

Range: 21.9 cm → 114.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1949	8
1950	2
1952	2
1953	1
1954	1
1957	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 15 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Still Life with Nude Print Acc. 193.1957		Woodcut	⌀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. Philip A. Bruno
Torso Sculpture Acc. 187.1952	1938	Limestone	45 x 23 x 17 3/8" (114.3 x 58.2 x 44.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 136.08 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of J. van Straten
The Apocalypse According to St. John. Chapter 19: 11-20 Print Acc. 552.1949	(1940)	Woodcut, printed in black	Sheet 10 3/8 x 12 1/16" (26.3 x 30.6 cm) Comp. 9 5/8 x 10 3/4" (24.4 x 27.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
The Kidnapping of the Women Print Acc. 551.1949	(1940)	Woodcut, printed in black	Sheet 13 3/8 x 15 7/8" (34.0 x 40.3 cm) Comp. 10 7/8 x 13 7/8" (27.7 x 35.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
The Parents of Gargantua: Grandgosier and Badebec Print Acc. 550.1949	(1940)	Wood engraving, printed in black	Sheet 7 5/8 x 10 1/4" (19.3 x 26.1 cm) Comp. 6 3/16 x 8 5/8" (15.7 x 21.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Bacchanal Print Acc. 545.1949	(1948)	Woodcut, printed in black	Sheet 14 3/8 x 18 3/16" (36.5 x 46.2 cm) Comp. 11 x 14 9/16" (27.9 x 37.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Giant Escaping the Flood Print Acc. 546.1949	(1948)	Woodcut, printed in black	Sheet 14 5/16 x 18" (36.4 x 45.8 cm) Comp. 11 x 14 1/2" (28.0 x 36.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Sacrifice of Noah Print Acc. 548.1949	(1948)	Woodcut, printed in black	Sheet 18 5/16 x 14 9/16" (46.5 x 37.0 cm) Comp. 14 1/2 x 11 1/8" (36.9 x 28.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Still Life after the Flood Print Acc. 549.1949	(1948)	Woodcut, printed in black	composition 14 5/8 x 11" (37.1 x 28 cm) sheet 17 1/4 x 14 3/8" (43 x 36.5 cm) Sheet 18 x 14 3/4" (43.9 x 36.5 cm) Comp. 14 5/8 x 11" (37.1 x 28.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
The Meal Inside the Ark Print Acc. 547.1949	(1948)	Woodcut, printed in black	Sheet 14 7/16 x 18 7/16" (36.7 x 46.9 cm) Comp. 11 x 14 9/16" (28.0 x 37.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Clown and Centaur Print Acc. 195.1950	1949	Color monotype on wood block	Sheet 30 1/8 x 16 5/8" (76.5 x 42.2 cm) Comp. 29 x 15 3/4" (73.6 x 40.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Lady of the Middle Ages Print Acc. 196.1950	1949	Woodcut, printed in color (from one block)	Sheet 21 7/8 x 14 13/16" (55.5 x 37.7 cm) Comp. 18 3/16 x 11 7/8" (46.2 x 30.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
SITICINE Print Acc. 24.1952	1951	Woodcut, printed in black	Sheet 26 1/8 x 21" (66.4 x 53.5 cm) Comp. 24 1/8 x 19 3/4" (61.3 x 50.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Cock Print Acc. 148.1954	1952	Lithograph	composition: 19 x 14 5/8" (48.2 x 37.2cm); sheet: 22 11/16 x 18 3/8" (57.7 x 46.7cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Woman and Owl Print Acc. 470.1953	(1952)	Lithograph, printed in black	Sheet 16 x 20 3/4" (40.5 x 52.6 cm) Comp. 13 5/8 x 17 1/4" (34.7 x 43.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously