Artist Monograph

Bernhard Blume, German

German, 1937–2011

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	3	60%
Etching	1	20%
Other Media	1	20%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Photography	4	80%
Drawings & Prints	1	20%

Production by Decade

1

1960s

1

1970s

3

1980s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	20%
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	40%
Large (1–3 m)	2	40%

Range: 29.9 cm → 170.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1964	1
1987	1
1989	2
1992	1

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 5 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
TREE FATHER E (Rutem aba E) Print Acc. 120.1964	1962	Etching, printed in black	Plate 9 1/16 x 11 3/4" (23.0 x 29.9 cm) Sheet 10 1/2 x 15 9/16" (26.7 x 39.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John S. Newberry
Demonstrative Identification with the Universe = Magic Subjectivism, Photograph Acc. 509.1992	1971	Gelatin silver print	23 13/16 × 19 7/8" (60.5 × 50.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Family of Man Fund
Kitchen Frenzy Photograph Acc. 156.1989.a-e	1986	Gelatin silver prints	Each 66 15/16 × 42 1/2" (170 × 108 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art
Kitchen Frenzy: Passion of the Housewife Photograph Acc. 283.1987.a-b	1986	Gelatin silver prints	Each 49 7/8 × 35 7/8" (126.6 × 91.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Opposites D (Gegenseitigkeiten) Photograph Acc. 203.1989.a-b	1989	Color photocopies (Xerox)	19 5/16 × 11 11/16" (49 × 29.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Polaroid Foundation Fund