Artist Monograph

Bruno Munari, Italian

Italian, 1907–1998

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	17	58.6%
Lithography	5	17.2%
Gouache	2	6.9%
Etching	2	6.9%
Textile	1	3.4%
Printmaking	1	3.4%
Photography	1	3.4%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Architecture & Design	24	82.8%
Drawings & Prints	5	17.2%

Production by Decade

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

Classification Types

Design — 24
Illustrated Book — 3
Drawing — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	16	66.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	16.7%
Large (1–3 m)	4	16.7%

Range: 6.0 cm → 277.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1954	1
1956	1
1960	1
1963	1
1964	2
1965	5
1966	2
1978	2
2000	1
2001	4
2004	1
2012	1
2015	3
2016	1
2018	2
2022	1

Italian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 29 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
L'anguria lirica: lungo poema passionale (The Lyrical Watermelon: A Long Passionate Poem) Illustrated Book Acc. 505.2022	texts dated 1933; published 1934	Illustrated book 21 metal [tin?] leaves with lithographs of text and images, bound with a cylindrical metal spine	book, closed: 8 1/8 × 6 11/16 × 1" (20.7 × 17 × 2.5 cm); sheet (each): 7 11/16 × 6 1/16" (19.5 × 15.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Helen and Sam Zell
Mazzotti Ceramics letterhead (Letter from Tullio Mazzotti to Luigi Scrivio) Design Acc. 1300.2015.1	c.1935	Letterpress	9 3/4 × 8 1/2" (24.8 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Mazzotti Ceramics letterhead (Letter from Tullio Mazzotti to Luigi Scrivio) Design Acc. 1300.2015.2	c.1935	Letterpress	9 3/4 × 8 1/2" (24.8 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Mazzotti Ceramics letterhead (Letter from Tullio Mazzotti to Luigi Scrivio) Design Acc. 1300.2015.3	c.1935	Letterpress	9 3/4 × 8 1/2" (24.8 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Forces of the Empire (Forze dell’Impero). Maquette for advertisement Drawing Acc. 465.2018	c. 1936	Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver prints and printed paper on paper with gouache and pencil	26 1/4 × 19 1/8" (66.7 × 48.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Merrill C. Berman Collection. Gift of The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection (by exchange)
Here I Am Briefly (Eccomi in breve). Maquette for the journal L’ala d’Italia (The wing of Italy) Drawing Acc. 466.2018	c. 1938	Cut-and-pasted printed paper on paper with ink, pencil, and gouache	6 7/8 × 3 3/4" (17.5 × 9.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Merrill C. Berman Collection. Gift of The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection (by exchange)
L'Ora X Clock Design Acc. 375.1963	1945	Plastic, aluminum, and spring mechanism	2 1/2 x 7 7/8" (6.4 x 20 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 20.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Greta Daniel Design Fund
Eco del Mondo Design Acc. 1512.2000	1949	Lithograph	55 1/2 x 38 7/16" (141 x 97.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Pirelli, Suola Coria Design Acc. 217.1956	1953	Offset lithograph	38 x 27" (96.5 x 68.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Pirelli Company, Milan
Pirelli, Suola Coria Design Acc. 527.1954	1953	Offset lithograph	54 1/4 x 38 1/2" (137.8 x 97.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Textile designs for the 10th Milan Triennale Design Acc. 151.2016.a-d	1954	Gouache on paper	Each: 5 3/4 × 5 3/4" (14.6 × 14.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Patricia Bonfield Endowed Acquisition Fund
Cubo Ashtray Design Acc. 2271.2001.1	1957	Anodized aluminum and melamine resin	3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4" (8.3 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the manufacturer
Cubo Ashtray Design Acc. 2271.2001.2	1957	Anodized aluminum and melamine resin	2 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8" (6 x 6 x 6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the manufacturer
Cubo Ashtrays Design Acc. 2271.2001.1-2	1957	Anodized aluminum and melamine resin	.1: 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4" (8.3 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm) .2: 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8" (6 x 6 x 6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the manufacturer
"Ponza" Floor Ashtray (model 2001A) Design Acc. 345.1960	1958	Brushed and anodized aluminum	16 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8" (41.6 x 6 x 6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Chase Manhattan Bank
Fork Design Acc. 239.1965	1958	Silver	8 1/2" (21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 21.60 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Greta Daniel Design Fund
Fork Design Acc. 240.1965	1958	Metal	8 1/2" (21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 21.59 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Greta Daniel Design Fund
Fork Design Acc. 241.1965	1958-1964	Metal	Each: 8 1/2" (21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 21.59 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Greta Daniel Design Fund
ABC con fantasia (ABC with Imagination) Design Acc. 166.2012	1960	Plastic and cardboard	6 3/4 x 6 3/4" (17.1 x 17.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Elaine Lustig Cohen
Maldive Tray Design Acc. 488.1978.1-2	1960	Polished nickel silver	.1: 3 × 11 3/4 × 11" (7.6 × 29.8 × 27.9 cm) .2: 2 1/4 × 8 × 8" (5.7 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the manufacturer
Maldive Tray Design Acc. 2272.2001	1960	Silver	1 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 5 3/4" (4.5 x 14.6 x 14.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the manufacturer
L'Avanguardia Internazionale/L'Avant-Garde Internationale/The International Avant-Garde, vol. 2 Illustrated Book Acc. 801.1963.1-20	1961–62, published 1962	Illustrated book with seventeen etchings (some with aquatint, drypoint, and roulette) and three drypoints (one with etching)	page 11 13/16 x 9 7/16" (30 x 24 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter H. Deitsch
Plate 11 from L'Avanguardia Internazionale/L'Avant-Garde Internationale/The International Avant-Garde, vol. 2 Illustrated Book Acc. 801.1963.11	1962	Etching from an illustrated book with seventeen etchings (some with aquatint, drypoint, and roulette) and three drypoints (one with etching)	plate 5 13/16 x 4 7/16" (14.8 x 11.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter H. Deitsch
double spheres Object Design Acc. 243.1965	1963	Plastic and rubber	diam. 5 7/8" (15 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 15.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Greta Daniel Design Fund
Falkland Hanging Lamp Design Acc. 357.2004	1964	Aluminum and elasticized fabric	h. 64 3/4 x diam. 15 3/4" (164.4 x 40 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 40.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the manufacturer
Le Forchette di Munari Design Acc. 280.1965	1964	Printed book	8 1/4 x 2 3/4" (20.9 x 7.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Miss Mildred Constantine
Campari Design Acc. 340.1966	1965	Offset lithograph	77 1/4 x 109 1/4" (196.2 x 277.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Girondella Kinetic Object Design Acc. 353.1966	1965	Acetate, polystyrene, and corundum granules	8 1/4 x 7 3/16 x 2" (21 x 18.3 x 5.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Greta Daniel Design Fund
Double Ashtray (model 205A Cipro) Design Acc. 487.1978	1974	Polished steel and pressure welded aluminum	Overall: 1 3/8 x 5 1/2 x 2 1/2" (3.5 x 14 x 6.4 cm) 1 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 2 7/16" (3.2 x 13.9 x 6.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the manufacturer