Artist Monograph

Carlfriedrich Claus, German

German, 1930–1998

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	11	68.8%
Lithography	5	31.3%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	10	66.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	33.3%

Range: 13.8 cm → 42.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1979	4
1980	11
1989	1

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 16 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Psychological Improvisation I: Struggle Print Acc. 9.1979	1972	Lithograph	Comp (recto and verso): 16 13/16 x 13 1/8" (42.6 x 33.3 cm)Sheet: 19 3/16 x 14 1/8" (48.7 x 35.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (by exchange)
Psychological Improvisation III – Instruction Print Acc. 11.1979	1972	Lithograph	Comp (irreg): 13 1/8 x 12 1/8" (33.4 x 30.8 cm) Sheet: 19 1/4 x 14 1/8" (48.9 x 35.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (by exchange)
Psychologische Improvisation II: Begegnung (Psychological Improvisation II: Encounter) Print Acc. 10.1979	1972	One from a series of four double-sided lithographs, offset printed	Composition: 15 13/16 x 13 1/16" (40.2 x 33.2 cm) Sheet: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4" (48.9 x 36.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (by exchange)
Psychologische Improvisation IV: Vigilanz (Psychological Improvisation IV: Vigilance) Print Acc. 12.1979	1972	One from a series of four double-sided lithographs, offset printed	Composition (irreg.): 15 1/4 x 13 1/16" (38.7 x 33.2 cm) Sheet: 19 1/4 x 14 1/4" (48.9 x 36.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (by exchange)
Aurora Illustrated Book Acc. 354.1980.1-10	1975–77, published 1977	Illustrated book with ten etchings (four with roulette)	page 15 11/16 x 11 13/16" (39 x 30 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Joanne M. Stern Fund
Plate 1 (folio 4) from AURORA Illustrated Book Acc. 354.1980.1	1975-1977	Etching with roulette, printed in black	plate 6 3/4 x 5 3/8" (17.1 x 13.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Joanne M. Stern Fund
Plate 10 (folio 31) from AURORA Illustrated Book Acc. 354.1980.10	1975-1977	Etching, printed in color	plate 7 3/4 x 5 11/16" (19.7 x 14.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Joanne M. Stern Fund
Plate 2 (folio 7) from AURORA Illustrated Book Acc. 354.1980.2	1975-1977	Etching with roulette, printed in black	plate 5 3/16 x 5 7/16" (13.2 x 13.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Joanne M. Stern Fund
Plate 3 (folio 10) from AURORA Illustrated Book Acc. 354.1980.3	1975-1977	Etching, printed in black	plate 7 1/8 x 5 3/4" (18.1 x 14.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Joanne M. Stern Fund
Plate 4 (folio 13) from AURORA Illustrated Book Acc. 354.1980.4	1975-1977	Etching, printed in black	plate 8 1/16 x 6" (20.5 x 15.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Joanne M. Stern Fund
Plate 5 (folio 16) from AURORA Illustrated Book Acc. 354.1980.5	1975-1977	Etching with roulette, printed in black	plate 7 3/4 x 5 3/8" (19.7 x 13.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Joanne M. Stern Fund
Plate 6 (folio 19) from AURORA Illustrated Book Acc. 354.1980.6	1975-1977	Etching, printed in black	plate 8 x 6 1/16" (20.4 x 15.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Joanne M. Stern Fund
Plate 7 (folio 22) from AURORA Illustrated Book Acc. 354.1980.7	1975-1977	Etching with roulette, printed in black	plate 7 3/8 x 5 1/2" (18.7 x 14 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Joanne M. Stern Fund
Plate 8 (folio 25) from AURORA Illustrated Book Acc. 354.1980.8	1975-1977	Etching, printed in black	plate 7 1/16 x 5 7/8" (18 x 14.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Joanne M. Stern Fund
Plate 9 (folio 28) from AURORA Illustrated Book Acc. 354.1980.9	1975-1977	Etching, printed in black	plate 7 11/16 x 5 3/4" (19.6 x 14.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Joanne M. Stern Fund
Untitled Print Acc. 5.1989	(ca. 1988)	Offset lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist