Artist Monograph

Cesare Peverelli, Italian

Italian, 1922–2000

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	24	66.7%
Engraving	5	13.9%
Printmaking	5	13.9%
Gouache	1	2.8%
Tempera	1	2.8%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	33	91.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	3	8.3%

Range: 3.3 cm → 65.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1964	1
1965	1
1966	34

Italian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 36 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Plate 14 from L'AVANGUARDIA INTERNAZIONALE, Volume 2/L'AVANT-GARDE INTERNATIONALE, Volume 2/THE INTERNATIONAL AVANT-GARDE, Volume 2 Illustrated Book Acc. 801.1963.14	1962	Soft ground etching, printed in black	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
The Room Drawing Acc. 134.1965	1962	Tempera and pencil on textured paper	25 7/8 x 20 1/8" (65.7 x 51.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John S. Newberry Fund
APRIRE GLI OCCHI GUARDARE CHIUDERE GLI OCCHI VEDERE Illustrated Book Acc. 583.1966.1-9	1964	7 aquatints (6 with etching and 1 with engraving), printed in black; and 2 engravings, printed without ink (including wrapper)	irreg. page 4 15/16 x 3 15/16" (12 x 10 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 the artist
Headpiece (page 10) from APRIRE GLI OCCHI GUARDARE CHIUDERE GLI OCCHI VEDERE Illustrated Book Acc. 583.1966.1	1964	Engraving and aquatint, printed in black	plate 1 7/16 x 1 7/8" (3.6 x 4.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
In-text plate (page 14) from APRIRE GLI OCCHI GUARDARE CHIUDERE GLI OCCHI VEDERE Illustrated Book Acc. 583.1966.3	1964	Etching and aquatint, printed in black	plate 1 7/16 x 2 9/16" (3.6 x 6.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
In-text plate (page 18) from APRIRE GLI OCCHI GUARDARE CHIUDERE GLI OCCHI VEDERE Illustrated Book Acc. 583.1966.5	1964	Etching and aquatint, printed in black	plate 3 7/8 x 1 1/8" (9.8 x 2.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Plate (page 11) from APRIRE GLI OCCHI GUARDARE CHIUDERE GLI OCCHI VEDERE Illustrated Book Acc. 583.1966.2	1964	Engraving, printed without ink	plate 3 3/4 x 2 11/16" (9.5 x 6.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Plate (page 15) from APRIRE GLI OCCHI GUARDARE CHIUDERE GLI OCCHI VEDERE Illustrated Book Acc. 583.1966.4	1964	Etching and aquatint, printed in black	plate 3 13/16 x 2 5/8" (9.7 x 6.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Plate (page 19) from APRIRE GLI OCCHI GUARDARE CHIUDERE GLI OCCHI VEDERE Illustrated Book Acc. 583.1966.6	1964	Etching and aquatint, printed in black	oval plate 3 7/8 x 2 9/16" (9.8 x 6.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Plate (page 22) from APRIRE GLI OCCHI GUARDARE CHIUDERE GLI OCCHI VEDERE Illustrated Book Acc. 583.1966.7	1964	Etching and aquatint, printed in black	plate 2 5/16 x 2 5/8" (5.9 x 6.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Plate (page 23) from APRIRE GLI OCCHI GUARDARE CHIUDERE GLI OCCHI VEDERE Illustrated Book Acc. 583.1966.8	1964	Etching and aquatint, printed in black	plate 1 5/16 x 1 5/16" (3.3 x 3.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Wrapper from APRIRE GLI OCCHI GUARDARE CHIUDERE GLI OCCHI VEDERE Illustrated Book Acc. 583.1966.9	1964	Engraving, printed without ink	Plate (open, including flaps): 5 x 15 3/8" (12.8 x 39.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Frontispiece from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.A01	1965	Etching and aquatint, printed in black	plate 3 1/4 x 2 3/16" (8.2 x 5.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Headpiece (folio 5 verso) from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.A02	1965	Aquatint, printed in black	plate 2 1/16 x 3 9/16" (5.2 x 9.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
In-text plate (folio 11) from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.A07	1965	Etching and aquatint, printed in black	plate 3 7/8 x 5 3/8" (9.8 x 13.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
In-text plate (folio 13 verso) from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.A09	1965	Etching and aquatint, printed in black	plate 4 9/16 x 3 3/16" (11.6 x 8.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
In-text plate (folio 14) from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.A10	1965	Etching and aquatint, printed in black	plate 5 3/8 x 3 3/4" (13.6 x 9.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
In-text plate (folio 7 verso) from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.A03	1965	Etching, aquatint, and engraving, printed in black	plate 5 1/4 x 3 3/4" (13.4 x 9.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
In-text plate (folio 9 verso) from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.A05	1965	Engraving and aquatint, printed in black	plate 2 1/4 x 3 1/8" (5.7 x 8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.A-B	(1965)	11 aquatints (most with etching and/or engraving), printed in black; and 2 etchings, printed without ink (wrapper front and back); and supplementary suite, 5 printed in color and 4 printed in black	page 9 13/16 x 5 7/8" (25 x 15 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 10) from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.A06	1965	Aquatint, printed in black	plate 7 11/16 x 4 3/16" (19.6 x 10.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 12 verso) from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.A08	1965	Etching and aquatint, printed in black	plate 3 13/16 x 3 13/16" (9.7 x 9.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 15) from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.A11	1965	Etching and aquatint, printed in black	plate 3 3/16 x 2 3/16" (8.1 x 5.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 8) from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.A04	1965	Aquatint, printed in black	plate 7 11/16 x 4 1/8" (19.5 x 10.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Variant of in-text plate from folio 11 (supplementary suite, plate 6) from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.B06	1965	Etching and aquatint, printed in color	plate 3 13/16 x 5 3/8" (9.7 x 13.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Variant of in-text plate from folio 13 verso (supplementary suite, plate 8) from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.B08	1965	Etching and aquatint, printed in color	plate 4 9/16 x 3 3/16" (11.6 x 8.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Variant of in-text plate from folio 14 (supplementary suite, plate 9) from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.B09	1965	Etching and aquatint, printed in black	plate 5 3/8 x 3 3/4" (13.6 x 9.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Variant of in-text plate from folio 7 verso (supplementary suite, plate 3) from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.B03	1965	Etching, aquatint, and engraving, printed in black	plate 5 1/4 x 3 3/4" (13.4 x 9.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Variant of plate from folio 10 (supplementary suite, plate 5) from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.B05	1965	Aquatint, printed in black	plate 7 3/4 x 4 3/16" (19.7 x 10.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Variant of plate from folio 12 verso (supplementary suite, plate 7) from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.B07	1965	Etching and aquatint, printed in color	plate 3 13/16 x 3 13/16" (9.7 x 9.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Variant of plate from folio 8 (supplementary suite, plate 4) from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.B04	1965	Aquatint, printed in black	plate 7 11/16 x 4 1/8" (19.5 x 10.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Variants of in-text plate from folio 9 verso and headpiece from folio 5 verso (supplementary suite, plate 2) from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.B02	1965	Engraving and aquatint, printed in color	irreg. composition 4 13/16 x 3 5/8" (12.3 x 9.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Variants of plate from folio 15 and frontispiece (supplementary suite, plate 1) from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.B01	1965	Etching and aquatint, printed in color	irreg. composition 6 15/16 x 2 1/4" (17.6 x 5.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Wrapper back from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.A13	1965	Etching, printed without ink	plate 4 13/16 x 3 1/2" (12.2 x 8.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Wrapper front from LE STANZE OSCURE Illustrated Book Acc. 314.1966.A12	1965	Etching, printed without ink Black, smooth, wove paper	plate 7 13/16 x 4 1/4" (19.8 x 10.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Study for Field of Glass Drawing Acc. 268.1966	1966	Gouache, chalk, and pencil on gray paper	22 1/8 x 16" (56.0 x 40.6 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 (by exchange)