Artist Monograph

Edwin Scharff, German

German, 1887–1955

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	4	57.1%
Other Media	2	28.6%
Watercolor	1	14.3%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	6	85.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	1	14.3%

Range: 10.0 cm → 30.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1940	1
1942	1
1949	1
1973	4

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 7 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Rider (Reiter) from the periodical in portfolio form Die Schaffenden, vol. 1, no. 2 (1919) Print Acc. 556.1942	1918, published 1919	Drypoint	plate: 4 5/8 x 3 1/2" (11.8 x 8.9 cm); sheet: 14 13/16 x 11 5/16" (37.7 x 28.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Two Men On a Boat (Zwei Männer im Boot) (plate, loose leaf) from the periodical Das Kunstblatt, vol. 2, no. 8 (Aug 1918) Print Acc. 677.1949	1918	Drypoint	plate: 3 15/16 x 2 15/16" (10 x 7.4 cm); sheet: 11 x 8 5/16" (28 x 21.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Embrace (Umarmung) (plate, page 19) from the periodical Münchner Blätter für Dichtung und Graphik, vol. 1, no. 2 (February 1919) Periodical Acc. 187.1973.8	1919	Lithograph from a periodical with five lithographs	composition (irreg.): 6 15/16 x 4 5/16" (17.6 x 11 cm); plate: 10 13/16 x 8 9/16" (27.5 x 21.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Curt Valentin
Rider (Reiter) (plate, page 47) from the periodical Münchner Blätter für Dichtung und Graphik, vol. 1, no. 3 (March 1919) Periodical Acc. 187.1973.16	1919	Lithograph from a periodical with five lithographs	composition (irreg.): 8 3/8 x 3 11/16" (21.2 x 9.4 cm); page: 10 13/16 x 8 9/16" (27.5 x 21.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Curt Valentin
Sailboat (Segelboot) (plate, page 91) from the periodical Münchner Blätter für Dichtung und Graphik, vol. 1, no. 6 (June 1919) Periodical Acc. 187.1973.27	1919	Lithograph from a periodical with four lithographs	composition (irreg.): 10 1/16 x 6 3/4" (25.5 x 17.1 cm); page: 10 13/16 x 8 9/16" (27.5 x 21.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Curt Valentin
Two Horses (Zwei Pferde) Print Acc. 563.1940	(1919)	Lithograph with watercolor additions	composition (irreg.): 9 3/16 x 12 1/16" (23.3 x 30.6 cm); sheet: 18 11/16 x 25 13/16" (47.5 x 65.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Untitled (tailpiece, page 192) from the periodical Münchner Blätter für Dichtung und Graphik, vol. 1, no. 11/12 (December 1919) Periodical Acc. 187.1973.53	1919	Lithograph from a periodical with nine lithographs	composition (irreg.): 7 3/16 x 4 7/16" (18.2 x 11.3 cm); page: 10 13/16 x 8 9/16" (27.5 x 21.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Curt Valentin