Artist Monograph

Enrico Baj, Italian

Italian, 1924–2003

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Printmaking	17	31.5%
Etching	12	22.2%
Collage	8	14.8%
Lithography	6	11.1%
Watercolor	5	9.3%
Screenprint	4	7.4%
Other Media	2	3.7%

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 46
Print — 7
Multiple — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	23	43.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)	30	56.6%

Range: 7.0 cm → 76.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1964	3
1966	1
1967	35
1968	11
1977	1
1978	1
1987	1
1997	1

Italian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 54 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
ULTRACORPO from L'AVANGUARDIA INTERNAZIONALE,Vol. 1/L'AVANT-GARDE INTERNATIONALE, Volume 1/THE INTERNATIONAL AVANT-GARDE, Volume 1 Illustrated Book Acc. 800.1963.1	1962. Published 1962 (print executed 1961.)	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
AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER (plate, folio 36) from DAMES ET GÉNÉRAUX Illustrated Book Acc. 91.1968.9	1963-1964	Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color	plate 9 11/16 x 7 3/4" (24.6 x 19.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
Dames et Généraux Illustrated Book Acc. 91.1968.1-10	1963–64, published 194	Illustrated book with ten etchings with aquatint, collage, and/or chine collé; and lithographed "false" title page, printed in black, by Marcel Duchamp	page: 12 7/8 x 9 13/16" (32 x 25 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
General with the Mouldy Head (plate, folio 12) from Dames et Généraux Illustrated Book Acc. 91.1968.1	1963-1964	Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color, with wood veneer chine collé	plate 9 3/4 x 7 11/16" (24.7 x 19.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
I Love You My Beautiful Child (plate, folio 21) from Dames et Généraux Illustrated Book Acc. 91.1968.4	1963-1964	Etching, soft ground etching, and aquatint, printed in color, with torn paper chine collé	plate 9 11/16 x 7 11/16" (24.6 x 19.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
It Is Not My Fault (plate, folio 18) from Dames et Généraux Illustrated Book Acc. 91.1968.3	1963-1964	Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color	plate 9 3/4 x 7 11/16" (24.7 x 19.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
IT IS RAINING (plate, folio 27) from DAMES ET GÉNÉRAUX Illustrated Book Acc. 91.1968.6	1963-1964	Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color, with wallpaper chine collé	plate 9 3/4 x 7 3/4" (24.7 x 19.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
MY VAGABOND, MOUSE-LIKE ARMY (plate, folio 24) from DAMES ET GÉNÉRAUX Illustrated Book Acc. 91.1968.5	1963-1964	Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color	plate 9 3/4 x 7 5/8" (24.7 x 19.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
THE MERRY WIDOW (plate, folio 33) from DAMES ET GÉNÉRAUX Illustrated Book Acc. 91.1968.8	1963-1964	Soft ground etching, printed in black, with collage	plate 9 3/4 x 7 3/4" (24.8 x 19.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
THERE ARE ALSO HANDS (plate, folio 39) from DAMES ET GÉNÉRAUX Illustrated Book Acc. 91.1968.10	1963-1964	Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color, with torn paper chine collé	plate 9 3/4 x 7 11/16" (24.7 x 19.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
TO SLEEP STANDING UP (plate, folio 30) from DAMES ET GÉNÉRAUX Illustrated Book Acc. 91.1968.7	1963-1964	Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color	plate 9 3/4 x 7 11/16" (24.7 x 19.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints
General (plate, page 161) from 1¢ Life Illustrated Book Acc. 1164.1964.59	1964	Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions	composition: 15 11/16 × 11" (39.8 × 27.9 cm); page (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 11 7/16" (41 × 29 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the author, Walasse Ting, the editor, Sam Francis, and the publisher, E. W. Kornfeld
The General's Wife (headpiece, page 168) from 1¢ Life Illustrated Book Acc. 1164.1964.61	1964	Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions	composition: 8 3/8 × 11" (21.2 × 28 cm); page: 16 1/8 × 11 7/16" (41 × 29 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the author, Walasse Ting, the editor, Sam Francis, and the publisher, E. W. Kornfeld
Constant d'Aubigné, Baron de Surineau Print Acc. 277.1966	1965	Etching and aquatint	plate: 11 11/16 x 9 5/8" (29.7 x 24.4cm); sheet: 19 1/2 x 13 3/4" (49.6 x 35cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
The Archduke Charles at the Battle of Aspern-Essling Print Acc. 2327.1967	1965	Etching and aquatint	plate: 11 5/8 x 9 9/16" (29.5 x 24.3 cm); sheet: 19 9/16 x 13 3/4" (49.7 x 35cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Joanne M. Stern Fund
THE COUNT DE GUÉBRIANT (LE COMTE DE GUÉBRIANT) from THE GENERALS' TEARS (LES LARMES DU GENERAUX) Print Acc. 2326.1967	1965	Lithograph, printed in black and color	Sheet and comp. 22 3/8 x 17 11/16" (56.8 x 45.0 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
Double page plate (folios 9 verso and 10) from L'Homme, la femme, et les vêtements (Man, Woman and Clothing) Illustrated Book Acc. 323.1967.10	1966	Collage	irreg. composition 12 3/8 x 19 1/2" (31.5 x 49.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Double page plate (pages 54 and 55) from L'albero poeta Illustrated Book Acc. 93.1968.9	1966	Collagraph from an illustrated book with ten prints	composition (irreg.): 11 15/16 × 15 9/16" (30.3 × 39.5 cm); sheet: 16 1/8 × 19 11/16" (41 × 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Half title page from MECCANO Illustrated Book Acc. 322.1967.1	1966	Collagraph, printed in color with red mylar overlay	irreg. composition 7 11/16 x 15 15/16" (19.5 x 40.6 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 (colophon) from MECCANO Illustrated Book Acc. 322.1967.17	1966	Collagraph, printed in color with green mylar overlay	dia. composition 5 15/16" (15.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
In-text plate (folio 10) from MECCANO Illustrated Book Acc. 322.1967.6	1966	Collagraph, printed in color	irreg. composition 7 1/8 x 14 3/4" (18.1 x 37.5 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 11) from MECCANO Illustrated Book Acc. 322.1967.7	1966	Collagraph, printed in color	irreg. composition 5 5/8 x 14 1/16" (14.3 x 35.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
In-text plate (folio 12) from MECCANO Illustrated Book Acc. 322.1967.8	1966	Collagraph, printed in color	irreg. composition 7 1/8 x 20 1/2" (18.1 x 52 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) from MECCANO Illustrated Book Acc. 322.1967.9	1966	Collagraph, printed in color	irreg. composition 7 3/8 x 18" (18.8 x 45.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
In-text plate (folio 14) from MECCANO Illustrated Book Acc. 322.1967.10	1966	Collagraph, printed in color	irreg. composition 7 1/4 x 20 1/16" (18.5 x 51 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 15) from MECCANO Illustrated Book Acc. 322.1967.11	1966	Collagraph, printed in color	irreg. composition 7 1/4 x 9 3/4" (18.5 x 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
In-text plate (folio 16) from Meccano Illustrated Book Acc. 322.1967.12	1966	Collagraph	irreg. composition 6 15/16 x 7 1/2" (17.7 x 19 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 17) from MECCANO Illustrated Book Acc. 322.1967.13	1966	Collagraph, printed in color	irreg. composition 6 5/16 x 4" (16 x 10.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
In-text plate (folio 18) from MECCANO Illustrated Book Acc. 322.1967.14	1966	Collagraph, printed in color	irreg. composition 7 5/16 x 15 7/8" (18.6 x 40.4 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 19) from MECCANO Illustrated Book Acc. 322.1967.15	1966	Collagraph, printed in color	irreg. composition 4 x 12 3/8" (10.2 x 31.4 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 20) from MECCANO Illustrated Book Acc. 322.1967.16	1966	Collagraph, printed in color	irreg. composition 6 3/4 x 18 7/16" (17.1 x 46.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
In-text plate (folio 5) from L'Homme, la femme, et les vêtements (Man, Woman and Clothing) Illustrated Book Acc. 323.1967.6	1966	Collage	irreg. composition 3 13/16 x 9 5/16" (9.7 x 23.6 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 8) from MECCANO Illustrated Book Acc. 322.1967.4	1966	Collagraph, printed in color	irreg. composition 2 1/2 x 19 1/4" (6.3 x 48.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
In-text plate (folio 9) from MECCANO Illustrated Book Acc. 322.1967.5	1966	Collagraph, printed in color	irreg. composition 6 15/16 x 12 7/16" (17.6 x 31.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
L'Homme, la femme, et les vêtements (Man, Woman and Clothing) Illustrated Book Acc. 323.1967.1-12	1966	Illustrated book with eight collages and four screenprints with watercolor additions	page 13 3/4 x 9 3/4" (35 x 24.7 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
Meccano: or L'Analyse matricielle du langage Illustrated Book Acc. 322.1967.1-18	1966	Illustrated book with seventeen collagraphs and supplementary unbound screenprint	page 7 11/16 x 20 7/8" (19 x 53 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
Personages (2nd interior wrapper) from L'Homme, la femme, et les vêtements (Man, Woman and Clothing) Illustrated Book Acc. 323.1967.3	1966	Screenprint, printed in black, with watercolor additions	irreg. composition 12 11/16 x 19 5/16" (32.3 x 49 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Personages (inside 1st interior wrapper) from L'Homme, la femme, et les vêtements (Man, Woman and Clothing) Illustrated Book Acc. 323.1967.2	1966	Screenprint, printed in black, with watercolor additions	irreg. composition 12 11/16 x 19 5/16" (32.3 x 49 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 10 verso) from L'Homme, la femme, et les vêtements (Man, Woman and Clothing) Illustrated Book Acc. 323.1967.11	1966	Collage	irreg. composition 2 3/4 x 2 5/8" (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	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 12) from L'Homme, la femme, et les vêtements (Man, Woman and Clothing) Illustrated Book Acc. 323.1967.12	1966	Collage	irreg. composition 11 1/2 x 8 5/16" (29.2 x 21.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 6 verso) from L'Homme, la femme, et les vêtements (Man, Woman and Clothing) Illustrated Book Acc. 323.1967.8	1966	Collage	irreg. composition 12 3/8 x 8 3/16" (31.4 x 20.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 6) from L'Homme, la femme, et les vêtements (Man, Woman and Clothing) Illustrated Book Acc. 323.1967.7	1966	Collage	irreg. composition 9 3/16 x 8 15/16" (23.3 x 22.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 7) from MECCANO Illustrated Book Acc. 322.1967.3	1966	Collagraph, printed in color	composition 7 1/16 x 20 1/2" (17.9 x 52 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 L'Homme, la femme, et les vêtements (Man, Woman and Clothing) Illustrated Book Acc. 323.1967.9	1966	Collage	irreg. composition 10 5/8 x 9 1/16" (27 x 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Reclining Nude (inside 2nd interior wrapper) from L'Homme, la femme, et les vêtements (Man, Woman and Clothing) Illustrated Book Acc. 323.1967.4	1966	Screenprint, printed in black, with watercolor additions	irreg. composition 13 3/8 x 20 3/4" (34 x 52.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Title page from MECCANO Illustrated Book Acc. 322.1967.2	1966	Collagraph, printed in color	composition 6 5/8 x 19 13/16" (16.8 x 50.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Untitled (folios 3 verso and 4) from L'Homme, la femme, et les vêtements (Man, Woman and Clothing) Illustrated Book Acc. 323.1967.5	1966	Collage	irreg. composition 13 1/8 x 17 1/2" (33.3 x 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Untitled from Seven Lithographs Print Acc. 196.1967	1966, published 1967	Lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled supplementary plate from Meccano Illustrated Book Acc. 322.1967.18	1966	Screenprint	irreg. composition 5 13/16 x 15 5/8" (14.8 x 39.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Woman and Man (1st interior wrapper) from L'Homme, la femme, et les vêtements (Man, Woman and Clothing) Illustrated Book Acc. 323.1967.1	1966	Screenprint, printed in black, with watercolor additions	irreg. composition 12 3/4 x 20 1/4" (32.4 x 51.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Glove from S.M.S. No. 3 Multiple Acc. 460.1977.3c	1968	Multiple of plastic glove in mylar folder	Mylar: 10 9/16 x 6 3/4" (26.8 x 17.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Carol O. Selle
Baj at Marconi's Print Acc. 521.1997.a-l	1969	Multiple of screenprinted plastic shopping bag with handles, containing two screenprinted plastic ties, four postcards, three exhibiton brochures, mannequin arm, and publicity button	bag: 17 11/16 x 15 13/16" (45 x 40.1cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Jacqueline Brody Fund
Seated Woman from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) Print Acc. 22.1987.12	1972, published 1973	Screenprint with flocking from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts	composition: 30 1/4 x 23 5/8" (76.8 x 60cm); sheet: 39 x 27 5/16" (99 x 69.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dorothy Miller (by exchange)
Untitled from For Jorn (Pour Jorn) Print Acc. 400.1978.3	1973	One from a portfolio of fourteen lithographs	composition: 29 9/16 × 21 5/16" (75.1 × 54.2 cm); sheet: 29 9/16 × 21 5/16" (75.1 × 54.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Asger Jorn Foundation