Artist Monograph

Erica Karawina, German

German, 1904–2003

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Watercolor	26	83.9%
Drawing	5	16.1%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	10	38.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)	16	61.5%

Range: 9.2 cm → 58.7 cm (largest side)

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 31 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
"Rukka" Dancer from Bali Drawing Acc. 593.1941	(n.d.)	Watercolor on black paper	10 3/8 x 8 1/4" (26.4 x 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Adagio Drawing Acc. 573.1941	(n.d.)	Watercolor on Japan paper	15 x 13 1/8" (38.1 x 33.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Angna Enters in "Boy Cardinal" Drawing Acc. 581.1941	(n.d.)	Watercolor on paper	10 1/2 x 8 1/2" (26.7 x 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Angna Enters in "Byzantine Ikon" Drawing Acc. 582.1941	(n.d.)	Watercolor on paper	10 1/2 x 8 5/8" (26.7 x 21.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Angna Enters in "Contre Dance" Drawing Acc. 583.1941	(n.d.)	Watercolor on paper	10 3/4 x 9 3/8" (27.3 x 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Angna Enters in "Ishtar" Drawing Acc. 584.1941.1-3	(n.d.)	Watercolor on paper	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Black Rhythm Drawing Acc. 574.1941	(n.d.)	Watercolor on paper	3 5/8 x 2 1/2" (9.2 x 6.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Hanya Holm Dancers. Series of studies Drawing Acc. 587.1941.1-5	(n.d.)	Watercolor	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Hanya Holm Dancers. Study Drawing Acc. 587.1941.1	(n.d.)	Watercolor on paper	15 x 11" (38.1 x 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Hanya Holm Dancers. Study Drawing Acc. 587.1941.2	(n.d.)	Watercolor on paper	14 1/2 x 11" (36.8 x 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Hanya Holm Dancers. Study Drawing Acc. 587.1941.3	(n.d.)	Watercolor on paper	16 x 11" (40.6 x 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Hanya Holm Dancers. Study Drawing Acc. 587.1941.4	(n.d.)	Watercolor on paper	14 x 10" (35.6 x 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Hanya Holm Dancers. Study Drawing Acc. 587.1941.5	(n.d.)	Watercolor on paper	13 x 10" (33 x 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Harald Kreutzberg in "Faun" Drawing Acc. 590.1941	(n.d.)	Watercolor on paper	17 3/4 x 13 3/4" (45.1 x 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Harald Kreutzberg in "Pieta" Drawing Acc. 591.1941.1-3	(n.d.)	Watercolor on paper	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Hot Cha! Drawing Acc. 575.1941	(n.d.)	Watercolor on paper	4 1/4 x 3" (10.8 x 7.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
JOOSS BALLET. DANCE OF DEATH Drawing Acc. 588.1941.1-4	(n.d.)	Pencil	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Jooss Ballet. Dance of Death Drawing Acc. 588.1941.1	(n.d.)	Pencil on paper	9 x 7" (22.9 x 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Jooss Ballet. Dance of Death Drawing Acc. 588.1941.2	(n.d.)	Pencil on paper	7 5/8 x 9 1/4" (19.4 x 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Jooss Ballet. Dance of Death Drawing Acc. 588.1941.3	(n.d.)	Pencil on paper	9 1/2 x 7 3/4" (24.1 x 19.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
JOOSS BALLET. DANCE OF DEATH Drawing Acc. 588.1941.4	(n.d.)	Pencil	19 3/4 x 15 1/4" (50.2 x 38.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Jooss Ballet. Death and the Soldier Drawing Acc. 589.1941	(n.d.)	Watercolor on paper	22 3/8 x 22 5/8" (56.8 x 57.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Kenji Hinaki in "Yoshu Akagi Yama Kara" Drawing Acc. 586.1941	(n.d.)	Watercolor on Japan paper	17 3/4 x 13 3/4" (45.1 x 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Martha Graham in "Satyr" Drawing Acc. 585.1941	(n.d.)	Watercolor on Japan paper	15 3/4 x 11 1/4" (40 x 28.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Our Lady's Tumbler Drawing Acc. 576.1941	(n.d.)	Watercolor on Japan paper	22 1/8 x 18 1/4" (56.2 x 46.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Pauline Chellis in "Rites for Spring" Drawing Acc. 580.1941	(n.d.)	Watercolor on Japan paper	12 7/8 x 11 1/4" (32.7 x 28.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Salome's Dance Drawing Acc. 577.1941.1-2	(n.d.)	Watercolor on paper	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Tanz im Freien Drawing Acc. 578.1941	(n.d.)	Watercolor on paper	5 1/2 x 5 3/8" (14 x 13.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Tribute to Nijinsky Drawing Acc. 579.1941	(n.d.)	Watercolor on Japan paper	23 1/8 x 16 3/8" (58.7 x 41.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Trudi Schoop Drawing Acc. 592.1941	(n.d.)	Watercolor on paper	21 3/4 x 14 5/8" (55.2 x 37.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns
Uday Shankar as "Snake Charmer" Drawing Acc. 594.1941	(n.d.)	Watercolor on paper	19 1/2 x 15 1/2" (49.5 x 39.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Patricia B. Kerns