Artist Monograph

Fortunato Depero, Italian

Italian, 1892–1960

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	6	66.7%
Printmaking	2	22.2%
Oil Painting	1	11.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Architecture & Design	5	55.6%
Drawings & Prints	4	44.4%

Classification Types

Design — 5
Drawing — 2
Print — 1
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	5	55.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	44.4%

Range: 15.9 cm → 86.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1968	1
1997	1
2015	4
2018	3

Italian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 9 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Uxama magazine letterhead Design Acc. 1453.2015.1	1920s	Letterpress	10 7/8 × 8 3/4" (27.6 × 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Uxama magazine stationery envelope Design Acc. 1453.2015.2	1920s	Letterpress	4 7/8 × 6 1/4" (12.4 × 15.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Bitter Campari Design Acc. 190.1968	1926	Photostat	24 x 34" (60.9 x 86.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Davide Campari, Milan
Depero Futurista (Depero the Futurist) Illustrated Book Acc. 202.1997	1927	Illustrated book, letterpress printed with line block illustrations	page (each): 9 5/8 × 10 11/16" (24.4 × 27.1 cm); overall (closed): 9 5/8 × 12 5/8 × 1 3/4" (24.4 × 32 × 4.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase (Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York)
1928 Drawing Acc. 422.2018	c. 1928	Cut-and-pasted colored paper on paper	21 1/2 × 15" (54.6 × 38.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Merrill C. Berman Collection. Acquired through the generosity of Alice and Tom Tisch, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, David Booth, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Jack Shear, the Patricia Bonfield Endowed Acquisition Fund for the Design Collection, Daniel and Jane Och, The Orentreich Family Foundation, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, The Modern Women's Fund; and by exchange: Gift of Jean Dubuffet in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Colin, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, and the Richard S. Zeisler Bequest
Fortunato Depero letterhead (Letter from Depero) Design Acc. 1452.2015	1928	Letterpress	11 1/2 × 9" (29.2 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Maquette for cover of the journal Secolo XX (20th century) Drawing Acc. 424.2018	1928	Oil on board	25 1/4 × 19 5/8" (64.1 × 49.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Merrill C. Berman Collection. Acquired through the generosity of Alice and Tom Tisch, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, David Booth, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Jack Shear, the Patricia Bonfield Endowed Acquisition Fund for the Design Collection, Daniel and Jane Och, The Orentreich Family Foundation, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, The Modern Women's Fund; and by exchange: Gift of Jean Dubuffet in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Colin, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, and the Richard S. Zeisler Bequest
Futurist House New York City letterhead Design Acc. 1185.2015	1929	Letterpress	11 × 8 1/2" (27.9 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Secolo XX (20th century), no. 10 Print Acc. 423.2018	1929	Journal, letterpress and gravure printed	page (each): 15 1/4 × 11 9/16" (38.8 × 29.4 cm); overall (closed): 15 1/4 × 11 9/16 × 1/16" (38.8 × 29.4 × 0.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Merrill C. Berman Collection