Artist Monograph

Francis Picabia, French

French, 1879–1953

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Lithography 38 44.7%
Watercolor 20 23.5%
Etching 11 12.9%
Oil Painting 8 9.4%
Drawing 5 5.9%
Mixed Media 1 1.2%
Gouache 1 1.2%
Screenprint 1 1.2%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 76 89.4%
Painting & Sculpture 9 10.6%

Production by Decade

11
1900s
11
1910s
22
1920s
20
1930s
14
1940s
7
1950s

Classification Types

  • Illustrated Book — 64
  • Painting — 9
  • Drawing — 9
  • Print — 3

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)6577.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)1214.3%
Large (1–3 m)78.3%

Range: 12.2 cm → 251.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19371
19541
19611
19644
19657
19681
19701
19754
19781
19791
19852
19881
19902
19961
20001
20141
201855

Currently On View

  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 503" — 2
  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 505" — 1

French Contemporaries

  1. 5032 Eugène Atget
  2. 1437 Jean Dubuffet
  3. 1168 Marc Chagall
  4. 1068 Henri Matisse
  5. 907 Pierre Bonnard