Artist Monograph

François Morellet, French

French, 1926–2016

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Screenprint	10	66.7%
Oil Painting	1	6.7%
Drawing	1	6.7%
Woodcut	1	6.7%
Other Media	1	6.7%
Lithography	1	6.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	13	86.7%
Painting & Sculpture	1	6.7%
Architecture & Design	1	6.7%

Production by Decade

2

1960s

11

1970s

1

1980s

1

1990s

Classification Types

Print — 10
Illustrated Book — 2
Painting — 1
Drawing — 1
Design — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	7.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	12	85.7%
Large (1–3 m)	1	7.1%

Range: 20.0 cm → 103.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1966	1
1987	1
1990	9
1997	1
2005	1
2012	1
2022	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4" — 1

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 15 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Random Distribution of 40,000 Squares Using the Odd and Even Numbers of a Telephone Directory, 50% Blue, 50% Red Painting Acc. 1184.2012	1960	Oil on canvas	40 5/8 x 40 5/8" (103 x 103 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Enid A. Haupt Fund
Poster for an exhibition of work by François Morellet at Galerie der Spiegel, Cologne Design Acc. 676.1966	1966	Lithograph	32 1/2 × 27 7/8" (82.6 × 70.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Galerie der Spiegel
Box catalogue for the exhibition PROGRAMM ZUFALL SYSTEM [PROGRAM CHANCE SYSTEM: A New Branch of the Etzold Collection's old Concept] at the Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach, Germany, May 4 – June 11, 1973 Illustrated Book Acc. 524.2022.19	1973	Cardboard box containing an exhibition booklet and four screenprints	Box: 7 7/8 × 6 5/16 × 1" (20 × 16 × 2.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Helen and Sam Zell
8 Trames 0°90° ( 8 Wefts 0°90° ) Print Acc. 205.1990.1-8a-b	(1974)	Portfolio of eight double-sided screenprints	composition (each): 23 5/8 x 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm); sheet (each): 23 5/8 x 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Untitled from 8 Trames 0°90° (8 Wefts 0°90°) Print Acc. 205.1990.1a-b	(1974)	One from a portfolio of eight double-sided screenprints	composition and sheet: 23 5/8 x 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Untitled from 8 Trames 0°90° (8 Wefts 0°90°) Print Acc. 205.1990.2a-b	(1974)	One from a portfolio of eight double-sided screenprints	composition (irreg.) and sheet: 23 5/8 x 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Untitled from 8 Trames 0°90° (8 Wefts 0°90°) Print Acc. 205.1990.3a-b	(1974)	One from a portfolio of eight double-sided screenprints	composition (irreg.) and sheet: 23 5/8 x 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Untitled from 8 Trames 0°90° (8 Wefts 0°90°) Print Acc. 205.1990.4a-b	(1974)	One from a portfolio of eight double-sided screenprints	composition and sheet: 23 5/8 x 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Untitled from 8 Trames 0°90° (8 Wefts 0°90°) Print Acc. 205.1990.5a-b	(1974)	One from a portfolio of eight double-sided screenprints	composition (irreg.) and sheet: 23 5/8 x 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Untitled from 8 Trames 0°90° (8 Wefts 0°90°) Print Acc. 205.1990.6a-b	(1974)	One from a portfolio of eight double-sided screenprints	composition (irreg.) and sheet: 23 5/8 x 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Untitled from 8 Trames 0°90° (8 Wefts 0°90°) Print Acc. 205.1990.7a-b	(1974)	One from a portfolio of eight double-sided screenprints	composition (irreg.) and sheet: 23 5/8 x 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Untitled from 8 Trames 0°90° (8 Wefts 0°90°) Print Acc. 205.1990.8a-b	(1974)	One from a portfolio of eight double-sided screenprints	composition (irreg.) and sheet: 23 5/8 x 23 5/8" (60 x 60 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
1º) 1.1.1 vertical, 1.1.1 horizontal, 2º) 1.1.1 vertical, 2.2.2 horizontal, 9º) 1.1.1 vertical, 9.9.9 horizontal Drawing Acc. 2446.2005	1976	Ink and pencil on paper	19 3/4 x 19 3/4" (50.2 x 50.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
Untitled Print Acc. 149.1987.a-c	1986	Woodcut on three sheets	comp (a) (irreg): 40.0 x 39.9 cm (15 3/4 x 15 ll/ 16"; comp (b) (irreg): 39.9 x 40.1 cm (15 ll/16 x 15 3/4"; comp (c) (irreg): 39.9 x 40.0 cm (15 11/16 x 15 3/4"; each sheet: 60.0 x 60.0 cm (23 5/8 x 23 5/8") ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
JE N'AI PLUS RIEN A DIRE Illustrated Book Acc. 232.1997	1994	Artist's book	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund