Artist Monograph

Fritz Glarner, American

American, born Switzerland. 1899–1972

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	26	78.8%
Oil Painting	3	9.1%
Drawing	2	6.1%
Other Media	2	6.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	29	87.9%
Painting & Sculpture	3	9.1%
Architecture & Design	1	3%

Production by Decade

1910s

1940s

1950s

1960s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 16
Print — 10
Painting — 3
Drawing — 3
Design — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	6	19.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)	23	74.2%
Large (1–3 m)	2	6.5%

Range: 21.8 cm → 121.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1949	1
1953	1
1956	1
1959	2
1961	1
1963	6
1964	1
1966	1
1968	16
1977	1
1985	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 33 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Epoque Magazine Design Acc. 305.1953	1914-1953	Poster	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Rose Fried
Untitled Drawing Acc. 168.1977	1942	Charcoal on paper	22 x 16 3/8" (55.9 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 Mr. and Mrs. Armand P. Bartos
Relational Painting Painting Acc. 52.1949	1947-48	Oil on canvas	43 1/8 x 42 1/4" (109.5 x 107.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase
Tondo Drawing Acc. 882.1983	1954	Charcoal on paper	21 1/8 x 16 1/4" (53.6 x 41.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Relational Painting, Tondo 37 Painting Acc. 264.1956	1955	Oil on board	19" (48 cm) in diameter ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Armand P. Bartos
Relational Painting, Number 85 Painting Acc. 736.1966	1957	Oil on canvas	48 x 46 1/8" (121.8 x 116.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Drawing for a Tondo Print Acc. 42.1959	1958	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 11 7/8 x 11 1/16" (30.2 x 28.1cm); sheet: 19 5/16 x 18 1/8" (49 x 46cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Ingram Merrill Foundation Fund
Drawing for Tondo Print Acc. 503.1963	1959	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 14 5/16 x 13 13/16" (36.4 x 35.1cm); sheet: 26 1/2 x 20 1/2" (67.3 x 52cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Drawing for Tondo in Three Variations Print Acc. 502.1963	1959	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 12 x 18 5/8" (30.5 x 47.3cm); sheet: 20 1/16 x 26 1/16" (50.9 x 66.2cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Drawing for Tondo in Two Variations Print Acc. 500.1963	1959	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 19 3/16 x 14" (48.7 x 35.5cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 1/4" (76 x 56.5cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Drawing for Tondo No. 2 Print Acc. 501.1963	1959	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 8 7/16 x 8 9/16" (21.4 x 21.8cm); sheet: 20 3/16 x 18 13/16" (51.2 x 47.8cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Drawing for Tondo No. 3 Print Acc. 683.1959	1959	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 11 7/8 x 10 3/8" (30.2 x 26.3cm); sheet: 21 3/4 x 19 15/16" (55.2 x 50.7cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Drawing for Tondo No. 5 Print Acc. 27.1961	1959	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 12 1/8 x 12 1/2" (30.8 x 31.7cm); sheet: 25 7/8 x 19 3/4" (65.8 x 50.2cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Tondo Drawing Acc. 1137.1983	c. 1960	Conté crayon on paper	26 3/8 x 20 1/4" (66.9 x 51.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Color Drawing for Relational Painting Print Acc. 358.1963	1963	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 20 7/8 x 12 5/8" (53 x 32cm); sheet: 31 1/2 x 22 3/4" (80 x 57.8cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Colored Drawing Print Acc. 238.1963	1963	Lithograph	composition: 12 11/16 x 11 7/8" (32.2 x 30.2cm); sheet: 24 3/4 x 19 15/16" (62.9 x 50.7cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Color Drawing for a Tondo Print Acc. 630.1964	1964	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 18 15/16 x 18 15/16" (48.1 x 48.1cm); sheet: 26 x 20 3/16" (66 x 51.2cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Plate (folio 10) from RECOLLECTION Illustrated Book Acc. 1355.1968.5	1964-1968	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg composition 13 7/16 x 10 1/8" (34.1 x 25.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Plate (folio 12) from RECOLLECTION Illustrated Book Acc. 1355.1968.6	1964-1968	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg composition 8 3/4 x 9 1/8" (22.3 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Plate (folio 14) from RECOLLECTION Illustrated Book Acc. 1355.1968.7	1964-1968	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg composition 10 1/8 x 10 3/8" (25.7 x 26.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Plate (folio 16) from RECOLLECTION Illustrated Book Acc. 1355.1968.8	1964-1968	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg composition 13 1/4 x 10 15/16" (33.6 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 the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Plate (folio 18) from RECOLLECTION Illustrated Book Acc. 1355.1968.9	1964-1968	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg composition 14 3/16 x 9 1/2" (36 x 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Plate (folio 20) from RECOLLECTION Illustrated Book Acc. 1355.1968.10	1964-1968	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 1/2 x 9 1/2" (31.7 x 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Plate (folio 22) from RECOLLECTION Illustrated Book Acc. 1355.1968.11	1964-1968	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg composition 12 13/16 x 9 5/8" (32.6 x 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Plate (folio 24) from RECOLLECTION Illustrated Book Acc. 1355.1968.12	1964-1968	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg composition 11 9/16 x 9 5/16" (29.4 x 23.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Plate (folio 26) from RECOLLECTION Illustrated Book Acc. 1355.1968.13	1964-1968	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg composition 13 1/4 x 9 3/4" (33.6 x 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Plate (folio 31) from RECOLLECTION Illustrated Book Acc. 1355.1968.15	1964-1968	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg composition 13 15/16 x 10 1/4" (35.5 x 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Plate (folio 4) from RECOLLECTION Illustrated Book Acc. 1355.1968.2	1964-1968	Lithograph, printed in black	irreg composition 10 7/16 x 10 11/16" (26.5 x 27.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Plate (folio 6) from RECOLLECTION Illustrated Book Acc. 1355.1968.3	1964-1968	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg composition 12 11/16 x 10 1/8" (32.2 x 25.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Plate (folio 8) from RECOLLECTION Illustrated Book Acc. 1355.1968.4	1964-1968	Lithograph, printed in black	irreg composition 13 11/16 x 10 15/16" (34.7 x 27.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Three page plate (folios 27, 28, and 29) from RECOLLECTION Illustrated Book Acc. 1355.1968.14	1964-1968	Lithograph, printed in color	irreg. composition 13 1/8 x 21 7/16" (33.4 x 54.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Wrapper front from RECOLLECTION Illustrated Book Acc. 1355.1968.1	1964-1968	Lithograph, printed in black	irreg composition 8 3/4 x 9 3/16" (22.3 x 23.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Recollection Illustrated Book Acc. 1355.1968.1-15	1968	Portfolio of fifteen lithographs	Prints: various dimensions. Page (very irreg.): 13 15/16-14 5/16" x 7 13/16-11 1/4" (35.5-36.3 x 19.8-28.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation