Artist Monograph

Gabor Peterdi, American

American, born Hungary. 1915–2001

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	43	97.7%
Engraving	1	2.3%

Production by Decade

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	7.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	39	92.9%

Range: 25.4 cm → 85.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1944	1
1949	3
1952	6
1953	1
1954	1
1955	4
1959	2
1964	9
1965	1
1968	16

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 44 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Plate for Germination Print Acc. 107.1955	1930	Zinc plate for the etching	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Rhinoceros Print Acc. 104.1955	1934, published 1936	Etching	plate: 8 9/16 × 11 9/16" (21.8 × 29.4 cm); sheet: 13 7/16 × 17 15/16" (34.2 × 45.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Wild Boar Print Acc. 105.1955	1934, signed 1935	Etching	plate: 10 x 6 7/8" (25.4 x 17.5cm); sheet: 16 7/16 x 12 1/8" (41.7 x 30.8cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Despair I Print Acc. 146.1944	1938	Etching and engraving	plate: 10 1/2 × 7 3/4" (26.6 × 19.7 cm); sheet: 17 5/8 × 12 3/8" (44.8 × 31.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Despair III Print Acc. 103.1955	1938	Etching and engraving	plate: 12 3/8 × 9 3/4" (31.5 × 24.8 cm); sheet: 17 13/16 × 13 3/8" (45.2 × 34 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Price of Glory Print Acc. 150.1949	1947	Engraving	plate: 10 7/8 × 17 3/4" (27.6 × 45.1 cm); sheet: 13 1/4 × 19 3/4" (33.7 × 50.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
The Sign of the Lobster Print Acc. 151.1949	1947	Engraving, etching, and aquatint	plate: 19 3/4 × 14 13/16" (50.1 × 37.6 cm); sheet: 26 1/16 × 20 1/16" (66.2 × 51 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Triumph of the Beast Print Acc. 89.1949	1947	Etching	plate: 17 13/16 × 14 3/4" (45.2 × 37.5 cm); sheet: 26 1/16 × 20 1/16" (66.2 × 50.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Germination I Print Acc. 469.1953	1951, signed 1952	Aquatint, etching, and engraving	plate: 19 3/4 × 23 7/8" (50.2 × 60.6 cm); sheet: 22 5/16 × 27 1/2" (56.7 × 69.8 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. Walter Bareiss
Portfolio of Five Prints Print Acc. 286.1952.1-5	1952	Portfolio with five etching and engravings (four with stencil additions)	plate and sheet (see child records): dimensions vary ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Rio Grande Graphics
Spawning Print Acc. 144.1954	1952	Etching and engraving	plate: 12 3/16 × 16 7/8" (31 × 42.9 cm); sheet: 15 7/8 × 20 1/16" (40.3 × 50.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Spawning III from Portfolio of Five Prints Print Acc. 286.1952.1	1952	Etching and engraving with stencil additions from a portfolio with five etching and engravings (four with stencil additions)	plate: 14 × 16 3/4" (35.5 × 42.5 cm); sheet: 15 11/16 × 21 3/4" (39.9 × 55.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Rio Grande Graphics
Sponge Fisher from Portfolio of Five Prints Print Acc. 286.1952.5	1952	Etching and engraving with stencil additions from a portfolio with five etching and engravings (four with stencil additions)	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Rio Grande Graphics
Sunken Treasures from Portfolio of Five Prints Print Acc. 286.1952.3	1952	Etching and engraving with stencil additions from a portfolio with five etching and engravings (four with stencil additions)	plate: 17 11/16 × 13 13/16" (45 × 35.1 cm); sheet: 21 3/4 × 15 11/16" (55.2 × 39.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Rio Grande Graphics
The Purple Claw from Portfolio of Five Prints Print Acc. 286.1952.2	1952	Etching and engraving with stencil additions from a portfolio with five etching and engravings (four with stencil additions)	plate: 14 × 16 13/16" (35.5 × 42.7 cm); sheet: 15 9/16 × 21 13/16" (39.6 × 55.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Rio Grande Graphics
Wings of the Ocean from Portfolio of Five Prints Print Acc. 286.1952.4	1952	Etching and engraving from a portfolio with five etching and engravings (four with stencil additions)	plate: 17 11/16 × 13 3/4" (45 × 35 cm); sheet: 21 11/16 × 15 11/16" (55.1 × 39.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Rio Grande Graphics
Cathedral Print Acc. 629.1959	1958	Etching	plate: 31 5/8 × 22 9/16" (80.4 × 57.3 cm); sheet: 35 15/16 × 26 1/8" (91.3 × 66.3 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
Angry Sky Print Acc. 21.1964	1959, signed 1961	Etching and engraving	plate: 22 3/4 × 32 11/16" (57.8 × 83 cm); sheet: 35 1/16 × 25 3/16" (89 × 63.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Burning Rocks Print Acc. 16.1964	1959	Relief etching	plate: 22 11/16 × 32 1/2" (57.7 × 82.5 cm); sheet: 25 3/16 × 34 13/16" (63.9 × 88.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Big Winter Print Acc. 18.1964	1959	Etching and engraving	plate: 21 3/4 × 31 1/2" (55.2 × 80 cm); sheet: 24 3/8 × 33 7/8" (61.9 × 86 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Morning After Print Acc. 628.1959	1959	Etching and engraving	plate: 22 × 32" (55.9 × 81.3 cm); sheet: 24 3/16 × 34 7/16" (61.4 × 87.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Triumph of Weed Print Acc. 23.1964	1959	Etching	plate: 17 13/16 × 23 7/8" (45.3 × 60.6 cm); sheet: 20 7/8 × 26 7/8" (53.1 × 68.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Cliffs I Print Acc. 19.1964	1961	Etching, engraving, and aquatint	plate: 19 7/8 × 31 1/2" (50.5 × 80 cm); sheet: 22 1/2 × 34 3/8" (57.2 × 87.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Desert I Print Acc. 17.1964	1961	Etching, aquatint, and engraving	plate: 19 13/16 x 23 15/16" (50.3 x 60.8 cm); sheet: 21 13/16 x 26 1/16" (55.4 x 66.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Painted Desert Print Acc. 20.1964	1961	Etching and aquatint, printed in relief with stencil additions	plate: 21 3/4 × 29 1/2" (55.2 × 75 cm); sheet: 24 7/8 × 33 1/4" (63.2 × 84.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Big Rock Print Acc. 22.1964	1961	Etching, engraving, and aquatint	plate: 33 7/16 × 21 15/16" (85 × 55.8 cm); sheet: 36 × 24 5/16" (91.5 × 61.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Dark Mountain Print Acc. 15.1964	1961	Etching and engraving	plate: 22 5/8 × 32 1/2" (57.4 × 82.5 cm); sheet: 24 7/8 × 34 7/8" (63.2 × 88.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Blooming Ice Print Acc. 811.1965	1965	Etching and aquatint	plate: 19 7/8 × 31 5/8" (50.5 × 80.4 cm); sheet: 24 1/2 × 36 1/4" (62.2 × 92 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
A Genesis Illustrated Book Acc. 1403.1968.1-15	1967	Illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint	page (each approx.): 20 1/16 × 14 15/16" (51 × 38 cm); overall (closed): 20 9/16 × 15 3/8 × 1" (52.3 × 39 × 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 the artist
A Genesis (plate, folio 4) from A Genesis Illustrated Book Acc. 1403.1968.1	1967	Etching, aquatint, and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint	plate: 13 9/16 × 10 13/16" (34.5 × 27.5 cm); sheet: 20 × 14 15/16" (50.8 × 38 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
A Universe (plate, folio 7) from A Genesis Illustrated Book Acc. 1403.1968.2	1967	Engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint	plate: 13 1/2 × 11" (34.3 × 27.9 cm); sheet: 19 3/4 × 14 7/8" (50.2 × 37.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Aquarium (plate, folio 43) from A Genesis Illustrated Book Acc. 1403.1968.14	1967	Etching, with embossing from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint	plate: 13 13/16 × 10 7/8" (35.1 × 27.7 cm); sheet: 20 × 14 7/8" (50.8 × 37.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Birds (plate, folio 25) from A Genesis Illustrated Book Acc. 1403.1968.8	1967	Aquatint from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint	plate: 11 × 13 3/4" (28 × 35 cm); sheet: 14 7/8 × 20 1/16" (37.8 × 51 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Catalpa (plate, folio 31) from A Genesis Illustrated Book Acc. 1403.1968.10	1967	Etching and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint	plate: 10 13/16 × 13 7/8" (27.5 × 35.2 cm); sheet: 15 × 19 15/16" (38.1 × 50.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Elegy (plate, folio 46) from A Genesis Illustrated Book Acc. 1403.1968.15	1967	Etching, aquatint, and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint	plate (irreg.): 14 5/16 × 10 13/16" (36.4 × 27.5 cm); sheet: 20 × 14 15/16" (50.8 × 38 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Flowering (plate, folio 40) from A Genesis Illustrated Book Acc. 1403.1968.13	1967	Etching, aquatint, and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint	plate: 13 13/16 × 11" (35.1 × 27.9 cm); sheet: 20 3/16 × 14 5/8" (51.3 × 37.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Galaxy (plate, folio 28) from A Genesis Illustrated Book Acc. 1403.1968.9	1967	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint	plate: 15 7/8 × 11 13/16" (40.4 × 30 cm); sheet: 20 1/8 × 14 13/16" (51.1 × 37.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Marshes in Winter (plate, folio 22) from A Genesis Illustrated Book Acc. 1403.1968.7	1967	Etching and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint	plate: 11 × 13 3/4" (27.9 × 35 cm); sheet: 15 × 20 1/8" (38.1 × 51.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Stonework (plate, folio 13) from A Genesis Illustrated Book Acc. 1403.1968.4	1967	Etching, aquatint, and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint	plate: 13 7/8 × 10 7/8" (35.3 × 27.7 cm); sheet: 20 3/16 × 14 5/8" (51.2 × 37.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Sunset and After (plate, folio 34) from A Genesis Illustrated Book Acc. 1403.1968.11	1967	Etching, aquatint, and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint	plate: 15 11/16 × 12 1/16" (39.8 × 30.6 cm); sheet: 19 13/16 × 14 15/16" (50.4 × 38 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Sunshine with Showers (plate, folio 10) from A Genesis Illustrated Book Acc. 1403.1968.3	1967	Etching, aquatint, and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint	plate: 13 7/8 × 10 7/8" (35.2 × 27.7 cm); sheet: 20 × 14 7/8" (50.8 × 37.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Sea Shines (plate, folio 16) from A Genesis Illustrated Book Acc. 1403.1968.5	1967	Etching, drypoint, and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint	plate (irreg.): 14 13/16 × 11 7/8" (37.7 × 30.2 cm); sheet: 20 × 14 15/16" (50.8 × 37.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Thicket (plate, folio 37) from A Genesis Illustrated Book Acc. 1403.1968.12	1967	Etching and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint	plate: 13 11/16 × 10 13/16" (34.7 × 27.5 cm); sheet: 20 × 14 15/16" (50.8 × 38 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Tommy's Pond (plate, folio 19) from A Genesis Illustrated Book Acc. 1403.1968.6	1967	Etching, aquatint, and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint	plate: 13 7/8 × 11" (35.2 × 27.9 cm); sheet: 19 7/8 × 15" (50.5 × 38.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist