Artist Monograph

Georg Kolbe, German

German, 1877–1947

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Sculpture	2	33.3%
Other Media	1	16.7%
Etching	1	16.7%
Watercolor	1	16.7%
Drawing	1	16.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	4	66.7%
Painting & Sculpture	2	33.3%

Production by Decade

1

1910s

4

1920s

1

1930s

Classification Types

Drawing — 3
Sculpture — 2
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	16.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	83.3%

Range: 26.2 cm → 55.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1935	1
1939	2
1940	2
1954	1

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 6 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Dancer (Tänzerin) Drawing Acc. 230.1940	(c. 1918)	Ink on paper	18 3/8 x 14 1/4" (46.7 x 36.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Standing Girl Sculpture Acc. 612.1939	c. 1920	Bronze	16 1/4 x 4 3/8 x 5" (41.3 x 11 x 12.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Grief Sculpture Acc. 9.1939	1921	Bronze	15 3/4 x 22 x 11 1/2" (40 x 55.9 x 29.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Edward M. M. Warburg
Male Figure (Männliche Figur) Drawing Acc. 12.1954	(c. 1927-37)	Crayon on paper	15 3/8 x 11 1/2" (39.1 x 29.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of A. Conger Goodyear
Nude (Akt) Drawing Acc. 232.1940	(c. 1927)	Pencil and watercolor on paper	19 1/2 x 14 5/8" (49.5 x 37.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Call of the Earth (Ruf der Erde) Print Acc. 244.1935	1933	Etching	plate: 8 1/16 x 10 5/16" (20.5 x 26.2 cm); sheet: 12 11/16 x 15 13/16" (32.2 x 40.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller