Artist Monograph

Gerhard Marcks, German

German, 1889–1981

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Woodcut 50 87.7%
Lithography 3 5.3%
Sculpture 3 5.3%
Drawing 1 1.8%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 53 93%
Painting & Sculpture 2 3.5%
Architecture & Design 2 3.5%

Production by Decade

9
1920s
2
1930s
7
1940s
39
1950s

Classification Types

  • Illustrated Book — 37
  • Print — 15
  • Sculpture — 2
  • Design — 2
  • Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)4783.9%
Medium (30–100 cm)814.3%
Large (1–3 m)11.8%

Range: 3.2 cm → 169.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19411
19451
19471
19492
195021
19541
19551
19568
19613
196410
19761
19905
20151

German Contemporaries

  1. 835 Lilly Reich
  2. 750 August Sander
  3. 270 Thomas Schütte
  4. 260 Martin Kippenberger
  5. 224 Michael Schmidt