Artist Monograph

Giacomo Manzù, Italian

Italian, 1908–1991

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	22	84.6%
Sculpture	2	7.7%
Lithography	1	3.8%
Screenprint	1	3.8%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	24	92.3%
Painting & Sculpture	2	7.7%

Production by Decade

1940s

1950s

1970s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 21
Print — 3
Sculpture — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	20	80%
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	16%
Large (1–3 m)	1	4%

Range: 7.3 cm → 150.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1949	21
1956	1
1957	1
1977	1
1987	1
1992	1

Italian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 26 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Mrs. Anna Musso Sculpture Acc. 721.1976	1941	Bronze	23 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 14 3/4" (59.2 x 41.3 x 37.5 cm) on marble base 3 7/8 x 12 x 11" (10 x 30.6 x 28.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mrs. Jacob M. Kaplan
Portrait of a Lady Sculpture Acc. 193.1956	1946 (cast 1955)	Bronze	59 1/4 x 23 1/4 x 44 3/8" (150.5 x 59 x 112.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	A. Conger Goodyear Fund
APIUM GRAVEOLENS (tailpiece, page 88) from LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.15	1948	Etching, printed in black	irreg. composition 1 7/8 x 3 7/8" (4.7 x 9.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
ARCTOTIS GRANDIS (headpiece, page 9) from LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.4	1948	Etching, printed in black	irreg. composition 3 5/8 x 2 1/8" (9.2 x 5.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
ARMS (plate, page 107) from LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.18	1948	Etching, printed in black	plate 9 1/16 x 6" (23.1 x 15.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
CHAIR WITH FRUIT (plate, page 41) from LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.9	1948	Etching, printed in black	plate 8 5/8 x 5 1/2" (21.9 x 14 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
DIOECIOUS URTICA (title page) from LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.2	1948	Etching, printed in black	plate 4 1/16 x 3 11/16" (10.3 x 9.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
LAMIUM MACULATUM (tailpiece, page 32) from LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.7	1948	Etching, printed in black	irreg. composition 2 5/16 x 3 5/16" (5.9 x 8.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.1-20	(1948)	20 etchings (including wrapper front and head- and tailpieces), printed in black	irreg. page 15 1/16 x 11 1/8" (38 x 28.3 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
PETROSELINUM SATIVUM (headpiece, page 91) from LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.16	1948	Etching, printed in black	irreg. composition 3 3/8 x 3 1/8" (8.6 x 7.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
PHRAGMITES COMMUNIS (tailpiece, page 59) from LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.11	1948	Etching, printed in black	irreg. composition 2 3/16 x 4 5/16" (5.5 x 10.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
PIRUS (tailpiece, page 118) from LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.20	1948	Etching, printed in black	irreg. composition 1 3/4 x 3 3/4" (4.5 x 9.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
SALVIA OFFICINALIS (headpiece, page 63) from LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.12	1948	Etching, printed in black	irreg. composition 3 1/4 x 3 1/2" (8.3 x 8.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
SEATED PEASANT (plate, page 115) from LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.19	1948	Etching, printed in black	plate 9 1/16 x 5 15/16" (23.1 x 15.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
SEATED SHEPHERD (plate, page 79) from LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.14	1948	Etching, printed in black	plate 8 7/8 x 5 11/16" (22.6 x 14.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
TARAXACUM OFFICINALIS (headpiece, page 35) from LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.8	1948	Etching, printed in black	irreg. composition 2 7/8 x 1 7/8" (7.3 x 4.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
THE BULL (plate, page 69) from LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.13	1948	Etching, printed in black	plate 9 x 6" (22.9 x 15.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
THE LOVERS (plate, page 51) from LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.10	1948	Etching, printed in black	plate 8 15/16 x 5 3/4" (22.8 x 14.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
THE MOTHER (plate, page 27) from LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.6	1948	Etching, printed in black	plate 8 11/16 x 5 1/2" (22 x 13.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
THE SHEPHERD (plate, page 17) from LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.5	1948	Etching, printed in black	plate 9 1/16 x 6" (23 x 15.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
THE WARRIOR (plate, page 97) from LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.17	1948	Etching, printed in black	plate 9 1/16 x 5 15/16" (23 x 15.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
VIRGIL'S GEORGICS (wrapper front) from LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.1	1948	Etching, printed in black	plate 3 1/8 x 3 9/16" (8 x 9.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
WHEAT FIELD (plate, page 5) from LE GEORGICHE Illustrated Book Acc. 297.1949.3	1948	Etching, printed in black	plate 9 3/16 x 5 7/8" (23.3 x 15 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Hanging Man Print Acc. 54.1957	(1956)	Lithograph	composition: 12 3/8 x 8 1/4" (31.5 x 21cm); sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 15/16" (54 x 38cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Straus
Untitled from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) Print Acc. 22.1987.5	1973	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts	plate: 24 11/16 x 18 7/8" (62.7 x 47.9cm); sheet: 30 11/16 x 22 15/16" (78 x 58.2cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dorothy Miller (by exchange)
Reclining Woman (Donna Soraiata) Print Acc. 396.1991	(1978)	Etching and aquatint	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Charles and Sylvia Eisen