Artist Monograph

Gino Severini, Italian

Italian, 1883–1966

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Oil Painting	3	37.5%
Drawing	2	25%
Etching	1	12.5%
Gouache	1	12.5%
Other Media	1	12.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	5	62.5%
Painting & Sculpture	3	37.5%

Classification Types

Drawing — 4
Painting — 3
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	12.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	62.5%
Large (1–3 m)	2	25%

Range: 14.9 cm → 161.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1949	2
1958	1
1967	1
1985	2
1986	1
2004	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 503" — 2
"MoMA, Floor 5, 505" — 1

Italian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 8 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Dancer Drawing Acc. 954.1983	1912	Pastel on paper	19 1/4 x 12 1/2" (49 x 32 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
Dynamic Hieroglyphic of the Bal Tabarin Painting Acc. 288.1949	1912	Oil on canvas with sequins	63 5/8 x 61 1/2" (161.6 x 156.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
Oval Composition Drawing Acc. 955.1983	1913	Gouache on paper	15 7/8 x 10 1/8" (40.4 x 25.7 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
Spanish Dancer Drawing Acc. 350.1949	(c. 1913)	Crayon and charcoal on paper	26 x 18 7/8" (66.4 x 48 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Visual Synthesis of the Idea: "War" Painting Acc. 24.2004	1914	Oil on canvas	36 1/2 x 28 3/4" (92.7 x 73 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Bequest of Sylvia Slifka
Armored Train in Action Drawing Acc. 92.1958	1915	Charcoal on paper	22 1/2 x 18 3/4" (56.9 x 47.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Benjamin Scharps and David Scharps Fund
Armored Train in Action Painting Acc. 287.1986	1915	Oil on canvas	45 5/8 x 34 7/8" (115.8 x 88.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Richard S. Zeisler
Plate 19 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I Illustrated Book Acc. 521.1967.19	1962	Etching from an illustrated book with nineteen etchings (three with drypoint, two with aquatint, and one with aquatint and embossing) and one engraving	plate: 5 7/8 × 4 1/2" (14.9 × 11.4 cm); page: 11 3/4 × 9 7/16" (29.8 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Deitsch Gallery