Artist Monograph

Hans Bellmer, German

German, 1902–1975

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Photography 33 44%
Engraving 16 21.3%
Drawing 11 14.7%
Etching 5 6.7%
Lithography 2 2.7%
Other Media 2 2.7%
Screenprint 1 1.3%
Printmaking 1 1.3%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 43 57.3%
Photography 30 40%
Painting & Sculpture 2 2.7%

Production by Decade

32
1930s
21
1940s
4
1950s
17
1960s
1
1970s

Classification Types

  • Photograph — 30
  • Illustrated Book — 25
  • Notebook — 10
  • Print — 5
  • Drawing — 3
  • Sculpture — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)6590.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)79.7%

Range: 11.7 cm → 78.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19371
19471
19511
19661
19673
19681
196915
19702
19782
19872
199429
20161
202216

Currently On View

  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 517" — 1

German Contemporaries

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