Artist Monograph

Hans Richter, American

American, born Germany. 1888–1976

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Woodcut	4	28.6%
Drawing	4	28.6%
Other Media	3	21.4%
Photography	1	7.1%
Etching	1	7.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	9	64.3%
Architecture & Design	3	21.4%
Film	1	7.1%
Photography	1	7.1%

Production by Decade

7

1910s

5

1920s

2

1960s

Classification Types

Periodical — 5
Design — 3
Drawing — 3
Film — 1
Photograph — 1
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	6	46.2%
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	46.2%
Large (1–3 m)	1	7.7%

Range: 9.8 cm → 279.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1954	1
1967	1
1976	1
1977	1
2001	1
2008	1
2010	5
2015	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 14 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Die Aktion, vol. 5, no. 52 Periodical Acc. 947.2010.171.1-4	December 25, 1915	Periodical with four woodcuts; cover by Hans Richter, additional prints by Christian Schad and Karl Jacob Hirsch	page (each approx.): 12 1/8 x 9 1/8" (30.8 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Library Council
Raoul Hausmann Drawing Acc. 250.1976	1915	Ink on paper	11 3/4 x 8 1/2" (29.8 x 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste G. Bartos
Die Aktion, vol. 6, no. 13 Periodical Acc. 947.2010.178.1-5	March 25, 1916	Periodical with reproduction on cover and five linoleum cuts by Hans Richter	page (each approx.): 12 1/8 x 9 1/8" (30.8 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Library Council
Die Aktion, vol. 6, no. 27/28 Periodical Acc. 947.2010.186.1-2	July 8, 1916	Periodical with reproduction on cover and two woodcuts by Hans Richter and Georg Tappert	page (each approx.): 12 1/8 x 9 1/8" (30.8 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Library Council
Die Aktion, vol. 7, no. 1/2 Periodical Acc. 947.2010.199.1-2	January 6, 1917	Periodical with two woodcuts; cover by Hans Richter, additional print by Erich Gehre	page (each approx.): 12 1/8 x 9 1/8" (30.8 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Library Council
Die Aktion, vol. 7, no. 20/21 Periodical Acc. 947.2010.208.1-4	May 19, 1917	Periodical with three woodcuts and one linoleum cut; cover by Hans Richter, additional prints by Josef Capek, Wilhelm Schuler, and Hilla Rebay von Ehrenwiesen	page (each approx.): 12 1/8 x 9 1/8" (30.8 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Library Council
Iwan Goll Drawing Acc. 22.1977	1917	Ink on paper	10 5/8 x 8 3/8" (27.1 x 21.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste G. Bartos
Fugue (Fuge) Drawing Acc. 251.1954	1920	Pencil on paper	18 1/2 x 110" (47.0 x 279.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Shapiro
G Zeitschrift für Elementare Gestaltung letterhead (Letter to Naum Gabo from Hans Richter) Design Acc. 1307.2015	c.1923	Letterpress	9 5/8 × 8 3/4" (24.4 × 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
G: Material zur elementaren Gestaltung (Material for Elementary Construction) no.1, July 1923 Design Acc. 472.2008	1923	Letterpress	17 7/8 x 11 1/2" (45.4 x 29.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Elaine Lustig Cohen
Filmstudie Film Acc. F74	Germany, 1926		⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Film	Film in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Untitled still from Film Study (Filmstudie) (1928) Photograph Acc. 1819.2001	1927	Gelatin silver print	2 7/8 × 3 7/8" (7.3 × 9.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther
Plate 17 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I Illustrated Book Acc. 521.1967.17	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 13/16 × 4 7/16" (14.7 × 11.3 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
Postcard (Addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Reis) Design Acc. 1308.2015	1964	Photocollage and ink on paper	5 3/4 × 4 1/8" (14.6 × 10.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds