Artist Monograph

Henri Laurens, French

Henri Laurens is represented by 163 works in MoMA's permanent collection, classified as french.

French, 1885–1954

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Medium & Technique Profile

Primary media across the MoMA holdings

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Engraving	68	41.7%
Woodcut	25	15.3%
Etching	12	7.4%
Lithography	7	4.3%
Other Media	6	3.7%
Sculpture	2	1.2%

Technique range

Henri Laurens’s MoMA holdings concentrate in Engraving, with secondary engagement in Woodcut, Etching, Lithography, Other Media, Sculpture.

Collection Distribution: MoMA & The Met

Works held at MoMA

MoMA holds a substantial body of 163 works attributed to Henri Laurens, representing verified accession records curated by the museum’s Department of Painting and Sculpture and sister departments.

Cultural Context & Contemporaries

National context

Henri Laurens is catalogued under French nationality. See the full French artists hub.

Contemporaries among French artists

5032
Eugène Atget
works at MoMA
1437
Jean Dubuffet
works at MoMA
1168
Marc Chagall
works at MoMA
1068
Henri Matisse
works at MoMA
907
Pierre Bonnard
works at MoMA

Lifespan & active period

Lifespan: 1885–1954 (69 years). Artistic production is attributed within this window.

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 150 shown of 163

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Seated Female Nude Drawing Acc. 435.1974	(n.d.)	Charcoal and pencil on paper	12 1/4 x 9 5/8" (31.1 x 24.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Aaron Esman
Head of a Woman Sculpture Acc. 263.1937	1915	Painted wood construction	20 x 18 1/4" (50.8 x 46.3 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Van Gogh Purchase Fund
The Sculptor's Stand Drawing Acc. 247.1976	1917	Collage of tempera (white lead), cut and pasted papers (water soluble coating on brown paper), pencil	13 1/4 x 9 5/8" (33.7 x 24.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Saidenberg in memory of Allan D. Emil
Man with a Pipe Drawing Acc. 135.1976	1919	Ink, metallic and oil paint on paper	12 1/8 x 6 3/4" (30.7 x 17.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift in memory of Allan D. Emil
Guitar Sculpture Acc. 303.1947	1920	Terra cotta	14 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 4 3/8" (36.2 x 16.5 x 11 cm) including base	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Curt Valentin
Head of a Boxer Sculpture Acc. 240.1950	1920	Terra cotta	12 1/2 x 13 5/8 x 4" (31.9 x 34.5 x 10.1 cm) including wood frame	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mrs. Marie L. Feldhaeusser
Headpiece (folio 6) from LES PÉLICAN Illustrated Book Acc. 880.1964.3	1921	Etching and drypoint, printed in black	plate 2 1/2 x 1 5/8" (6.3 x 4.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
HORTENSE (plate, folio 8) from LES PÉLICAN Illustrated Book Acc. 880.1964.4	1921	Etching, printed in black	plate 9 13/16 x 4 3/4" (24.9 x 12 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate (folio 11) from LES PÉLICAN Illustrated Book Acc. 880.1964.6	1921	Etching and drypoint, printed in black	plate 2 1/16 x 1 5/8" (5.2 x 4.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate (folio 9) from LES PÉLICAN Illustrated Book Acc. 880.1964.5	1921	Etching and drypoint, printed in black	plate 1 5/8 x 2 3/8" (4.2 x 6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
LES PÉLICAN Illustrated Book Acc. 880.1964.1-7	1921	7 etchings (including wrapper front), 3 with drypoint, printed in black	page 12 9/16 x 8 7/8" (32 x 22.5 cm) Prints: various dimensions.	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
MADEMOISELLE CHARMANT, "VIE PARISIENNE" (tailpiece, folio 4) from LES PÉLICAN Illustrated Book Acc. 880.1964.2	1921	Etching, printed in black	plate 3 5/16 x 6 5/8" (8.5 x 16.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
THE JOCKEY (plate, folio 12) from LES PÉLICAN Illustrated Book Acc. 880.1964.7	1921	Etching, printed in black	plate 9 13/16 x 6 1/4" (24.9 x 15.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Wrapper front from LES PÉLICAN Illustrated Book Acc. 880.1964.1	1921	Etching, printed in black	plate 3 15/16 x 3 15/16" (10 x 10 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Bowl of Fruit Painting Acc. 634.1977	1922	Glazed stoneware	14 1/8 x 13 1/8" (36 x 33.4 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Luce Klein
Seated Woman Sculpture Acc. 258.1937	1926	Terra cotta	14 1/2 x 9 x 7 1/4" (36.8 x 22.8 x 18.5 cm) including base	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Lucien Lefebvre-Foinet
Compote Dish and Guitar Print Acc. 664.1956	1927	Etching	plate: 9 3/4 x 7 3/8" (24.7 x 18.8 cm); sheet: 20 3/16 x 13 1/16" (51.2 x 33.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Valencia Print Acc. 13.1947	1927	Etching	plate: 6 5/8 x 8 5/8" (16.8 x 21.9 cm); sheet: 12 5/8 x 19 5/8" (32 x 49.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Curt Valentin
Woman with Drapery Sculpture Acc. 820.1996	1928	Bronze	28 x 12 1/8 x 5 7/8" (71.1 x 30.8 x 14.9 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Florene May Schoenborn Bequest
Frontispiece from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.1	1945		irreg. composition 9 3/4 x 7 1/4" (24.8 x 18.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Headpiece (page 9) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.2	1945		irreg. composition 2 7/8 x 7 1/4" (7.3 x 18.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Headpiece (page 97) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.30	1945		irreg. composition 2 3/4 x 7 3/16" (7 x 18.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate (page 43) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.13	1945		irreg. composition 2 3/4 x 4 1/8" (7 x 10.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate (page 52) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.17	1945		irreg. composition 2 13/16 x 4 3/16" (7.2 x 10.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate (page 87) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.28	1945		irreg. composition 3 5/16 x 3 1/8" (8.4 x 7.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.1-38	1945	37 woodcuts (including head and tailpieces) cut by Théo Schmied after Laurens' designs, printed in color, and 1 embossing with gold leaf (wrapper front)	page 12 15/16 x 9 13/16" (33 x 25 cm) Prints: various dimensions.	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 101) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.31	1945		irreg. composition 9 3/16 x 6 1/2" (23.3 x 16.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 107) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.32	1945		irreg. composition 9 13/16 x 7 3/16" (25 x 18.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 113) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.33	1945		irreg. composition 9 7/8 x 7 1/4" (25.1 x 18.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 117) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.35	1945		irreg. composition 9 13/16 x 7 3/8" (25 x 18.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 121) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.37	1945		irreg. composition 8 7/8 x 7 1/4" (22.5 x 18.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 15) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.4	1945		irreg. composition 9 11/16 x 7 1/4" (24.6 x 18.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 25) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.7	1945		irreg. composition 9 13/16 x 7 1/4" (24.9 x 18.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 33) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.9	1945		irreg. composition 10 1/8 x 7 1/4" (25.8 x 18.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 39) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.12	1945		irreg. composition 9 11/16 x 6 7/8" (24.6 x 17.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 47) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.15	1945		irreg. composition 9 3/4 x 7 1/4" (24.8 x 18.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 57) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.20	1945		irreg. composition 9 11/16 x 7 1/16" (24.6 x 18 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 63) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.21	1945		irreg. composition 9 5/8 x 7 3/16" (24.5 x 18.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 71) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.23	1945		irreg. composition 9 11/16 x 7 3/16" (24.6 x 18.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 79) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.25	1945		irreg. composition 9 3/4 x 6 7/8" (24.8 x 17.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 115) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.34	1945		irreg. composition 15/16 x 3 9/16" (2.5 x 9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 12) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.3	1945		irreg. composition 2 3/16 x 2 11/16" (5.5 x 6.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 120) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.36	1945		irreg. composition 3 3/16 x 5 15/16" (8.1 x 15.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 19) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.5	1945		irreg. composition 2 3/4 x 2 1/8" (7 x 5.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 24) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.6	1945		irreg. composition 2 1/2 x 3 9/16" (6.3 x 9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 28) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.8	1945		irreg. composition 2 1/16 x 2 3/4" (5.3 x 7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 36) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.10	1945		irreg. composition 3/4 x 3 7/16" (2 x 8.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 38) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.11	1945		irreg. composition 2 3/16 x 4 3/16" (5.5 x 10.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 45) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.14	1945		irreg. composition 2 3/16 x 2 11/16" (5.5 x 6.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 51) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.16	1945		irreg. composition 2 3/4 x 2 3/16" (7 x 5.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 53) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.18	1945		irreg. composition 1 3/4 x 4 13/16" (4.5 x 12.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 56) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.19	1945		irreg. composition 3 1/8 x 3 11/16" (7.9 x 9.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 68) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.22	1945		irreg. composition 1 3/4 x 3 5/16" (4.5 x 8.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 76) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.24	1945		irreg. composition 2 15/16 x 2 3/16" (7.4 x 5.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 81) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.26	1945		irreg. composition 15/16 x 3 3/4" (2.5 x 9.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 85) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.27	1945		irreg. composition 2 1/4 x 2 15/16" (5.8 x 7.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 96) from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.29	1945		irreg. composition 2 1/4 x 2 15/16" (5.8 x 7.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Wrapper front from LES IDYLLES Illustrated Book Acc. 881.1964.38	1945	Embossing with gold leaf	irreg. composition 4 3/16 x 5 7/16" (10.6 x 13.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
ENTRE-TEMPS Illustrated Book Acc. 882.1964	1946	1 etching (frontispiece), printed in black; and 4 reproductions after pen and ink drawings	plate 6 11/16 x 5" (17 x 12.7 cm) irreg. page 8 9/16 x 6 1/2" (21 x 16.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Œuvre Graphique de Henri Laurens Design Acc. 499.1951	1947	Lithograph	16 3/4 x 24 1/4" (42.5 x 61.6cm)	Architecture & Design	Gift of Curt Valentin
LE BLEU DE L'AILE Illustrated Book Acc. 883.1964.1-3	1948	3 etchings, printed in black	page 12 11/16 x 9 13/16" (32 x 25 cm) Prints: various dimensions.	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (folio 11) from LE BLEU DE L'AILE Illustrated Book Acc. 883.1964.2	1948		plate 8 1/4 x 5 7/16" (21 x 13.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (folio 15) from LE BLEU DE L'AILE Illustrated Book Acc. 883.1964.3	1948		plate 8 1/4 x 5 1/2" (21 x 13.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (folio 7) from LE BLEU DE L'AILE Illustrated Book Acc. 883.1964.1	1948		plate 8 1/4 x 5 1/2" (21 x 13.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Folio 12 from Poésie de mots inconnus (Poetry of Unknown Words) Illustrated Book Acc. 490.2022.12	1949	Etching from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut	plate (partial): 6 1/4 x 4 11/16" (15.8 x 11.9cm); page: 12 11/16 × 9 13/16" (32.2 × 25 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Helen and Sam Zell
In-text plate (folio 12) from Poésie de mots inconnus Illustrated Book Acc. 992.1964.12	1949	Etching from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut	plate (partial): 6 1/4 x 4 11/16" (15.8 x 11.9cm); page: 12 11/16 × 9 13/16" (32.2 × 25 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A-B	1951	36 woodcuts, 35 with wood engraving and 1 with lithograph (including wrapper front, table of prints, and 2 duplicates on solander box), 33 printed in color and 3 printed in black on ivory, smooth, laid Arches paper (except wrapper and solander box); and supplementary suite on cream, smooth, laid China paper	page 15 x 11" (38 x 28 cm) Prints: various dimensions.	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Double page plate (table of prints) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A34	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 10 1/8 x 17 3/8" (25.7 x 44.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of double page table of prints (supplementary suite, plate 34) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B34	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 10 1/8 x 17 3/8" (25.7 x 44.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of frontispiece (supplementary suite, plate 2) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B02	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 1/2 x 8 1/16" (31.8 x 20.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of pictorial initial D from page 51 (supplementary suite, plate 11) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B11	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 5 1/16 x 3 7/8" (12.9 x 9.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of pictorial initial D from page 71 (supplementary suite, plate 17) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B17	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 5 7/16 x 3 5/16" (13.8 x 8.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of pictorial initial G from page 121 (supplementary suite, plate 27) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B27	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 5 3/8 x 3 5/16" (13.7 x 8.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of pictorial initial P from page 9 (supplementary suite, plate 3) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B03	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 5 1/8 x 3 1/16" (13.1 x 7.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 102 (supplementary suite, plate 22) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B22	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 15/16 x 8 7/16" (32.8 x 21.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 110 (supplementary suite, plate 23) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B23	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 7/16 x 8 5/16" (29.1 x 21.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 112 (supplementary suite, plate 24) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B24	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 1/16 x 7 3/16" (28.1 x 18.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 116 (supplementary suite, plate 25) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B25	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 15/16 x 8 1/4" (30.4 x 20.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 12 (supplementary suite, plate 4) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B04	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 15/16 x 6 7/8" (33 x 17.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 124 (supplementary suite, plate 28) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B28	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 13/16 x 8 1/4" (32.5 x 20.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 128 (supplementary suite, plate 29) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B29	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 1/2 x 7 11/16" (29.2 x 19.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 132 (supplementary suite, plate 30) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B30	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 9/16 x 7 13/16" (32 x 19.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 138 (supplementary suite, plate 31) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B31	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 3/8 x 8 5/8" (31.4 x 21.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 148 (supplementary suite, plate 32) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B32	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 13/16 x 7 13/16" (30 x 19.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 20 (supplementary suite, plate 5) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B05	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 7/16 x 8 1/8" (29 x 20.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 24 (supplementary suite, plate 6) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B06	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 13/16 x 7 1/4" (30 x 18.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 26 (supplementary suite, plate 7) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B07	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 11/16 x 8 1/16" (32.2 x 20.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 38 (supplementary suite, plate 8) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B08	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 1/16 x 7 3/4" (30.6 x 19.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 42 (supplementary suite, plate 9) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B09	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 5/16 x 7 15/16" (28.7 x 20.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 54 (supplementary suite, plate 12) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B12	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 9/16 x 7 5/8" (32 x 19.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 60 (supplementary suite, plate 13) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B13	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 15/16 x 9" (32.8 x 22.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 62 (supplementary suite, plate 14) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B14	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 13 7/16 x 7 11/16" (34.2 x 19.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 66 (supplementary suite, plate 15) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B15	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 7/8 x 8 7/8" (30.1 x 22.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 74 (supplementary suite, plate 18) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B18	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 3/8 x 8 1/4" (31.4 x 20.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 80 (supplementary suite, plate 19) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B19	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 15/16 x 7 1/2" (30.4 x 19.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 86 (supplementary suite, plate 20) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B20	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 1/8 x 7 15/16" (30.8 x 20.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of plate facing page 96 (supplementary suite, plate 21) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B21	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 5/8 x 7 13/16" (29.5 x 19.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of tailpiece from page 118 (original wrapper mounted on solander box back) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A36	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in black	irreg. composition 2 3/8 x 5" (6 x 12.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of tailpiece from page 118 (original wrapper mounted on solander box front) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A35	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in black	irreg. composition 2 3/8 x 5" (6 x 12.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of tailpiece from page 118 (supplementary suite, plate 26) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B26	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in black	irreg. composition 2 3/8 x 5" (6 x 12.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of tailpiece from page 153 (supplementary suite, plate 33) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B33	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 1 15/16 x 4 15/16" (4.9 x 12.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of tailpiece from page 47 (supplementary suite, plate 10) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B10	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 2 1/4 x 5 1/8" (5.8 x 13.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of tailpiece from page 68 (supplementary suite, plate 16) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B16	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 2 3/16 x 5" (5.5 x 12.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of wrapper front (supplementary suite, plate 1) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.B01	1951	Woodcut and lithograph, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 1/2 x 8 1/16" (29.3 x 20.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Frontispiece from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A02	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 1/2 x 8" (31.8 x 20.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Pictorial initial D (page 51) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A11	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 5 1/16 x 3 7/8" (12.9 x 9.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Pictorial initial D (page 71) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A17	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 5 7/16 x 3 5/16" (13.8 x 8.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Pictorial initial G (page 121) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A27	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 5 3/8 x 3 5/16" (13.7 x 8.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Pictorial initial P (page 9) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A03	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 5 1/8 x 3 1/16" (13.1 x 7.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 102) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A22	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 15/16 x 8 7/16" (32.8 x 21.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 110) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A23	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 7/16 x 8 5/16" (29.1 x 21.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 112) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A24	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 1/16 x 7 3/16" (28.1 x 18.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 116) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A25	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 15/16 x 8 1/4" (30.4 x 20.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 12) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A04	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 15/16 x 6 7/8" (33 x 17.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 124) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A28	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 13/16 x 8 1/4" (32.5 x 20.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 128) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A29	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 1/2 x 7 11/16" (29.2 x 19.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 132) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A30	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 9/16 x 7 13/16" (32 x 19.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 138) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A31	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 3/8 x 8 5/8" (31.4 x 21.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 148) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A32	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 13/16 x 7 13/16" (30 x 19.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 20) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A05	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 7/16 x 8 1/8" (29 x 20.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 24) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A06	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 13/16 x 7 1/4" (30 x 18.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 26) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A07	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 11/16 x 8 1/16" (32.2 x 20.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 38) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A08	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 1/16 x 7 3/4" (30.6 x 19.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 42) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A09	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 5/16 x 7 15/16" (28.7 x 20.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 54) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A12	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 9/16 x 7 5/8" (32 x 19.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 60) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A13	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 15/16 x 9" (32.8 x 22.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 62) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A14	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 13 7/16 x 7 11/16" (34.2 x 19.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 66) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A15	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 7/8 x 8 7/8" (30.1 x 22.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 74) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A18	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 3/8 x 8 1/4" (31.4 x 20.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 80) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A19	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 15/16 x 7 1/2" (30.4 x 19.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 86) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A20	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 1/8 x 7 15/16" (30.8 x 20.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (facing page 96) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A21	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 5/8 x 7 13/16" (29.5 x 19.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 118) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A26	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in black	irreg. composition 2 3/8 x 5" (6 x 12.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 153) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A33	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 1 15/16 x 4 15/16" (4.9 x 12.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 47) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A10	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 2 1/4 x 5 1/8" (5.8 x 13.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Tailpiece (page 68) from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A16	1951	Woodcut and wood engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 2 3/16 x 5" (5.5 x 12.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Wrapper front from DIALOGUES Illustrated Book Acc. 884.1964.A01	1951	Woodcut and lithograph, printed in color	irreg. composition 11 1/2 x 8 1/16" (29.3 x 20.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Chapter title (page 13) from CONTES Illustrated Book Acc. 885.1964.3	1953	Woodcut, printed in color	irreg. composition 2 5/8 x 2 7/16" (6.7 x 6.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Chapter title (page 31) from CONTES Illustrated Book Acc. 885.1964.6	1953	Woodcut, printed in color	irreg. composition 2 1/2 x 2 5/16" (6.3 x 5.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Chapter title (page 51) from CONTES Illustrated Book Acc. 885.1964.9	1953	Woodcut, printed in color	irreg. composition 2 15/16 x 2 15/16" (7.4 x 7.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
CONTES Illustrated Book Acc. 885.1964.1-24	1953	12 woodcuts (including ornaments and wrapper front), some with linoleum cut: 11 printed in color and 1 printed in black; and 1 woodcut ornament on ivory, smooth, laid Auvergne Richard de Bas paper; and supplementary suite on white, smooth, laid Japan paper (except wrapper)	irreg. page 10 13/16 x 7 7/8" (27 x 20 cm) Prints: various dimensions.	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of chapter title from page 13 (supplementary suite, plate 2) from CONTES Illustrated Book Acc. 885.1964.15	1953	Woodcut, printed in color	irreg. composition 2 5/8 x 2 7/16" (6.7 x 6.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of chapter title from page 31 (supplementary suite, plate 5) from CONTES Illustrated Book Acc. 885.1964.18	1953	Woodcut, printed in color	irreg. composition 2 1/2 x 2 5/16" (6.3 x 5.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of chapter title from page 51 (supplementary suite, plate 8) from CONTES Illustrated Book Acc. 885.1964.21	1953	Woodcut, printed in color	irreg. composition 2 15/16 x 2 15/16" (7.4 x 7.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of headpiece from page 15 (supplementary suite, plate 3) from CONTES Illustrated Book Acc. 885.1964.16	1953	Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in color	irreg. composition 3 3/16 x 4 3/16" (8.1 x 10.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of headpiece from page 33 (supplementary suite, plate 6) from CONTES Illustrated Book Acc. 885.1964.19	1953	Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in color	irreg. composition 3 7/16 x 4 9/16" (8.7 x 11.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of headpiece from page 53 (supplementary suite, plate 9) from CONTES Illustrated Book Acc. 885.1964.22	1953	Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in color	irreg. composition 3 15/16 x 4 3/4" (10.1 x 12 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of tailpiece from page 29 (supplementary suite, plate 4) from CONTES Illustrated Book Acc. 885.1964.17	1953	Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in color	irreg. composition 1 1/4 x 5 5/8" (3.2 x 14.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of tailpiece from page 49 (supplementary suite, plate 7) from CONTES Illustrated Book Acc. 885.1964.20	1953	Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in color	irreg. composition 1 3/4 x 2" (4.4 x 5.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Duplicate of tailpiece from page 68 (supplementary suite, plate 10) from CONTES Illustrated Book Acc. 885.1964.23	1953	Woodcut and linoleum cut, printed in color	irreg. composition 1 13/16 x 1 11/16" (4.6 x 4.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection

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How many works by Henri Laurens are in MoMA?

MoMA's catalogue lists 163 works attributed to Henri Laurens.

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