Artist Monograph

Henri Matisse, French

French, 1869–1954

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Lithography 162 15.2%
Other Media 157 14.7%
Etching 119 11.1%
Printmaking 111 10.4%
Drawing 29 2.7%
Oil Painting 25 2.3%
Sculpture 18 1.7%
Gouache 5 0.5%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 1007 94.3%
Painting & Sculpture 53 5%
Architecture & Design 8 0.7%

Production by Decade

2
1890s
47
1900s
75
1910s
105
1920s
59
1930s
746
1940s
32
1950s
1
1970s
1
1980s

Classification Types

  • Illustrated Book — 763
  • Print — 205
  • Drawing — 38
  • Painting — 34
  • Sculpture — 19
  • Design — 8
  • Portfolio — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)69765.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)33431.5%
Large (1–3 m)282.6%
Monumental (> 3 m)30.3%

Range: 2.7 cm → 847.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19344
19352
19361
19392
194011
19411
19421
19452
19461
194823
19497
19505
195194
195213
195314
19547
195521
195610
19572
19585
19592
19601
19611
19622
19632

Currently On View

  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 506" — 16
  • "MoMA, Floor 1, Sculpture Garden" — 4
  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 500" — 1

French Contemporaries

  1. 5032 Eugène Atget
  2. 1437 Jean Dubuffet
  3. 1168 Marc Chagall
  4. 907 Pierre Bonnard
  5. 632 Georges Rouault