Artist Monograph

Herbert Bayer, American

American, born Austria. 1900–1985

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Other Media 99 59.3%
Lithography 49 29.3%
Gouache 9 5.4%
Photography 5 3%
Drawing 2 1.2%
Printmaking 1 0.6%
Screenprint 1 0.6%

Herbert Bayer’s MoMA holdings concentrate in Other Media (22,470 total works in this medium by 3,843 artists), with secondary engagement in Lithography, Gouache, Photography, Drawing, Printmaking, Screenprint.

Department Distribution

MoMA DepartmentWorksShare
Architecture & Design13379.6%
Drawings & Prints2816.8%
Photography53%
Painting & Sculpture10.6%

Production by Decade

8
0s
1
1900s
85
1920s
40
1930s
5
1940s
4
1950s
22
1960s
2
1970s

Classification Types

  • Design — 132
  • Print — 19
  • Drawing — 9
  • Photograph — 5
  • Painting — 1
  • Architecture — 1

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19371
19441
19504
19601
19632
19683
19732
197419
19751
19776
19794
19811
19831
19851
19861
19873
199973
20012
201534
20187

American Contemporaries

  1. 16315 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  2. 3358 Louise Bourgeois
  3. 2199 Ellsworth Kelly
  4. 1338 Lee Friedlander
  5. 932 George Maciunas