Artist Monograph

Herbert Matter, American

American, born Switzerland. 1907–1984

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	15	62.5%
Lithography	8	33.3%
Photography	1	4.2%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Architecture & Design	22	91.7%
Photography	2	8.3%

Production by Decade

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	6	26.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	8.7%
Large (1–3 m)	15	65.2%

Range: 18.1 cm → 127.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1937	3
1943	2
1944	1
1950	3
1964	2
1968	2
1977	3
1981	1
1983	2
1999	1
2013	1
2015	3

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 24 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
PKZ Design Acc. 697.2013	1928	Lithograph	50 x 35" (127 x 88.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Don Goeman
Corso Theater Zürich Design Acc. 723.1999	1930–1940	Letterpress	8 3/8 x 5 7/8" (21.3 x 14.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Engelberg Trübsee (Promotional poster for Engleberg, Switzerland) Design Acc. 446.1964	c. 1930	Two-color gravure	40 x 25 1/4" (101.6 x 64.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Given anonymously
Foto 5: Typographische Monatsblätter Zurförderung der Berufsbildung Design Acc. 567.1977	1933	Cover and plates: gravure; text: letterpress	12 5/16 × 9 × 3/8" (31.3 × 22.9 × 1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Gebr. Fretz A.G. Zürich Design Acc. 566.1977	1933	Letterpress (cover) and gravure	11 3/4 x 8 5/16" (29.8 x 21.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Die Schweiz das Grosse Erlebnis im Flugzeug Design Acc. 317.1937	1935-36	Gravure	40 1/4 x 25 1/4" (102.2 x 64.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase Fund, Jan Tschichold Collection
Die Schweiz im Schnee Design Acc. 565.1977	c. 1935	Letterpress	folded: 7 1/8 × 4 13/16" (18.1 × 12.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
En Route Pour La Suisse Design Acc. 322.1937	1935-1936	Gravure	39 7/8 x 25 1/4" (101.3 x 64.1cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase Fund, Jan Tschichold Collection
Für shöne Autofahrten die Schweiz Design Acc. 170.1950	1935	Gravure	39 3/4 x 25 1/8" (101 x 63.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Bernard Davis
Pontresina Engadin Design Acc. 153.1968	1935	Gravure	40 x 25 1/8" (101.6 x 63.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Pontresina Schweiz Design Acc. 168.1950	1935-36	Photolithograph	40 x 25 1/8" (101.6 x 63.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Bernard Davis
Schweiz-Suisse Glarnerland & Walensee Design Acc. 318.1937	c.1935	Poster	39 7/8 x 25 1/4" (101.3 x 64.1cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase Fund, Jan Tschichold Collection
Engelberg Trübsee (Promotional poster for Engelberg, Switzerland) Design Acc. 154.1968	1936	Two-color gravure	40 x 25 1/4" (101.6 x 64.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Winter Time is Real Holiday Time – Switzerland Design Acc. 169.1950	1936	Photolithograph	39 3/4 x 25 1/8" (101 x 64.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Bernard Davis
Winterferien – Doppelte Ferien, Schweiz Design Acc. 348.1943	1936	Photolithograph	39 3/4 x 25 1/8" (101 x 63.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of G. E. Kidder Smith
Untitled (Pravina Mehta) Photograph Acc. 87.1964	1937	Gelatin silver print	27 × 29 11/16" (68.6 × 75.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Multiple Hands Photograph Acc. 701.1943	1939	Multiple exposure	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
America Calling, Take Your Place in Civilian Defense Design Acc. 118.1944	1941	Offset lithograph	40 3/8 x 29 1/2" (102.5 x 75 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Office of Emergency Management
One of Them Had Polio, Skilled Teamwork Brought Recovery Design Acc. 634.1981	1949	Offset lithograph	45 11/16 x 28 7/8" (116 x 73.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
Boston and Maine Railroad letterhead Design Acc. 1281.2015	c.1950	Letterpress	11 × 8 1/2" (27.9 × 21.6 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
Knoll Associates letterhead Design Acc. 1282.2015	c.1950	Letterpress	11 × 8 1/2" (27.9 × 21.6 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
New York Studio School letterhead Design Acc. 1283.2015	c.1950	Letterpress	11 × 8 1/2" (27.9 × 21.6 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
K(noll) Single Pedestal Furniture Designed By Eero Saarinen Design Acc. 796.1983	c. 1957	Lithograph	45 x 26" (114.2 x 66 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Giacometti Design Acc. 797.1983	1966	Offset lithograph	50 x 35 1/2" (127 x 90 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer