Artist Monograph

Horst Egon Kalinowski, German

German, 1924–2013

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	23	74.2%
Printmaking	5	16.1%
Sculpture	1	3.2%
Other Media	1	3.2%
Gouache	1	3.2%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	30	96.8%
Painting & Sculpture	1	3.2%

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 27
Print — 2
Sculpture — 1
Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	15	48.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)	15	48.4%
Large (1–3 m)	1	3.2%

Range: 10.2 cm → 200.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1961	1
1964	2
1966	12
1967	16

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 31 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
May Night Drawing Acc. 297.1961	1961	Gouache, velvet, and metal thread on paper	12 1/2 x 22" (31.7 x 55.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Philip C. Johnson Fund
THE ROOTS OF THE MOON, plate 16 from L'AVANGUARDIA INTERNAZIONALE, Volume 1/L'AVANT-GARDE INTERNATIONALE, Volume 1/THE INTERNATIONAL Illustrated Book Acc. 800.1963.16	1962. (Print executed 1961).	Aquatint and drypoint, printed in black	plate 5 11/16 x 4 5/16" (14.4 x 11 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter H. Deitsch
Lunar Code (Code Lunaire) Print Acc. 54.1967	1963	Etching and aquatint	plate: 13 3/4 x 14 1/4" (35 x 36.2 cm); sheet: 23 1/8 x 19 7/8" (58.8 x 50.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gertrud Mellon Fund
Number or Germ? Print Acc. 494.1967	1963	Aquatint	plate: 15 1/16 x 22 7/16" (38.2 x 57cm); sheet: 15 1/16 x 22 7/16" (38.2 x 57cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gertrud Mellon Fund
The Gate of the Executed Sculpture Acc. 1129.1964	1963	Leather over wood, with chain and other metal and wood parts	6' 6 3/4" x 58 1/2" x 11 5/8" (200 x 148.6 x 29.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 55.79 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Philip Johnson Fund
Frontispiece from HAIKU Illustrated Book Acc. 88.1967.1	1964-1965	Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color	plate 4 x 3 3/8" (10.2 x 8.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
HAIKU Illustrated Book Acc. 88.1967.1-13	1964, published 1965	11 aquatints (7 with etching or soft ground etching) and 2 soft ground etchings (1 relief printed), printed in color	irreg. page 13 3/4 x 12 15/16" (34 x 33 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 11 verso) from HAIKU Illustrated Book Acc. 88.1967.6	1964-1965	Aquatint, printed in color	irreg. plate 8 15/16 x 11 5/16" (22.7 x 28.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 13 verso) from HAIKU Illustrated Book Acc. 88.1967.7	1964-1965	Etching and aquatint, printed in color	plate 4 1/16 x 12 1/16" (10.3 x 30.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 15 verso) from HAIKU Illustrated Book Acc. 88.1967.8	1964-1965	Aquatint, printed in color	plate 11 3/4 x 9 3/8" (29.8 x 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 17 verso) from HAIKU Illustrated Book Acc. 88.1967.9	1964-1965	Aquatint, printed in color	plate 5 7/8 x 10 1/16" (15 x 25.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 19 verso) from HAIKU Illustrated Book Acc. 88.1967.10	1964-1965	Etching and aquatint, printed in color	plate 8 5/8 x 8 3/8" (21.9 x 21.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 21 verso) from HAIKU Illustrated Book Acc. 88.1967.11	1964-1965	Etching and aquatint, printed in color	plate 9 3/8 x 10 1/16" (23.8 x 25.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 23 verso) from HAIKU Illustrated Book Acc. 88.1967.12	1964-1965	Etching and aquatint, printed in color	irreg. plate 3 7/8 x 4 1/2" (9.8 x 11.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 25 verso) from HAIKU Illustrated Book Acc. 88.1967.13	1964-1965	Soft ground etching, relief printed in color	plate 5 7/8 x 7 13/16" (15 x 19.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 3 verso) from HAIKU Illustrated Book Acc. 88.1967.2	1964-1965	Soft ground etching, printed in color	irreg. plate 9 11/16 x 7 1/16" (24.6 x 17.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 5 verso) from HAIKU Illustrated Book Acc. 88.1967.3	1964-1965	Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color	irreg. plate 9 13/16 x 6 15/16" (25 x 17.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 7 verso) from HAIKU Illustrated Book Acc. 88.1967.4	1964-1965	Aquatint, printed in color	irreg. plate 7 1/8 x 9 3/4" (18.1 x 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 9 verso) from HAIKU Illustrated Book Acc. 88.1967.5	1964-1965	Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color	plate 12 1/8 x 6 1/8" (30.8 x 15.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
DER SONNENGESANG Illustrated Book Acc. 579.1966.1-11	1965	11 soft ground etchings ( 7 with aquatint, 1 relief printed, and 1 relief and intaglio printed), printed in color	page 19 3/4 x 12 15/16" (50 x 33 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Frontispiece from DER SONNENGESANG Illustrated Book Acc. 579.1966.1	1965	Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color	plate 4 x 3 7/16" (10.2 x 8.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 11 verso) from DER SONNENGESANG Illustrated Book Acc. 579.1966.5	1965	Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color	plate 14 1/16 x 10 15/16" (35.8 x 27.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 13 verso) from DER SONNENGESANG Illustrated Book Acc. 579.1966.6	1965	Soft ground etching, relief and intaglio printed in color	plate 13 13/16 x 12 9/16" (35.1 x 32 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 15 verso) from DER SONNENGESANG Illustrated Book Acc. 579.1966.7	1965	Soft ground etching, printed in color	plate 13 3/4 x 11 7/8" (35 x 30.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 17 verso) from DER SONNENGESANG Illustrated Book Acc. 579.1966.8	1965	Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color	plate 14 1/16 x 9 3/8" (35.7 x 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 19 verso) from DER SONNENGESANG Illustrated Book Acc. 579.1966.9	1965	Soft ground etching, printed in color	plate 13 11/16 x 10 9/16" (34.8 x 26.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 21 verso) from DER SONNENGESANG Illustrated Book Acc. 579.1966.10	1965	Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color	irreg. dia. plate 10 1/4" (26.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 23 verso) from DER SONNENGESANG Illustrated Book Acc. 579.1966.11	1965	Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color	plate 15 11/16 x 11 11/16" (39.8 x 29.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 5 verso) from DER SONNENGESANG Illustrated Book Acc. 579.1966.2	1965	Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color	irreg. dia. plate 10 7/8" (27.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 7 verso) from DER SONNENGESANG Illustrated Book Acc. 579.1966.3	1965	Soft ground etching, relief printed in color	irreg. plate 10 15/16 x 12" (27.8 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Plate (folio 9 verso) from DER SONNENGESANG Illustrated Book Acc. 579.1966.4	1965	Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color	plate 14 1/16 x 10 7/8" (35.7 x 27.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund