Artist Monograph

Horst Janssen, German

German, 1929–1995

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	6	42.9%
Etching	5	35.7%
Drawing	2	14.3%
Other Media	1	7.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	13	92.9%
Architecture & Design	1	7.1%

Production by Decade

2

1950s

10

1960s

2

1970s

Classification Types

Print — 10
Drawing — 2
Illustrated Book — 1
Design — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	22.2%
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	66.7%
Large (1–3 m)	1	11.1%

Range: 22.6 cm → 124.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1963	1
1965	1
1966	1
1967	1
1969	8
1970	1
1978	1

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 14 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Night Watch Print Acc. 658.1963	1958	Etching and aquatint	plate: 23 1/8 x 19 5/16" (58.7 x 49 cm); sheet: 30 7/8 x 20 1/2" (78.5 x 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John S. Newberry Fund
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp Print Acc. 563.1965	1958	Etching, aquatint, and drypoint	plate: 23 3/8 x 15 9/16" (59.4 x 39.5 cm); sheet: 31 1/2 x 20 15/16" (80 x 53.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Fund
Melancholy Self Portrait Print Acc. 284.1966	1965	Etching	plate: 19 x 15 1/2" (48.3 x 39.3 cm); sheet: 25 9/16 x 19 1/2" (64.9 x 49.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Rübel Fund
Head Print Acc. 874.1969	1966	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 11 1/2 x 8 5/8" (29.2 x 21.9 cm); sheet: 19 7/8 x 15 1/8" (50.5 x 38.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John S. Newberry Fund
Kunsthalle Basel 1966 Design Acc. 2259.1967	1966	Poster	49 x 34 1/2" (124.4 x 87.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Farland
Laatzen's Bilderbogen, 3, poster Print Acc. 877.1969	(1966)	Lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John S. Newberry Fund
Max Klinger Radierwerk, poster Print Acc. 875.1969	(1966)	Lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John S. Newberry Fund
Wuerttembergischer Kunstverein… Horst Janssen, poster Print Acc. 876.1969	(1966)	Lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John S. Newberry Fund
Girl Drawing Acc. 16.1969	1967	Crayon and pencil on paper	14 3/8 x 9 1/4" (36.3 x 23.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Joseph M. and Dorothy B. Edinburg Charitable Trust
Laatzen's Bilderbogen, 4, poster Print Acc. 878.1969	(1967)	Lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John S. Newberry Fund
Laatzen's Bilderbogen, 5, poster Print Acc. 879.1969	(November 11, 1967)	Lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John S. Newberry Fund
Ami-Kiss Drawing Acc. 17.1969	1968	Crayon and pencil on paper	12 5/8 x 10 3/4" (32.0 x 27.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John S. Newberry Fund
Zeichnungen Illustrated Book Acc. 627.1970	1970	Illustrated book with one supplementary unbound soft ground etching	plate 13 1/16 x 9 7/16" (33.2 x 24 cm) irreg. sheet 14 3/8 x 10 1/2" (36.5 x 26.7 cm) page 14 15/16 x 11" (38 x 28 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Füsli after Himself Print Acc. 415.1978	1976	Etching, aquatint, and drypoint	Plate: 8 7/8 x 6 1/2" (22.6 x 16.5 cm) Sheet ( irreg.): 16 11/16 x 12 7/16" (42.4 x 31.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund