Artist Monograph

J.J.J. (Jean-Jacques-Joachim) Rigal, French

French, 1926–1997

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	22	66.7%
Printmaking	11	33.3%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	32	97%
Medium (30–100 cm)	1	3%

Range: 6.8 cm → 32.0 cm (largest side)

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 33 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.A-D	(1956)	14 aquatints (including title page, chapter titles, and wrapper front): 9 with etching, printed in color on ivory, smooth, wove Arches paper (except wrapper); supplementary suite, printed in black on ivory, smooth, laid China paper; supplementary monotype and supplementary variant aquatint and etching, printed in color; and 2 added aquatints and etchings (inserted New Year's cards to Louis E. Stern from the artist), printed in color on various papers	page 12 13/16 x 9 13/16" (32 x 25 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Chapter title (page 15) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.A06	1956	Aquatint, printed in color	irreg. composition 1 3/16 x 6 13/16" (3 x 17.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Chapter title (page 23) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.A09	1956	Aquatint, printed in color	irreg. composition 1 3/16 x 3" (3 x 7.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Chapter title (page 31) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.A12	1956	Aquatint, printed in color	irreg. composition 1 3/16 x 2 13/16" (3 x 7.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Chapter title (page 5) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.A03	1956	Aquatint, printed in color	irreg. composition 1 3/16 x 2 11/16" (3 x 6.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Headpiece (page 17) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.A07	1956	Aquatint and etching, printed in color	plate 6 3/8 x 6 3/4" (16.2 x 17.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Headpiece (page 25) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.A10	1956	Aquatint and etching, printed in color	plate 6 7/16 x 6 3/4" (16.3 x 17.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Headpiece (page 33) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.A13	1956	Aquatint and etching, printed in color	plate 6 3/8 x 6 3/4" (16.2 x 17.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Headpiece (page 7) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.A04	1956	Aquatint and etching, printed in color	plate 6 7/16 x 6 3/4" (16.4 x 17.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 11) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.A05	1956	Aquatint and etching, printed in color	plate 8 15/16 x 6 3/4" (22.7 x 17.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 19) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.A08	1956	Aquatint and etching, printed in color	plate 8 15/16 x 6 11/16" (22.8 x 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 27) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.A11	1956	Aquatint and etching, printed in color	plate 8 7/8 x 6 11/16" (22.6 x 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (page 37) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.A14	1956	Aquatint and etching, printed in color	plate 8 15/16 x 6 3/4" (22.8 x 17.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate (supplementary monotype) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.C	1956	Monotype, printed in color	plate 8 9/16 x 6 9/16" (21.7 x 16.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Title page from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.A02	1956	Aquatint, printed in color	irreg. composition 7/8 x 6 1/2" (2.2 x 16.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Variant of chapter title from page 15 (supplementary suite, plate 6) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.B06	1956	Aquatint, printed in black	irreg. composition 1 1/8 x 2 7/8" (2.9 x 7.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Variant of chapter title from page 23 (supplementary suite, plate 9) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.B09	1956	Aquatint, printed in black	irreg. composition 1 1/8 x 3" (2.9 x 7.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Variant of chapter title from page 31 (supplementary suite, plate 12) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.B12	1956	Aquatint, printed in black	irreg. composition 1 1/8 x 2 13/16" (2.9 x 7.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Variant of chapter title from page 5 (supplementary suite, plate 3) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.B03	1956	Aquatint, printed in black	irreg. composition 1 1/8 x 2 11/16" (2.9 x 6.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Variant of headpiece from page 17 (supplementary suite, plate 7) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.B07	1956	Aquatint and etching, printed in black	plate 6 3/8 x 6 11/16" (16.2 x 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Variant of headpiece from page 25 (supplementary suite, plate 10) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.B10	1956	Aquatint and etching, printed in black	plate 6 7/16 x 6 3/4" (16.3 x 17.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Variant of headpiece from page 33 (supplementary plate) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.D	1956	Aquatint and etching, printed in black	plate 6 7/16 x 6 3/4" (16.3 x 17.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Variant of headpiece from page 33 (supplementary suite, plate 13) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.B13	1956	Aquatint and etching, printed in black	plate 6 3/8 x 6 11/16" (16.2 x 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Variant of headpiece from page 7 (supplementary suite, plate 4) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.B04	1956	Aquatint and etching, printed in black	plate 6 7/16 x 6 11/16" (16.3 x 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Variant of plate from page 11 (supplementary suite, plate 5) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.B05	1956	Aquatint and etching, printed in black	plate 8 15/16 x 6 11/16" (22.7 x 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Variant of plate from page 19 (supplementary suite, plate 8) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.B08	1956	Aquatint and etching, printed in black	plate 8 15/16 x 6 5/8" (22.8 x 16.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Variant of plate from page 27 (supplementary suite, plate 11) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.B11	1956	Aquatint and etching, printed in black	plate 8 15/16 x 6 11/16" (22.7 x 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Variant of title page (supplementary suite, plate 2) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.B02	1956	Aquatint, printed in black	irreg. composition 13/16 x 6 7/16" (2.1 x 16.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Variant of wrapper front (supplementary suite, plate 1) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.B01	1956	Aquatint and etching, printed in black	plate 6 11/16 x 8 1/8" (17 x 20.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Variant plate from page 37 (supplementary suite, plate 14) from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.B14	1956	Aquatint and etching, printed in black	plate 9 x 6 3/4" (22.9 x 17.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Wrapper front from BALLADES Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.A01	1956	Aquatint and etching, printed in color	plate 6 3/4 x 8 1/4" (17.1 x 20.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
1957 New Year's card to Louis E. Stern from Rigal (inserted in BALLADES) Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.A15	(Print executed 1957)	Aquatint and etching, printed in color	plate 4 5/8 x 3 1/2" (11.8 x 8.9 cm) folded sheet 7 1/2 x 5 9/16" (19 x 14.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
1959 New Year's card to Louis E. Stern from Rigal (inserted in BALLADES) Illustrated Book Acc. 1033.1964.A16	(Print executed 1959)	Aquatint and etching, printed in color	plate 2 11/16 x 2 1/4" (6.8 x 5.8 cm) folded sheet 5 3/8 x 4 5/16" (13.7 x 11 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection