Artist Monograph

Jean Carlu, French

French, 1900–1997

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	7	87.5%
Gouache	1	12.5%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	25%
Large (1–3 m)	6	75%

Range: 50.8 cm → 116.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1944	1
1953	1
1958	1
1968	3
1979	1
2018	1

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 8 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Poster for the Union of Modern Artists (Union des Artistes Modernes) exhibition, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris Design Acc. 533.2018	1931	Lithograph	22 1/8 × 15 × 1/2" (56.2 × 38.1 × 1.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	The Merrill C. Berman Collection. Acquired through the generosity of Alice and Tom Tisch, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, David Booth, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Jack Shear, the Patricia Bonfield Endowed Acquisition Fund for the Design Collection, Daniel and Jane Och, The Orentreich Family Foundation, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, The Modern Women's Fund; and by exchange: Gift of Jean Dubuffet in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Colin, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, and the Richard S. Zeisler Bequest
Give 'em Both Barrels Design Acc. 117.1968.2	1941	Offset lithograph	30 x 40" (76.1 x 101.5 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 War Information
Give 'em Both Barrels Design Acc. 117.1968.1	1941	Offset lithograph	15 × 20" (38.1 × 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Office of War Information
America's Answer – Production Design Acc. 92.1944	1942	Offset lithograph	30 x 40" (76.2 x 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the U.S. Office of Emergency Management
America's Answer! Production Design Acc. 118.1968	1942	Lithograph	30 x 40" (76.1 x 101.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Office for Emergency Management
Stop 'Em to Sell 'Em Design Acc. 863.1979	1947	Lithograph	45 1/4 x 29" (114.9 x 73.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Given anonymously
Fly to Europe, Pan American Design Acc. 294.1953	1949	Lithograph	41 7/8 × 27 3/4" (106.4 × 70.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the artist
The Ultimate Goal Design Acc. 71.1958	1949	Gouache on paperboard	46 x 30" (116.8 x 76.2 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