Artist Monograph

Jean Hélion, French

French, 1904–1987

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Oil Painting	2	33.3%
Lithography	1	16.7%
Watercolor	1	16.7%
Gouache	1	16.7%
Other Media	1	16.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	4	66.7%
Painting & Sculpture	2	33.3%

Classification Types

Drawing — 3
Painting — 2
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	33.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	66.7%

Range: 23.8 cm → 99.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1937	1
1942	1
1945	1
1974	1
1985	2

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 6 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled, No. 19 Drawing Acc. 890.1983	1933-34	Gouache on paper	8 1/2 x 10 7/8" (21.6 x 27.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Equilibrium Painting Acc. 389.1942	1934	Oil on canvas	10 3/4 x 13 3/4" (27.3 x 35 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
Plate (folio 23) from 23 Gravures Illustrated Book Acc. 14.1945.10	1934, published 1935	Engraving from an illustrated book with twelve etchings (one with aquatint and drypoint), five drypoints, three engravings (one with drypoint), two lithographs, and one woodcut	plate: 9 3/8 × 7 1/16" (23.8 × 18 cm); sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase Fund
Ile de France Drawing Acc. 891.1983	1935	Watercolor and ink on paper	9 1/2 x 12 3/4" (24.1 x 32.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Composition Painting Acc. 76.1936	Paris 1936	Oil on canvas	39 1/4 x 31 7/8" (99.7 x 80.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Advisory Committee
Untitled Drawing Acc. 107.1974	1950	Black chalk on colored paper	24 7/8 x 18 7/8" (63.4 x 47.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Alexis Gregory