Artist Monograph

Jean Lurçat, French

French, 1892–1966

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Lithography 65 53.3%
Other Media 16 13.1%
Etching 14 11.5%
Woodcut 4 3.3%
Watercolor 2 1.6%
Printmaking 2 1.6%
Oil Painting 1 0.8%

Jean Lurçat’s MoMA holdings concentrate in Lithography (22,569 total works in this medium by 3,157 artists), with secondary engagement in Other Media, Etching, Woodcut, Watercolor, Printmaking, Oil Painting.

Department Distribution

MoMA DepartmentWorksShare
Drawings & Prints11997.5%
Architecture & Design21.6%
Painting & Sculpture10.8%

Production by Decade

2
1900s
24
1920s
10
1930s
30
1940s
56
1950s

Classification Types

  • Illustrated Book — 101
  • Print — 17
  • Design — 2
  • Painting — 1
  • Portfolio — 1

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19391
194020
19411
19481
194911
19551
196439
196547
19661

French Contemporaries

  1. 5032 Eugène Atget
  2. 1437 Jean Dubuffet
  3. 1168 Marc Chagall
  4. 1068 Henri Matisse
  5. 907 Pierre Bonnard