Artist Monograph

Jean-Michel Atlan, French

French, born Algeria. 1913–1960

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	18	94.7%
Other Media	1	5.3%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	16	84.2%
Medium (30–100 cm)	3	15.8%

Range: 8.0 cm → 50.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1956	17
1958	1
1992	1

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 19 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Description of a Struggle (Description d'un combat) Illustrated Book Acc. 38.1956.1-16	1945, published 1946	Illustrated book with sixteen lithographs (including wrapper and eight head and tailpieces) and sixteen line block ornaments	various print dimensions; page (each): 11 13/16 × 9 7/16" (30 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
Frontspiece from Description of a Struggle (Description d'un combat) Illustrated Book Acc. 38.1956.1	1945, published 1946	One from an illustrated book with sixteen lithographs (including wrapper and eight head and tailpieces) and sixteen line block ornaments	composition (irreg.): 9 5/8 × 7 7/16" (24.5 × 18.9 cm); page: 11 13/16 × 9 7/16" (30 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
Headpiece (page 13) from Description of a Struggle (Description d'un combat) Illustrated Book Acc. 38.1956.2	1945, published 1946	One from an illustrated book with sixteen lithographs (including wrapper and eight head and tailpieces) and sixteen line block ornaments	composition (irreg.): 2 3/8 × 7 1/16" (6.1 × 17.9 cm); page: 11 13/16 × 9 7/16" (30 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
Headpiece (page 25) from Description of a Struggle (Description d'un combat) Illustrated Book Acc. 38.1956.3	1945, published 1946	One from an illustrated book with sixteen lithographs (including wrapper and eight head and tailpieces) and sixteen line block ornaments	composition (irreg.): 2 11/16 × 6 7/8" (6.9 × 17.5 cm); page: 11 13/16 × 9 7/16" (30 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
Headpiece (page 41) from Description of a Struggle (Description d'un combat) Illustrated Book Acc. 38.1956.7	1945, published 1946	One from an illustrated book with sixteen lithographs (including wrapper and eight head and tailpieces) and sixteen line block ornaments	composition (irreg.): 2 3/8 × 6 7/8" (6.1 × 17.5 cm); page: 11 13/16 × 9 7/16" (30 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
Headpiece (page 75) from Description of a Struggle (Description d'un combat) Illustrated Book Acc. 38.1956.13	1945, published 1946	One from an illustrated book with sixteen lithographs (including wrapper and eight head and tailpieces) and sixteen line block ornaments	composition (irreg.): 2 7/16 × 6 7/8" (6.2 × 17.5 cm); page: 11 13/16 × 9 7/16" (30 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
Plate (page 27) from Description of a Struggle (Description d'un combat) Illustrated Book Acc. 38.1956.4	1945, published 1946	One from an illustrated book with sixteen lithographs (including wrapper and eight head and tailpieces) and sixteen line block ornaments	composition (irreg.): 9 7/16 × 7 5/8" (23.9 × 19.3 cm); page: 11 13/16 × 9 7/16" (30 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
Plate (page 35) from Description of a Struggle (Description d'un combat) Illustrated Book Acc. 38.1956.5	1945, published 1946	One from an illustrated book with sixteen lithographs (including wrapper and eight head and tailpieces) and sixteen line block ornaments	composition (irreg.): 9 5/16 × 7 1/2" (23.7 × 19 cm); page: 11 13/16 × 9 7/16" (30 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
Plate (page 43) from Description of a Struggle (Description d'un combat) Illustrated Book Acc. 38.1956.8	1945, published 1946	One from an illustrated book with sixteen lithographs (including wrapper and eight head and tailpieces) and sixteen line block ornaments	composition (irreg.): 9 3/8 × 7 9/16" (23.8 × 19.2 cm); page: 11 13/16 × 9 7/16" (30 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
Plate (page 51) from Description of a Struggle (Description d'un combat) Illustrated Book Acc. 38.1956.9	1945, published 1946	One from an illustrated book with sixteen lithographs (including wrapper and eight head and tailpieces) and sixteen line block ornaments	composition (irreg.): 9 7/16 × 7 9/16" (24 × 19.2 cm); page: 11 13/16 × 9 7/16" (30 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
Plate (page 59) from Description of a Struggle (Description d'un combat) Illustrated Book Acc. 38.1956.10	1945, published 1946	One from an illustrated book with sixteen lithographs (including wrapper and eight head and tailpieces) and sixteen line block ornaments	composition (irreg.): 9 5/16 × 7 11/16" (23.7 × 19.5 cm); page: 11 13/16 × 9 7/16" (30 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
Plate (page 67) from Description of a Struggle (Description d'un combat) Illustrated Book Acc. 38.1956.11	1945, published 1946	One from an illustrated book with sixteen lithographs (including wrapper and eight head and tailpieces) and sixteen line block ornaments	composition (irreg.): 9 3/4 × 7 11/16" (24.8 × 19.5 cm); page: 11 13/16 × 9 7/16" (30 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
Plate (page 77) from Description of a Struggle (Description d'un combat) Illustrated Book Acc. 38.1956.14	1945, published 1946	One from an illustrated book with sixteen lithographs (including wrapper and eight head and tailpieces) and sixteen line block ornaments	composition (irreg.): 9 7/16 × 7 5/8" (24 × 19.3 cm); page: 11 13/16 × 9 7/16" (30 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
Tailpiece (page 40) from Description of a Struggle (Description d'un combat) Illustrated Book Acc. 38.1956.6	1945, published 1946	One from an illustrated book with sixteen lithographs (including wrapper and eight head and tailpieces) and sixteen line block ornaments	composition (irreg.): 2 13/16 × 3 1/8" (7.1 × 8 cm); page: 11 13/16 × 9 7/16" (30 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
Tailpiece (page 74) from Description of a Struggle (Description d'un combat) Illustrated Book Acc. 38.1956.12	1945, published 1946	One from an illustrated book with sixteen lithographs (including wrapper and eight head and tailpieces) and sixteen line block ornaments	composition (irreg.): 2 3/8 × 3 1/8" (6 × 8 cm); page: 11 13/16 × 9 7/16" (30 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
Tailpiece (page 81) from Description of a Struggle (Description d'un combat) Illustrated Book Acc. 38.1956.15	1945, published 1946	One from an illustrated book with sixteen lithographs (including wrapper and eight head and tailpieces) and sixteen line block ornaments	composition (irreg.): 2 11/16 × 3 5/16" (6.8 × 8.4 cm); page: 11 13/16 × 9 7/16" (30 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
Wrapper from Description of a Struggle (Description d'un combat) Illustrated Book Acc. 38.1956.16	1945, published 1946	One from an illustrated book with sixteen lithographs (including wrapper and eight head and tailpieces) and sixteen line block ornaments	composition (irreg.): 12 × 19 11/16" (30.5 × 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
Front cover from Frie Kunstnere , Volume 4 Illustrated Book Acc. 299.1992.4	1950	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 6 1/4 × 5 1/16" (15.8 × 12.8 cm); page: 6 11/16 × 5 1/16" (17 × 12.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund
Realm (Royaume) Drawing Acc. 81.1958	1957	Pastel on colored paper	9 7/8 × 12 7/8" (25.1 × 32.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Benjamin Scharps and David Scharps Fund