Artist Monograph

Kurt Seligmann, American

American, born Switzerland. 1900–1962

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	16	72.7%
Lithography	2	9.1%
Oil Painting	1	4.5%
Watercolor	1	4.5%
Gouache	1	4.5%
Photography	1	4.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	21	95.5%
Painting & Sculpture	1	4.5%

Production by Decade

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 14
Print — 5
Drawing — 2
Painting — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	6	30%
Medium (30–100 cm)	14	70%

Range: 18.0 cm → 86.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1944	7
1945	1
1947	1
1948	1
1960	1
1961	1
1964	1
1976	1
1978	1
1989	4
1999	2
2001	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 22 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Plate (folio 41) from 23 Gravures Illustrated Book Acc. 14.1945.19	1933, published 1935	Etching 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 3/4 × 7 13/16" (24.7 × 19.8 cm); sheet: 12 11/16 × 9 11/16" (32.2 × 24.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase Fund
Les Vagabondages Heraldiques Illustrated Book Acc. 1524.2001.1-15	1934	Illustrated book with fifteen etching and aquatints	page 19 1/2 x 14 7/8" (49 x 37.8 cm) Plate dimensions: .1:13 3/4 x 9 5/8" (35 x 24.5 cm); .2:12 9/16 x 9 13/16" (32 x 25 cm); .3: 9 9/16 x 7 11/16" (24.3 x 19.6 cm); .4: 13 3/4 x 9 3/4" (35 x 24.8 cm); .5: 12 1/2 x 9 13/16" (31.7 x 25 cm); .6: 13 5/8 x 10 1/4" (34.6 x 26.1 cm); .7: 13 3/4 x 9 5/8" (34.9 x 24.4 cm); .8: 13 3/4 x 10 7/16" (35 x 26.5 cm); .9: 12 9/16 x 10 1/16" (32 x 25.6 cm); .10: 12 9/16 x 9 13/16" (32 x 25 cm); .11: 13 3/4 x 11 7/16" (35 x 29 cm); .12: 12 1/2 x 9 13/16" (31.8 ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum in memory of Kurt and Arlette Seligmann
Flaques Illustrated Book Acc. 154.1989.1-3	1935	Illustrated book with three etchings (one with aquatint)	Prints: various dimensions. Page (very irreg.): c. 8 15/16-11" x 6 5/16-8 7/16" (22.8-28.0 x 16.0-21.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Keep Your Paws Off (plate, facing page 21) from Flaques Illustrated Book Acc. 154.1989.2	1935	Etching from an illustrated book of three etchings	plate 7 1/4 x 5 1/8" (18.5 x 13 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Plate (facing page 13) from Flaques Illustrated Book Acc. 154.1989.1	1935	Etching from an illustrated book of three etchings	plate 7 1/4 x 5 1/8" (18.4 x 13 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Plate (facing page 27) from Flaques Illustrated Book Acc. 154.1989.3	1935	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book of three etchings	plate 7 1/16 x 5 1/8" (18 x 13 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Costume design for the Raven-Phoenix for the ballet The Golden Fleece Drawing Acc. 777.1978	(1940)	Watercolor, pencil, and cut-and-pinned paper on paper	19 x 12 3/8" (48.0 x 31.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Helen Serger
Phantom of the Past from VVV Portfolio Print Acc. 1113.1964.10	1942, published 1943	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of five etchings (one with aquatint), three duplicated drawings (two watercolor on paper and one crayon on paper), one collage, one engraving, and one gelatin silver print	plate: 13 7/8 x 11 5/8" (35.3 x 29.5cm); sheet: 17 7/16 x 13 9/16" (44.3 x 34.5cm) ⌀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
Phantom of the Past from VVV Portfolio Print Acc. 23.1948	1942, published 1943	Etching and aquatint	plate: 13 7/8 x 11 5/8" (35.2 x 29.5 cm); sheet: 17 1/2 x 13 9/16" (44.5 x 34.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Bernard J. Reis
Pleine Marge Illustrated Book Acc. 66.1999.a-b	1943	Broadside with one etching	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund
Untitled from the broadside Pleine Marge Print Acc. 66.1999.b	1943	Etching	composition 11 3/8 x 7 3/8" (28.9 x 18.7 cm) plate 11 1/2 x 7 1/2" (29.2 x 19 cm) sheet 15 5/16 x 10" (39 x 25.3 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
Oedipus at Colonus, plate VI (facing page 16) from The Myth of Oedipus Illustrated Book Acc. 14.1944.6	1944	Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings	plate 17 3/4 x 11 3/4" (45.1 x 29.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Henry Church
The Childhood of Oedipus, plate II (facing page 9) from The Myth of Oedipus Illustrated Book Acc. 14.1944.2	1944	Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings	plate 17 3/4 x 11 11/16" (45.1 x 29.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Henry Church
The Marriage, plate V (facing page 14) from The Myth of Oedipus Illustrated Book Acc. 14.1944.5	1944	Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings	plate 17 3/4 x 11 11/16" (45.1 x 29.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Henry Church
The Myth of Oedipus Illustrated Book Acc. 14.1944.1-6	1944	Illustrated book with six etchings and one line block reproduction	irreg. page 22 13/16 x 15 9/16" (58 x 39.5 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Henry Church
The Riddle, plate IV (facing page 12) from The Myth of Oedipus Illustrated Book Acc. 14.1944.4	1944	Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings	plate 17 3/4 x 11 13/16" (45.1 x 30 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Henry Church
The Slaying of Laius, plate III (facing page 10) from The Myth of Oedipus Illustrated Book Acc. 14.1944.3	1944	Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings	plate 17 13/16 x 11 7/8" (45.3 x 30.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Henry Church
The Sphinx (frontispiece) from The Myth of Oedipus Illustrated Book Acc. 14.1944.1	1944	Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings	plate 17 13/16 x 11 3/4" (45.2 x 29.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Henry Church
Acteon from Brunidor Portfolio, No. 1 Print Acc. 342.1947.6	1947	Etching from a portfolio of five etchings (one with engraving) and two lithographs	plate: 11 3/4 x 8 13/16" (29.8 x 22.4 cm); sheet: 16 9/16 x 13 1/16" (42 x 33.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase Fund
Meditation Print Acc. 43.1961	1950	Etching and aquatint	plate: 19 11/16 x 13 7/8" (50 x 35.3 cm); sheet: 21 15/16 x 15 1/2" (55.7 x 39.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Exorcism Drawing Acc. 495.1976	1954	Ink, gouache, wash, and resin on paper	28 1/8 x 34 1/8" (71.5 x 86.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund (by exchange)
The King Painting Acc. 91.1960	1960	Oil on canvas	24 1/4 x 20" (61.4 x 50.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Stamo Papadaki (by exchange)