Artist Monograph

Lasar Segall, Brazilian

Brazilian, born Lithuania. 1889–1957

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	7	50%
Etching	2	14.3%
Woodcut	2	14.3%
Other Media	2	14.3%
Engraving	1	7.1%

Production by Decade

7

1920s

2

1930s

5

1940s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	8	61.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	38.5%

Range: 15.2 cm → 34.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1948	1
1949	5
1956	4
1968	4

Brazilian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 14 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
In the Studio (Im Atelier) from the periodical Kündung, vol. 1, no. 2 (February 1921) Periodical Acc. 392.1956.8	1921 (executed 1920)	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 9 15/16 x 12 7/8" (25.3 x 32.7 cm); page: 16 7/16 x 12 11/16" (41.8 x 32.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Praying Boy (Betender Knabe) from the periodical Kündung, vol. 1, no. 2 (February 1921) Periodical Acc. 392.1956.5	1921 (executed 1920)	Woodcut	composition: 9 13/16 x 7 3/4" (25 x 19.7 cm); page: 16 7/16 x 12 11/16" (41.8 x 32.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Widow and Child (Witwe und Kind) from the periodical Kündung, vol. 1, no. 2 (February 1921) Periodical Acc. 392.1956.6	1921 (executed 1920)	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 9 7/16 x 7 1/16" (23.9 x 18 cm; page: 16 7/16 x 12 11/16" (41.8 x 32.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Young Beggar (Junge Bettlerin) from the periodical Kündung, vol. 1, no. 2 (February 1921) Periodical Acc. 392.1956.7	1921 (executed 1920)	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 13 3/8 x 6 9/16" (34 x 16.6 cm); page: 16 7/16 x 12 11/16" (41.8 x 32.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Group of Emigrants on Deck (Grupo de emigrantes no tombadilho) from the series Emigrants (Emigrantes) Print Acc. 300.1948	1928	Drypoint	plate: 10 7/8 x 13" (27.6 x 33 cm); sheet: 12 15/16 x 18 13/16" (32.9 x 47.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Third Class (Terceira classe) from the series Emigrants (Emigrantes) Print Acc. 1387.1968	1928	Etching	plate: 10 7/8 x 12 3/4" (27.6 x 32.4 cm); sheet: 13 1/16 x 20 3/8" (33.2 x 51.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Two Women of the Mangue with Blinds (Duas mulheres do Mangue com persiana) Print Acc. 1388.1968	(1928)	Engraving and drypoint	plate: 9 5/16 x 7" (23.7 x 17.8 cm); sheet: 22 1/4 x 15 1/16" (56.5 x 38.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Coffee Tree and Head (Cabeça e cafezal) Print Acc. 1389.1968	(1930)	Etching	plate: 11 1/16 x 8 9/16" (28.1 x 21.8 cm); sheet: 20 3/8 x 13 1/16" (51.7 x 33.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Shantytown in Rio de Janeiro (Morro da Favella Rio) Print Acc. 1390.1968	1930	Drypoint	plate: 9 3/8 x 11 3/4" (23.8 x 29.8 cm); sheet: 12 15/16 x 20 3/16" (32.9 x 51.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Inter-American Fund
Couple in the Mangue (Casal no Mangue) from Mangue Print Acc. 607.1949.1	1941, published 1943	Woodcut from a portfolio with three woodcuts, one lithograph with hand additions and forty-two line block reproductions	composition: 6 x 3 1/4" (15.2 x 8.3cm); sheet: 13 5/8 x 9 3/4" (34.6 x 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Group from the Mangue (Grupo do Mangue) from Mangue Print Acc. 607.1949.3	1941, published 1943	Woodcut from a portfolio with three woodcuts, one lithograph with hand additions and forty-two line block reproductions	composition: 7 7/8 x 7 7/8" (20 x 20cm); sheet: 13 5/8 x 9 3/4" (34.6 x 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Mangue Print Acc. 607.1949.1-4	1941, published 1943	Portfolio with three woodcuts, one lithograph with hand additions, and forty-two line block reproductions	composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each): 13 5/8 x 9 3/4" (34.6 x 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Seated Woman of the Mangue (Mulher do Mangue sentada) from Mangue Print Acc. 607.1949.2	1941, published 1943	Woodcut from a portfolio with three woodcuts, one lithograph with hand additions and forty-two line block reproductions	composition: 8 x 4 1/16" (20.3 x 10.3cm); sheet: 13 5/8 x 9 3/4" (34.6 x 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Women of the Mangue (Mulheres do Mangue) from Mangue Print Acc. 607.1949.4	1941, published 1943	Lithograph with hand additions from a portfolio with three woodcuts, one lithograph with hand additions and forty-two line block reproductions	composition (irreg.): 13 x 9 5/8" (33 x 24.5 cm); sheet: 13 5/8 x 9 3/4" (34.6 x 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase