Artist Monograph

Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), French

French, born Switzerland. 1887–1965

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Lithography 127 68.3%
Etching 21 11.3%
Other Media 19 10.2%
Sculpture 9 4.8%
Drawing 4 2.2%
Acrylic Painting 2 1.1%
Textile 1 0.5%
Photography 1 0.5%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 145 78%
Architecture & Design 40 21.5%
Painting & Sculpture 1 0.5%

Production by Decade

1
1910s
11
1920s
7
1930s
123
1940s
11
1950s
33
1960s

Classification Types

  • Illustrated Book — 122
  • Architecture — 26
  • Print — 21
  • Design — 14
  • Drawing — 2
  • Painting — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)5630.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)11762.9%
Large (1–3 m)115.9%
Monumental (> 3 m)21.1%

Range: 5.2 cm → 544.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19321
19341
19371
19411
19481
19501
19521
19541
19562
19601
1964122
196621
19671
19681
19701
19761
19852
19871
19881
19891
20021
200311
20041
20071
20102

Currently On View

  • "MoMA, Floor 4, 417" — 4
  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 513" — 1

French Contemporaries

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