Artist Monograph

Ludwig Meidner, German

German, 1884–1966

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	4	30.8%
Etching	3	23.1%
Other Media	3	23.1%
Drawing	2	15.4%
Watercolor	1	7.7%

Classification Types

Print — 8
Drawing — 4
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	9	69.2%
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	30.8%

Range: 14.9 cm → 64.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1940	1
1942	1
1947	1
1949	3
1967	2
1971	1
1978	1
1994	2

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 13 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
O Moon Above So Clear! Drawing Acc. 132.1978	1912	Ink, charcoal and opaque watercolor on paper	17 3/4 x 22 1/4" (45.1 x 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
Portrait of Raoul Hausmann (Bildnis Raoul Hausmann) Print Acc. 337.1947	1914	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 16 1/2 x 10 11/16" (41.9 x 27.2 cm); sheet: 19 7/8 x 13 7/16" (50.5 x 34.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Portrait of Paul Westheim (I) (Bildnis Paul Westheim [I]) (plate, preceding p. 161) from the periodical Das Kunstblatt, vol. 1, no. 6 (Jun 1917) Print Acc. 667.1949	1917	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 7 3/8 x 6 11/16" (18.8 x 17 cm); page: 11 1/4 x 8 9/16" (28.5 x 21.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Soldier Karl Stein Drawing Acc. 444.1967	1917	Ink on paper	11 x 7 3/8" (27.9 x 18.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John S. Newberry Fund
Portrait-Sketch: Portrait of Franz Pfemfert (Porträt-Skizze: Bildnis Franz Pfemfert) (plate, loose leaf) from the periodical Das Kunstblatt, vol. 2, no. 3 (Mar 1918) Print Acc. 668.1949	1918	Drypoint	plate: 5 7/8 x 4 13/16" (14.9 x 12.2 cm); page: 10 7/8 x 8 3/8" (27.6 x 21.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Prayer (Gebet) (plate, preceding p. 361) from the periodical Das Kunstblatt, vol. 2, no. 12 (Dec 1918) Print Acc. 669.1949	1918	Lithograph	composition: 9 1/4 x 7 3/8" (23.5 x 18.8 cm); page: 11 1/4 x 8 1/2" (28.5 x 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Dr. Wilhelm Valentiner Drawing Acc. 443.1967	1919	Ink on paper	25 1/2 x 19 7/8" (64.8 x 50.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	L-B Foundation Fund
Portrait of Dr. Victor Heinrich Klinkhardt (III) (Bildnis Dr. Victor Heinrich Klinkhardt [III]) (plate 29) from the illustrated book Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart (German Printmakers of Our Time) Illustrated Book Acc. 2.1942.22	1920	Lithograph from an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs, eight woodcuts, eight reproductions and one lithographed cover	composition (irreg.): 9 3/4 x 7 9/16" (24.8 x 19.2 cm); page: 12 11/16 x 9 9/16" (32.3 x 24.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Self-Portrait with Burin (Selbstporträt mit Radiernadel) Print Acc. 524.1942	1920	Drypoint	plate: 7 13/16 x 6 1/4" (19.9 x 15.9 cm); sheet: 15 9/16 x 11 5/8" (39.5 x 29.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Man and Girl: Dr. Hans Huth and Tanja (Herr und Mädchen: Dr. Hans Huth und Tanja) from the series "Heads." 17 Etchings ("Köpfe." 17 Radierungen) Print Acc. 299.1994	(1921, published 1922)	Etching	plate: 9 5/16 x 7 1/16" (23.7 x 17.9 cm); sheet: 16 1/8 x 11 13/16" (41 x 30 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Miles O. Epstein Fund
Portrait of Elise (Porträt Elise) from the series "Heads." 17 Etchings ("Köpfe." 17 Radierungen) Print Acc. 298.1994	(1921, published 1922)	Etching	plate: 8 15/16 x 8 1/16" (22.7 x 20.4 cm); sheet: 16 x 11 13/16" (40.6 x 30 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Miles O. Epstein Fund
Portrait of Pianist Walter Kaempfer (I) (Bildnis Pianist Walter Kloepfer [I]) Print Acc. 437.1940	(1921)	Etching	plate: 9 5/16 x 7 1/16" (23.7 x 17.9 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 10 9/16" (38 x 26.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Curt Valentin Drawing Acc. 476.1971	1923	Crayon on paper	25 1/8 x 19 5/8" (63.7 x 49.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Cosmopolitan Arts Foundation