Artist Monograph

Marcel Jean, French

French, 1900–1993

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	39	83%
Drawing	4	8.5%
Sculpture	1	2.1%
Oil Painting	1	2.1%
Gouache	1	2.1%
Lithography	1	2.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	45	95.7%
Painting & Sculpture	2	4.3%

Production by Decade

1930s

1940s

1970s

Classification Types

Print — 39
Drawing — 5
Sculpture — 1
Painting — 1
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	4	8.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	42	91.3%

Range: 14.0 cm → 72.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1947	1
1964	1
1968	1
1969	5
1986	2
2005	37

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 47 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
L'Arbre à mains Drawing Acc. 9.1969	1935	Ink on paper	12 7/8 x 9 7/8" (32.6 x 25 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Saidie A. May Fund
Repas dans le désert Drawing Acc. 8.1969	1935	Ink on paper	12 3/4 x 9 7/8" (32.4 x 25.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Saidie A. May Fund
Specter of the Gardenia Sculpture Acc. 229.1968	1936	Plaster head with painted black cloth, zippers, and strip of film on velvet-covered wood base	13 7/8 x 7 x 9 7/8" (35 x 17.6 x 25 cm) including base 3" high x 7" diameter (7.5 x 17.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	D. and J. de Menil Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 11.1969	1936	Decalcomania (gouache transfer) with gouache additions on paper	9 7/8 x 12 7/8" (25.1 x 32.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Saidie A. May Fund
Untitled (Woman's Profile) Drawing Acc. 10.1969.a-b	1936	Decalcomania (ink transfer) on paper (recto and verso)	19 3/4 x 12 7/8" (50 x 32.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Saidie A. May Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 12.1969	1937	Ink on paper	6 3/4 x 5 1/2" (16.9 x 13.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Saidie A. May Fund
Untitled, second state Print Acc. 177.1986	1938	Etching and aquatint	plate: 4 1/8 x 5 13/16" (10.5 x 14.8 cm); sheet (slightly irreg.): 9 1/16 x 11 1/8" (23 x 28.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Untitled, sixth state Print Acc. 178.1986	1938	Etching and aquatint	plate: 5 1/2 x 4 3/16" (14 x 10.7 cm); sheet (slightly irreg.): 12 5/8 x 9 15/16" (32 x 25.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Birth of a Sailboat Painting Acc. 1128.1964	1946	Oil on canvas	19 1/2 x 28 1/2" (49.5 x 72.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Kay Sage Tanguy Bequest
Plate from Le Surréalisme en 1947 Illustrated Book Acc. 343.1947.13	1947	Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with eighteen lithographs, four etchings (two with aquatint), two woodcuts, one photogravure, and one ready-made object	plate (diameter): 6 5/16" (16 cm); page: 9 7/16 × 8" (24 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Henry Church Fund
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.1	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.2	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.3	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.4	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.5	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.6	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.7	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.8	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.9	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.10	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.11	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.12	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.13	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.14	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.15	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.16	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.17	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.18	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.19	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.20	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.21	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.22	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.23	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.24	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.25	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.26	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.27	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.28	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.29	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.30	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.31	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.32	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.33	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.34	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.35	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.36	1972	Etching	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum
Profil de la mémoire Print Acc. 520.2004.1-36	1972	Portfolio of thirty-six etchings	Portfolio: 22 x 28" (55.9 x 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Timothy Baum