Artist Monograph

Maria Martins, Brazilian

Brazilian, 1894–1973

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	11	68.8%
Sculpture	3	18.8%
Gouache	1	6.3%
Lithography	1	6.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	13	81.3%
Painting & Sculpture	3	18.8%

Classification Types

Print — 11
Sculpture — 3
Drawing — 1
Illustrated Book — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	11	73.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	13.3%
Large (1–3 m)	2	13.3%

Range: 7.4 cm → 240.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1941	1
1946	1
1947	1
1964	1
1973	11
2026	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 500" — 1

Brazilian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 16 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Drawing Acc. 117.2026	c. 1940s	Gouache on paper	21 5/8 × 29 5/16" (55 × 74.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Jack Shear and the Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Christ Sculpture Acc. 558.1941	1941	Jacaranda wood	7' 10 1/2" x 19" x 19 1/2" (240 x 48.2 x 49.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 362.88 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller
Explanation I (Explication I) from Maria 1946 Print Acc. 22.1973.1	1946	Etching from a portfolio with nine etchings (four with aquatint and engraving and one with drypoint) and one engraving	plate: 6 7/8 × 5 7/8" (17.5 × 14.9 cm); sheet: 13 3/16 × 10 1/4" (33.5 × 26.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Explanation II (Explication II) from Maria 1946 Print Acc. 22.1973.2	1946	Etching from a portfolio with nine etchings (four with aquatint and engraving and one with drypoint) and one engraving	plate: 6 7/8 × 5 15/16" (17.5 × 15.1 cm); sheet (irreg.): 13 3/8 × 10 1/4" (33.9 × 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Explanation III (Explication III) from Maria 1946 Print Acc. 22.1973.3	1946	Etching from a portfolio with nine etchings (four with aquatint and engraving and one with drypoint) and one engraving	plate: 6 15/16 × 5 7/8" (17.6 × 15 cm); sheet: 13 7/16 × 10 1/4" (34.1 × 26.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Explanation IV (Explication IV) from Maria 1946 Print Acc. 22.1973.4	1946	Etching from a portfolio with nine etchings (four with aquatint and engraving and one with drypoint) and one engraving	plate: 6 7/8 × 5 7/8" (17.5 × 14.9 cm); sheet: 13 3/16 × 10 5/16" (33.5 × 26.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Iacy from Maria 1946 Print Acc. 22.1973.9	1946	Etching and drypoint from a portfolio with nine etchings (four with aquatint and engraving and one with drypoint) and one engraving	plate: 4 15/16 x 6 7/8" (12.5 x 17.5 cm); sheet: 13 7/16 x 10 3/16" (34.2 x 25.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Implacable Place (Place à l'implacable) from Maria 1946 Print Acc. 22.1973.7	1946	Etching, aquatint, and engraving from a portfolio with nine etchings (four with aquatint and engraving and one with drypoint) and one engraving	plate: 4 15/16 × 8 3/8" (12.6 × 21.3 cm); sheet: 10 1/4 × 13 7/16" (26.1 × 34.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Impossible from Maria 1946 Print Acc. 22.1973.5	1946	Etching, aquatint, and engraving from a portfolio with nine etchings (four with aquatint and engraving and one with drypoint) and one engraving	plate (irreg.): 6 7/8 × 5 7/8" (17.5 × 15 cm); sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 3/16" (34.3 × 25.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Like a Vine (Comme une liane) from Maria 1946 Print Acc. 22.1973.8	1946	Etching, aquatint, and engraving from a portfolio with nine etchings (four with aquatint and engraving and one with drypoint) and one engraving	plate: 6 15/16 × 5 7/16" (17.6 × 13.8 cm); sheet (irreg.): 13 9/16 × 10 1/4" (34.5 × 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Maria 1946 Print Acc. 22.1973.1-10	1946	Portfolio with nine etchings (four with aquatint and engraving and one with drypoint), one engraving; and supplementary suite of nineteen collotype reproductions of sculptures	plate (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (orientation varies, each approx.): 10 1/4 × 13 3/16" (26 × 33.5 cm) or 13 3/16 × 10 1/4" (33.5 × 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
The Impossible, III Sculpture Acc. 138.1946	1946	Bronze	31 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 21" (80 x 82.5 x 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase
The Road; The Shadow; Too Long, Too Narrow Sculpture Acc. 573.1964	1946	Bronze and wood	56 1/2 x 71 3/4 x 23 3/8" (143.4 x 179.7 x 59.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Brazil Fund
Without Echo (Sans-écho) from Maria 1946 Print Acc. 22.1973.6	1946	Etching, aquatint, and engraving from a portfolio with nine etchings (four with aquatint and engraving and one with drypoint) and one engraving	plate: 5 1/2 × 6 15/16" (13.9 × 17.6 cm); sheet: 13 3/16 × 10 1/4" (33.5 × 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Wrapper front from Maria 1946 Print Acc. 22.1973.10	1946	Engraving from a portfolio with nine etchings (four with aquatint and engraving and one with drypoint) and one engraving	plate: 2 15/16 × 2 1/16" (7.4 × 5.3 cm); page (irreg.): 14 3/8 × 11 1/4" (36.5 × 28.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Plate from Le Surréalisme en 1947 Illustrated Book Acc. 343.1947.2	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: 6 7/8 × 5 1/2" (17.4 × 14 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