Artist Monograph

Mario Avati, Italian

Italian, 1921–2009

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	9	64.3%
Etching	5	35.7%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	7.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	13	92.9%

Range: 29.4 cm → 60.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1954	1
1955	7
1969	2
1974	4

Italian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 14 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Puppet Print Acc. 42.1954	1950	Etching and aquatint	plate: 20 5/16 x 16 5/16" (51.6 x 41.4cm); sheet: 23 x 17 5/8" (58.4 x 44.7cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund
"THE TICKET PUNCHER DREAMS OF CONFETTI!" Print Acc. 39.1955	1952	Lithograph, printed in black	Sheet 21 9/16 x 15" (54.9 x 38.1 cm) Comp. 16 15/16 x 10 5/8" (43.0 x 26.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund
La Métropolitaine Print Acc. 40.1955	1952	Lithograph	composition: 14 11/16 x 9 3/4" (37.3 x 24.8cm); sheet: 21 1/2 x 15" (54.6 x 38.1cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund
LES RIDICULES Print Acc. 42.1955	1952	Etching, printed in black	Plate 19 7/16 x 11 1/8" (39.2 x 28.2 cm) Sheet 22 3/8 x 7 11/16" (57.0 x 45.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund
Notre Dame de Lorette Print Acc. 41.1955	1952	Lithograph	composition: 16 9/16 x 10 3/8" (42.1 x 26.3cm); sheet: 21 9/16 x 15 1/16" (54.7 x 38.2cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund
XIV Arrondissement Print Acc. 45.1955	1952	Etching	plate: 11 9/16 x 9 3/8" (29.4 x 23.8cm); sheet: 21 1/4 x 15 1/2" (53.9 x 39.3cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund
LES RIDICULES Print Acc. 43.1955	1953	Etching, printed in black	Plate 16 1/2 x 11 1/2" (42.0 x 29.3 cm) Sheet 22 1/2 x 17 7/8" (57.0 x 45.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund
VIII Arrondissement Print Acc. 44.1955	1953	Etching	plate: 11 13/16 x 9 3/8" (30 x 23.8cm); sheet: 21 1/4 x 15 1/2" (54 x 39.4cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund
No (Non) Print Acc. 1206.1967	1963	Lithograph	composition: 14 1/4 × 11 7/16" (36.2 × 29 cm); sheet: 22 5/16 × 14 15/16" (56.7 × 37.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Valentine for Tamarind (Valentine pour Tamarind) Print Acc. 1207.1967	1963	Lithograph	composition: 10 3/16 × 15 1/8" (25.9 × 38.4 cm); sheet: 15 1/16 × 22 3/8" (38.3 × 56.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Lemon, Bowl and Fruit-Dish (Citron, Bol et Compotier) Print Acc. 1981.1967	1967	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 21 1/4 × 23 13/16" (54 × 60.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Lemon, Bowl and Fruit-Dish (Citron, Bol et Compotier) Print Acc. 1982.1967	1967	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 21 1/8 × 23 13/16" (53.7 × 60.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Les Artichauts de Los Angeles Print Acc. 1983.1967	1967	Lithograph with varnish additions	composition and sheet: 21 1/4 × 23 7/8" (54 × 60.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Les Artichauts de Los Angeles Print Acc. 1984.1967	1967	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 21 3/16 × 23 13/16" (53.8 × 60.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.