Artist Monograph

Oscar Nitzchke, American

American, born Germany. 1900–1991

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Gouache	11	78.6%
Drawing	1	7.1%
Printmaking	1	7.1%
Photography	1	7.1%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	13	100%

Range: 57.2 cm → 71.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1966	1
1976	12
2020	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 14 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Elevation) Architecture Acc. 424.1976.2	1934-36	Ink, color pencil, gouache, and graphite on lithograph on spiral-notebook card stock	28 x 20 1/2" (71.1 x 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lily Auchincloss, Barbara Jakobson, and Walter Randel
Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Cut-away axonometric) Architecture Acc. 424.1976.8	1936	Ink, color pencil, gouache, and graphite on spiral-notebook card stock	28 x 20 1/2" (71.1 x 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lily Auchincloss, Barbara Jakobson, and Walter Randel
Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Exterior and interior perspective of upper floors and workshop) Architecture Acc. 424.1976.12	1936	Ink, color pencil, gouache, and graphite on spiral-notebook card stock	28 x 20 1/2" (71.1 x 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lily Auchincloss, Barbara Jakobson, and Walter Randel
Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Exterior perspective) Architecture Acc. 424.1976.1	1936	Gouache, ink, and cut-and-pasted printed paper on photograph mounted on canvas	28 1/4 x 20" (71.8 x 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lily Auchincloss, Barbara Jakobson, and Walter Randel
Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Perspective of entry and exhibition space) Architecture Acc. 424.1976.3	1936	Ink, color pencil, gouache, and graphite on sprial-notebook card stock	28 x 20 1/2" (71.1 x 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lily Auchincloss, Barbara Jakobson, and Walter Randel
Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of basement newsreel theater) Architecture Acc. 424.1976.5	1936	Ink, color pencil, gouache, and graphite on spiral-notebook card stock	28 x 20 1/2" (71.1 x 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lily Auchincloss, Barbara Jakobson, and Walter Randel
Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of entrance level with bar and exhibition space) Architecture Acc. 424.1976.6	1936	Ink, color pencil, gouache, and graphite on sprial-notebook card stock	28 x 20 1/2" (71.1 x 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lily Auchincloss, Barbara Jakobson, and Walter Randel
Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of floor nine with display workshop) Architecture Acc. 424.1976.10	1936	Ink, color pencil, gouache, and graphite on spiral-notebook card stock	28 x 20 1/2" (71.1 x 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lily Auchincloss, Barbara Jakobson, and Walter Randel
Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of floors three through eight) Architecture Acc. 424.1976.9	1936	Ink, color pencil, gouache, and graphite on spiral-notebook card stock	28 x 20 1/2" (71.1 x 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lily Auchincloss, Barbara Jakobson, and Walter Randel
Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of mezzanine-level theater) Architecture Acc. 424.1976.7	1936	Ink, color pencil, gouache, and graphite on sprial-notebook card stock	28 x 20 1/2" (71.1 x 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lily Auchincloss, Barbara Jakobson, and Walter Randel
Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of penthouse) Architecture Acc. 424.1976.11	1936	Ink, color pencil, gouache, and graphite on spiral-notebook card stock	28 x 20 1/2" (71.1 x 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lily Auchincloss, Barbara Jakobson, and Walter Randel
Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Section) Architecture Acc. 424.1976.4	1936	Ink, color pencil, gouache, and graphite on sprial-notebook card stock	Each: 28 x 20 1/2" (71.1 x 52.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Lily Auchincloss, Barbara Jakobson, and Walter Randel
Palais de la Découverte project, Paris, France Architecture Acc. 101.2013	1938	Print	approx. 12 x 9" ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the architect
Aluminum facade study for the Alcoa Building, Pittsburgh, PA Architecture Acc. 243.2020	1949	Pencil and colored pencil on paper	22 1/2 × 14" (57.2 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Barbara Jakobson