Artist Monograph

Otto Freundlich, German

German, 1878–1943

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Woodcut	5	62.5%
Oil Painting	2	25%
Other Media	1	12.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	6	75%
Painting & Sculpture	2	25%

Classification Types

Periodical — 5
Painting — 2
Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	75%
Large (1–3 m)	2	25%

Range: 30.8 cm → 130.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1985	2
1990	1
2010	5

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 8 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Die Aktion, vol. 7, no. 31/32 Periodical Acc. 947.2010.214.1-5	August 11, 1917	Periodical with five woodcuts; cover by Otto Freundlich, additional prints by A. Krapp, Conrad Felixmüller, Christian Schad, and Otto Beyer	page (each approx.): 12 1/8 x 9 1/8" (30.8 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Library Council
Die Aktion, vol. 7, no. 33/34 Periodical Acc. 947.2010.215.1-2	August 25, 1917	Periodical with reproduction on cover and two woodcuts by Otto Freundlich and Lothar Homeyer	page (each approx.): 12 1/8 x 9 1/8" (30.8 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Library Council
Die Aktion, vol. 8, no. 1/2 Periodical Acc. 947.2010.225.1-6	January 12, 1918	Periodical with six woodcuts; cover by Otto Freundlich, additional prints by Ottheinrich Strohmeyer, Josef Capek, Heinrich Hoerle, Katharina Heise (Karl Luis Heinrich-Salze), and Karl Jacob Hirsch	page (each approx.): 12 1/8 x 9 1/8" (30.8 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Library Council
Die Aktion, vol. 8, no. 13/14 Periodical Acc. 947.2010.231.1-5	April 6, 1918	Periodical with reproduction on cover, two linoleum cuts by Otto Freundlich and Emil Maetzel, and three woodcuts by Ottheinrich Strohmeyer and Ines Wetzel	page (each approx.): 12 1/8 x 9 1/8" (30.8 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Library Council
Die Aktion, vol. 8, no. 37/38 Periodical Acc. 947.2010.243.1-8	September 21, 1918	Periodical with eight woodcuts (one on cover) by Otto Freundlich	page (each approx.): 12 1/8 x 9 1/8" (30.8 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books Fund and The Library Council
Abstract Composition Drawing Acc. 881.1983	1930	Pastel on paper	25 3/4 x 19 3/4" (65.4 x 50.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Composition Painting Acc. 1009.1983	1930	Oil on canvas	51 1/2 x 38 1/4" (130.8 x 97.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
The Unity of Life and Death Painting Acc. 109.1990	1936-38	Oil on canvas	46 1/2 x 35 1/2" (118 x 90.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Lydia Winston Malbin Bequest in memory of Alfred H. Barr, Jr.