Artist Monograph

Paul Signac, French

French, 1863–1935

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	10	52.6%
Watercolor	4	21.1%
Oil Painting	2	10.5%
Etching	2	10.5%
Other Media	1	5.3%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	17	89.5%
Painting & Sculpture	2	10.5%

Production by Decade

16

1890s

1

1900s

2

1920s

Classification Types

Print — 13
Drawing — 4
Painting — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	7	36.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	12	63.2%

Range: 10.8 cm → 92.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1947	1
1948	1
1949	4
1951	4
1952	1
1954	2
1955	2
1988	1
1991	1
1994	1
1998	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 501" — 1

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 19 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Félix Fénéon Drawing Acc. 531.1994	1890	Conté crayon on paper	sheet (irreg.): 4 1/8 × 4 1/4" (10.5 × 10.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	John Rewald Bequest
Opus 217. Against the Enamel of a Background Rhythmic with Beats and Angles, Tones, and Tints, Portrait of M. Félix Fénéon in 1890 Painting Acc. 85.1991	1890	Oil on canvas	29 x 36 1/2" (73.5 x 92.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Rockefeller
Setting Sun. Sardine Fishing. Adagio. Opus 221 from the series The Sea, The Boats, Concarneau Painting Acc. 585.1998	1891	Oil on canvas	25 5/8 x 31 7/8" (65 x 81 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. John Hay Whitney Bequest
The Organ (L'Orgue) Print Acc. 171.1954.a-b	1893	Lithograph with watercolor additions, and musical score	sheet: 14 5/16 x 11" (36.3 x 28 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Rewald
In Holland – The Beacon Print Acc. 127.1955	1894	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 12 3/16 x 16" (31 x 40.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Straus
The Buoy (Saint Tropez Harbor) Print Acc. 94.1949	1894	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 15 13/16 x 12 13/16" (40.2 x 32.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
The Demolishers (Les Démolisseurs) Print Acc. 375.1988	1894-96	Lithograph with chine collé	composition: 18 3/8 x 11 15/16" (46.7 x 30.4 cm); sheet: 21 1/2 x 17" (54.6 x 43.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Ralph E. Shikes
Boats at Flessingue Print Acc. 141.1947	1895	Lithograph	composition: 12 11/16 x 15 13/16" (32.3 x 40.1 cm); sheet: 16 x 20 11/16" (40.6 x 52.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Flessingue Print Acc. 302.1955	1895	Lithograph	composition: 9 7/16 x 15 7/8" (24 x 40.4 cm); sheet: 16 x 20 7/8" (40.6 x 53 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Otto M. Gerson
The Andelys Print Acc. 553.1949	1895	Lithograph	composition: 12 x 18 1/16" (30.5 x 45.8 cm); sheet: 34 5/8 x 20 3/8" (88 x 51.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
The Boats Print Acc. 365.1948	1895	Lithograph	composition: 9 3/8 x 15 3/4" (23.8 x 40 cm); sheet: 16 x 20 7/8" (40.7 x 53.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Victor S. Riesenfeld
Albenga Drawing Acc. 25.1951	c. 1896	Watercolor on paper	4 3/8 x 7 1/2" (11.1 x 19 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
Bell Tower of St. Tropez Print Acc. 32.1952	(c. 1896)	Etching and aquatint	plate: 8 1/2 x 5 3/8" (21.6 x 13.6 cm); sheet: 17 1/2 x 11 7/8" (44.4 x 30.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Lighthouse Drawing Acc. 26.1951	c. 1896	Watercolor and charcoal on paper	5 3/8 x 6 1/2" (13.6 x 16.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
Port of St. Tropez (Port de Saint-Tropez) for the portfolio The Album of Original Prints from The Vollard Gallery (L'Album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard), no. III Print Acc. 96.1949	1897-98	Lithograph	composition: 17 1/4 x 13 1/8" (43.8 x 33.4cm); sheet: 20 1/2 x 15 11/16" (52 x 39.9cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Evening (Le soir) Print Acc. 517.1949	1898	Lithograph	composition: 8 x 10 5/16" (20.3 x 26.2 cm); sheet: 11 x 14 7/16" (27.9 x 36.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase Fund
Les Alyscamps, Arles Drawing Acc. 24.1951	1904	Watercolor and charcoal on paper	16 x 10 1/2" (40.6 x 26.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
The Seine Flooding in 1910 Print Acc. 632.1954	1923	Lithograph	composition: 6 x 8 13/16" (15.2 x 22.4 cm); sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 7/8" (22.3 x 30.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund
Paris: Le Pont des Arts with Tugboats (Paris: Le Pont des Arts avec Remorqueuers) Print Acc. 387.1951	1927	Etching and aquatint	plate: 4 15/16 x 7 1/2" (12.5 x 19 cm); sheet: 8 3/4 x 10 7/8" (22.3 x 27.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund