Artist Monograph

Peter Behrens, German

German, 1868–1940

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	7	53.8%
Drawing	3	23.1%
Lithography	2	15.4%
Ceramics	1	7.7%

Production by Decade

8

1900s

2

1910s

3

1920s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	6	54.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	36.4%
Large (1–3 m)	1	9.1%

Range: 10.5 cm → 124.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1958	1
1961	1
1991	1
1992	1
1997	1
2000	1
2008	1
2009	1
2010	1
2018	1

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 13 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Glasses Design Acc. 343.1961.1-4	c. 1900-1902	Glass and gold	.1 (white wine glass): 7 1/2 x 2 15/16" (19 x 7.5 cm) .2 (champagne glass): 6 5/8 x 3" (16.9 x 7.6 cm) .3 (red wine glass): 6 1/16 x 2 15/16" (15.4 x 7.5 cm) .4 (liqueur glass): 3 11/16 x 1 15/16" (9.4 x 4.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 7.50 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Philip Johnson Fund
Creamer Design Acc. 166.1958	1901	Pewter	4 1/8 x 2 7/8" (10.5 x 7.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 7.30 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Phyllis B. Lambert Fund
Darmstadt Kunstler Kolonie (Poster for the Darmstadt Artists' Colony) Design Acc. 978.2010	1901	Lithograph	49 x 17 1/8" (124.5 x 43.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
Plate Design Acc. 18.2008	ca. 1901	Glazed and decorated porcelain	9 7/8 × 7/8" (25.1 × 2.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 25.08 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Peter Norton Family Foundation
Teapot Design Acc. 13.1997	c. 1901	Pewter	6 1/2 × 7 3/8 × 3 3/4" (16.5 × 18.7 × 9.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 18.73 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Manfred Ludewig
A.E.G.- Metallfadenlampe (A.E.G. – Metal Filament lamps) Design Acc. 173.1991	1907	Lithograph	27 1/4 x 20 3/4" (69.2 x 52.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Arthur Drexler Fund
Fan (model GB1) Design Acc. 24.2000	c. 1908	Painted cast iron and brass	11 1/4 x 10 3/4 x 6" (28.6 x 27.3 x 15.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Melva Bucksbaum Purchase Fund
Electric Kettle Design Acc. 117.1992.a-b	1909	Nickel-plated brass and rattan	9 x 8 3/4 x 6 1/4" (22.9 x 22.2 x 15.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Manfred Ludewig
Synchron wall clock Design Acc. 1243.2018	1910s	Copper, glass, and enamelled metal	4 1/4 × 12 1/2" (10.8 × 31.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 31.75 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the George R. Kravis II Collection
Synchronous Electric Clock Design Acc. 1325.2009	1910	Brass, enamel and glass	3 1/2 x 12" (8.9 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 30.48 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
Weissenhof Apartment House, "The Dwelling" Exhibition, Stuttgart, Germany (Ground floor plan) Mies van der Rohe Archive Acc. MR4.42	1926-1927	Ink on print	16 1/2 x 21" (41.9 x 53.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Mies van der Rohe Archive, gift of the architect
Weissenhof Apartment House, "The Dwelling" Exhibition, Stuttgart, Germany (Second floor plan) Mies van der Rohe Archive Acc. MR4.41	1926-1927	Ink on print	16 1/2 x 25" (41.9 x 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Mies van der Rohe Archive, gift of the architect
Weissenhof Apartment House, "The Dwelling" Exhibition, Stuttgart, Germany (Third floor plan) Mies van der Rohe Archive Acc. MR4.40	1926-1927	Ink on print	16 1/2 x 25" (41.9 x 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Mies van der Rohe Archive, gift of the architect