Artist Monograph

Pierre Soulages, French

French, 1919–2022

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	3	37.5%
Etching	2	25%
Lithography	2	25%
Oil Painting	1	12.5%

Department Distribution

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

Production by Decade

1

1940s

6

1950s

1

1970s

Classification Types

Print — 4
Illustrated Book — 2
Painting — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	14.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	57.1%
Large (1–3 m)	2	28.6%

Range: 14.0 cm → 195.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1954	1
1959	3
1978	1
1984	1
1986	1
1996	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4, 401" — 1

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 8 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Painting Painting Acc. 120.1984	1948-49	Walnut stain on canvas	6' 4 1/4" x 50 7/8" (193.4 x 129.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
Abstraction Print Acc. 184.1954	(1953)	Aquatint,	plate: 19 9/16 x 13 1/8" (49.7 x 33.3 cm); sheet: 26 x 19 3/4" (66 x 50.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Larry Aldrich Fund
Painting Painting Acc. 23.1959	August 1, 1956	Oil on canvas	59 1/4" x 6' 4 3/4" (150.5 x 195 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. Samuel M. Kootz
Composition V Print Acc. 639.1959	1957	Etching and aquatint	plate: 15 1/2 x 14 1/4" (39.3 x 36.2cm); sheet: 25 7/8 x 19 3/4" (65.7 x 50.1cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mrs. Bertram Smith Fund
Lithograph No. 3 Print Acc. 208.1986	(1957)	Lithograph	composition 24 13/16 x 18 15/16" (63.1 x 48.1 cm) sheet 27 7/8 x 19 15/16" (70 x 50.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of William S. Lieberman
Untitled Print Acc. 638.1959	(1957)	Etching and aquatint	plate: 21 5/8 x 15 1/4" (55 x 38.8 cm); sheet: 26 x 19 3/4" (66 x 50.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Armand P. Bartos
Depaysages Illustrated Book Acc. 719.1996.1-2	1959	Illustrated book with two lithographs	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Monroe Wheeler Fund
Discours Inaugural Illustrated Book Acc. 457.1978.1-2	1974	Illustrated book with two aquatints	each plate 5 1/2 x 3 15/16" (14 x 10 cm) page 8 1/4 x 4 3/4" (21 x 12 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Art Dealers Association Fund in memory of Peter H. Deitsch