Artist Monograph

Raoul Hausmann, German

German, born Austria. 1886–1971

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	7	28%
Watercolor	6	24%
Woodcut	5	20%
Lithography	4	16%
Textile	1	4%
Etching	1	4%
Printmaking	1	4%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	18	72%
Photography	7	28%

Production by Decade

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1960s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 13
Photograph — 7
Drawing — 3
Print — 2

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	21	91.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	8.7%

Range: 9.7 cm → 37.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1964	2
1967	1
1975	7
1991	3
1992	1
2001	6
2018	3
2022	2

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 25 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Front cover from Material der Malerei Plastik Architektur Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1975.1	1918	One from an illustrated book with four woodcuts with watercolor additions (including front cover)	composition (irreg.): 6 1/4 × 2 9/16" (15.9 × 6.5 cm); page (irreg.): 12 3/16 × 6 7/8" (31 × 17.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Material der Malerei Plastik Architektur Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1975.1-4	1918	Illustrated book with four woodcuts with watercolor additions (including front cover)	page (irreg.): 12 3/16 × 6 7/8" (31 × 17.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 3) from Material der Malerei Plastik Architektur Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1975.2	1918	One from an illustrated book with four woodcuts with watercolor additions (including front cover)	composition (irreg.): 7 15/16 × 4" (20.1 × 10.2 cm); page (irreg.): 12 3/16 × 6 7/8" (31 × 17.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 4) from Material der Malerei Plastik Architektur Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1975.3	1918	One from an illustrated book with four woodcuts with watercolor additions (including front cover)	composition (irreg.): 8 1/8 × 3 1/2" (20.7 × 8.9 cm); page (irreg.): 12 3/16 × 6 7/8" (31 × 17.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (folio 5) from Material der Malerei Plastik Architektur Illustrated Book Acc. 26.1975.4	1918	One from an illustrated book with four woodcuts with watercolor additions (including front cover)	composition (irreg.): 5 1/8 × 4" (13 × 10.2 cm); page (irreg.): 12 3/16 × 6 7/8" (31 × 17.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Synthetic Cinema of Painting (Synthetisches Cino der Malerei) Drawing Acc. 433.2018	c. 1918–19	Cut-and-pasted fabric and cigar wrappers on printed paper	14 3/4 × 11 5/16" (37.4 × 28.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Merrill C. Berman Collection. Acquired through the generosity of Alice and Tom Tisch, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, David Booth, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Jack Shear, the Patricia Bonfield Endowed Acquisition Fund for the Design Collection, Daniel and Jane Och, The Orentreich Family Foundation, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, The Modern Women's Fund; and by exchange: Gift of Jean Dubuffet in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Colin, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, and the Richard S. Zeisler Bequest
Untitled Print Acc. 131.1975	1918	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 3 13/16 × 2 7/16" (9.7 × 6.2 cm); sheet: 12 1/16 × 6 1/2" (30.6 × 16.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Club Dada Illustrated Book Acc. 133.1991.1-2	1919	Illustrated book with two woodcuts (including cover)	page (irreg. each approx.): 10 9/16 × 7 5/8" (26.8 × 19.3 cm); overall (closed): 10 9/16 × 7 5/8 × 1/16" (26.8 × 19.3 × 0.1 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 (by exchange)
Cover from Club Dada Illustrated Book Acc. 133.1991.1	1919	One from an illustrated book with two woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 6 1/2 × 6" (16.5 × 15.3 cm); page (irreg. each approx.): 10 9/16 × 7 5/8" (26.8 × 19.3 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 (by exchange)
Plate (page 11) from Club Dada Illustrated Book Acc. 133.1991.2	1919	One from an illustrated book with two woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 8 7/16 × 6 7/16" (21.4 × 16.3 cm); page (irreg. each approx.): 10 9/16 × 7 1/2" (26.8 × 19 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 (by exchange)
Portrait of an Old Woman (Porträt einer alten Frau) (Dr. S. Friedlaender-Mynona) Drawing Acc. 434.2018	c. 1919	Cut-and-pasted printed and metallic paper on paper on board	10 × 8 3/8" (25.4 × 21.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Merrill C. Berman Collection. Acquired through the generosity of Alice and Tom Tisch, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, David Booth, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Jack Shear, the Patricia Bonfield Endowed Acquisition Fund for the Design Collection, Daniel and Jane Och, The Orentreich Family Foundation, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, The Modern Women's Fund; and by exchange: Gift of Jean Dubuffet in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Colin, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, and the Richard S. Zeisler Bequest
Untitled Print Acc. 132.1975	1919	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 4 11/16 × 2 5/8" (11.9 × 6.7 cm); sheet: 10 1/8 × 6 1/16" (25.7 × 15.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Untitled (Men’s Floor Exercises [Prostná cvičení mužů]) Drawing Acc. 435.2018	c. 1920	Watercolor and pencil on paper	6 7/8 × 6 5/8" (17.4 × 16.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Merrill C. Berman Collection. Acquired through the generosity of Alice and Tom Tisch, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, David Booth, Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Jack Shear, the Patricia Bonfield Endowed Acquisition Fund for the Design Collection, Daniel and Jane Och, The Orentreich Family Foundation, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, The Modern Women's Fund; and by exchange: Gift of Jean Dubuffet in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Colin, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, and the Richard S. Zeisler Bequest
Untitled Photograph Acc. 1689.2001	c. 1930	Gelatin silver print	7 3/16 × 8 7/8" (18.2 × 22.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel
Play of Light Around a Chair Photograph Acc. 1691.2001	1931	Gelatin silver print	6 3/4 × 8 15/16" (17.1 × 22.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel
Untitled Photograph Acc. 1687.2001	February 1931	Gelatin silver print	5 3/8 × 4 7/16" (13.7 × 11.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther
Untitled Photograph Acc. 1688.2001	1931	Gelatin silver print	6 3/4 × 9 5/16" (17.2 × 23.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel
Untitled Photograph Acc. 1690.2001	February 1931	Gelatin silver print	6 9/16 × 9 3/16" (16.6 × 23.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel
Dune in Salesk Photograph Acc. 1692.2001	September 1932	Gelatin silver print	6 3/16 × 8 9/16" (15.7 × 21.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel
Untitled Photograph Acc. 341.1992	1937	Gelatin silver print	6 1/8 × 7" (15.6 × 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Virginia Zabriskie
Folio 13 from Poésie de mots inconnus (Poetry of Unknown Words) Illustrated Book Acc. 490.2022.13	1949	Woodcut type from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut	composition (irreg.): 4 7/8 x 7 5/8" (12.4 x 19.3 cm); page: 12 1/2 × 9 3/4" (31.7 × 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Helen and Sam Zell
Folio 22 from Poésie de mots inconnus (Poetry of Unknown Words) Illustrated Book Acc. 490.2022.22	1949	Woodcut from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut	composition (irreg.): 5 1/16 x 3 1/8" (12.8 x 8 cm); page: 12 9/16 × 9 13/16" (31.9 × 24.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Helen and Sam Zell
In-text plate (folio 13) from Poésie de mots inconnus Illustrated Book Acc. 992.1964.13	1949	Woodcut type from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut	composition (irreg.): 4 7/8 x 7 5/8" (12.4 x 19.3 cm); page: 12 1/2 × 9 3/4" (31.7 × 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate (folio 22) from Poésie de mots inconnus Illustrated Book Acc. 992.1964.22	1949	Woodcut from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut	composition (irreg.): 5 1/16 x 3 1/8" (12.8 x 8 cm); page: 12 9/16 × 9 13/16" (31.9 × 24.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate 9 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I Illustrated Book Acc. 521.1967.9	1961, published 1962	Etching from an illustrated book with nineteen etchings (three with drypoint, two with aquatint, and one with aquatint and embossing) and one engraving	plate: 5 7/8 × 4 3/8" (14.9 × 11.1 cm); page: 11 3/4 × 9 7/16" (29.8 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Peter Deitsch Gallery