Artist Monograph

René Pierre Tal-Coat, French

French, 1905–1985

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Woodcut	13	46.4%
Printmaking	8	28.6%
Etching	2	7.1%
Oil Painting	2	7.1%
Lithography	1	3.6%
Watercolor	1	3.6%
Engraving	1	3.6%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	26	92.9%
Painting & Sculpture	2	7.1%

Production by Decade

1920s

1930s

1940s

1970s

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 24
Painting — 2
Print — 1
Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	19	67.9%
Medium (30–100 cm)	9	32.1%

Range: 3.7 cm → 65.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1948	1
1949	1
1978	1
1979	1
1986	24

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 28 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Nude Print Acc. 162.1949	1920	Lithograph	composition: 9 1/4 x 5 1/16" (23.5 x 12.8 cm); sheet: 12 3/4 x 9 7/8" (32.4 x 25.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Blue Vase Painting Acc. 1251.1979	c. 1933	Oil on canvas	5 3/4 x 7 1/4" (14.5 x 18.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	James Thrall Soby Bequest
Alberto Giacometti Drawing Acc. 303.1978	c. 1936	Charcoal and watercolor on paper	19 7/8 x 25 5/8" (50.5 x 65.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marjorie and Robert Graff in memory of Anna S. Graff
La Marseillaise Painting Acc. 274.1948	1945	Oil on canvas	16 1/8 x 12 7/8" (41 x 32.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Mrs. Cornelius J. Sullivan Fund
Double page in-text plate (folio 15 verso and folio 16) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.14	1975	Woodcut and lift ground aquatint, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 9/16 x 16 1/8" (32 x 41 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
Double page plate (folios 21 verso and 22) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.22	1975	Lift ground aquatint, printed in color	irreg. composition 13 7/8 x 18 1/8" (35.2 x 46 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
Double page plate (folios 6 verso and 7) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.1	1975	Lift ground aquatint, soft ground etching, and drypoint with roulette, printed in color	irreg. composition 12 x 19 11/16" (30.5 x 50 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
Double page tailpiece (folios 8 verso and 9) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.3	1975	Lift ground aquatint, printed in color	irreg. composition 13 3/4 x 15 1/8" (35 x 38.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
Headpiece (folio 10 verso) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.5	1975	Woodcut, printed in black	irreg. composition 3 5/8 x 1 5/8" (9.2 x 4.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
Headpiece (folio 12 verso) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.8	1975	Woodcut, printed in black	irreg. composition 1 3/16 x 1 3/4" (3 x 4.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
Headpiece (folio 15) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.13	1975	Woodcut, printed in black	irreg. composition 1 3/4 x 2 9/16" (4.5 x 6.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
Headpiece (folio 16 verso) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.15	1975	Woodcut, printed in black	irreg. composition 1 3/4 x 1 9/16" (4.5 x 4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
Headpiece (folio 17 verso) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.16	1975	Woodcut, printed in black	irreg. composition 1 7/8 x 3 1/16" (4.8 x 7.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
Headpiece (folio 18 verso) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.18	1975	Woodcut, printed in black	irreg. composition 2 3/16 x 1 7/8" (5.6 x 4.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
Headpiece (folio 9 verso) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.4	1975	Woodcut, printed in black	irreg. composition 1 7/16 x 7/8" (3.7 x 2.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
In-text plate (folio 11) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.6	1975	Lift ground aquatint, printed in color	irreg. composition 3 9/16 x 6 1/8" (9 x 15.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
In-text plate (folio 13 verso) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.10	1975	Woodcut, printed in black	irreg. composition 9 3/16 x 4 3/4" (23.3 x 12 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
In-text plate (folio 14) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.11	1975	Woodcut, printed in black	irreg. composition 2 9/16 x 3" (6.5 x 7.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
In-text plate (folio 19) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.19	1975	Lift ground aquatint and drypoint, printed in color	irreg. composition 5 7/8 x 7 11/16" (15 x 19.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
In-text plate (folio 20) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.20	1975	Lift ground aquatint, printed in color	irreg. composition 7 1/4 x 2 9/16" (18.5 x 6.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
In-text plate (folio 7 verso) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.2	1975	Woodcut, printed in black	irreg. composition 4 15/16 x 8 9/16" (12.5 x 21.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.1-23	(1975)	11 lift ground aquatints (some with soft ground etching, drypoint, engraving, woodcut, and/or roulette), printed in color; and 12 woodcuts (including wrapper front), printed in black	irreg. page 16 1/8 x 10 7/16" (41 x 26.5 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
Plate (folio 12) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.7	1975	Lift ground aquatint, printed in color	irreg. composition 14 x 9 5/8" (35.6 x 24.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
Plate (folio 14 verso) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.12	1975	Lift ground aquatint, printed in color	irreg. composition 13 3/8 x 7 1/2" (34 x 19 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
Plate (folio 18) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.17	1975	Lift ground aquatint, printed in color	irreg. composition 9 13/16 x 8 1/16" (25 x 20.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
Tailpiece (folio 13) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.9	1975	Lift ground aquatint and engraving, printed in color	irreg. composition 3 5/16 x 8 1/8" (8.4 x 20.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
Tailpiece (folio 21) from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.21	1975	Woodcut, printed in black	irreg. composition 1 11/16 x 1 1/8" (4.3 x 2.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase
Wrapper front from LAISSES Illustrated Book Acc. 345.1986.23	1975	Woodcut, printed in black	irreg. composition 6 5/16 x 8 1/8" (16 x 20.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Mary Ellen Meehan Fund and Purchase