Artist Monograph

Rico Lebrun, American

American, born Italy. 1900–1964

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	17	65.4%
Woodcut	7	26.9%
Other Media	1	3.8%
Drawing	1	3.8%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	25	96.2%
Painting & Sculpture	1	3.8%

Classification Types

Print — 17
Illustrated Book — 7
Painting — 1
Drawing — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	7.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	23	88.5%
Large (1–3 m)	1	3.8%

Range: 24.1 cm → 121.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1942	1
1949	1
1950	1
1964	7
1967	1
1969	15

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 26 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Musician Drawing Acc. 29.1942	1940	Ink on colored paper	25 7/8 x 20" (65.5 x 51 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Rabbit Print Acc. 435.1949	1945	Lithograph	composition: 14 7/16 × 12 5/16" (36.7 × 31.3 cm); sheet: 21 3/4 × 17 15/16" (55.2 × 45.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Spaeth Foundation
Figure in Rain Painting Acc. 102.1950	1949	Enamel on canvas over board	48 x 30 1/8" (121.9 x 76.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss
Encantadas Illustrated Book Acc. 211.1964.1-6	1960, published 1963	Illustrated book with six woodcuts	various composition dimensions; sheet (each approx.): 22 7/16 × 17 1/2" (57 × 44.5 cm); page (text): 23 7/8 × 17 1/2" (60.7 × 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Bliss Parkinson
Plate (suite, plate 1) from Encantadas Illustrated Book Acc. 211.1964.1	1960, published 1963	One from an illustrated book with six woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 5 13/16 × 12 11/16" (14.7 × 32.2 cm); sheet: 22 7/16 × 17 1/2" (57 × 44.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Bliss Parkinson
Plate (suite, plate 2) from Encantadas Illustrated Book Acc. 211.1964.2	1960, published 1963	One from an illustrated book with six woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 16 15/16 × 15 1/16" (43.1 × 38.2 cm); sheet: 22 11/16 × 17 11/16" (57.7 × 45 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Bliss Parkinson
Plate (suite, plate 3) from Encantadas Illustrated Book Acc. 211.1964.3	1960, published 1963	One from an illustrated book with six woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 12 7/8 × 14 5/8" (32.7 × 37.2 cm); sheet: 22 5/8 × 17 11/16" (57.4 × 45 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Bliss Parkinson
Plate (suite, plate 4) from Encantadas Illustrated Book Acc. 211.1964.4	1960, published 1963	One from an illustrated book with six woodcuts	composition: 17 × 14 13/16" (43.2 × 37.7 cm); sheet: 22 5/8 × 17 11/16" (57.5 × 45 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Bliss Parkinson
Plate (suite, plate 5) from Encantadas Illustrated Book Acc. 211.1964.5	1960, published 1963	One from an illustrated book with six woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 16 15/16 × 14 7/8" (43 × 37.8 cm); sheet: 22 9/16 × 17 5/8" (57.3 × 44.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Bliss Parkinson
Plate (suite, plate 6) from Encantadas Illustrated Book Acc. 211.1964.6	1960, published 1963	One from an illustrated book with six woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 16 7/8 × 14 13/16" (42.8 × 37.7 cm); sheet: 22 11/16 × 17 5/8" (57.6 × 44.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Bliss Parkinson
Brecht's Three-Penny Novel – A Print Acc. 907.1967	1961	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 13 1/4 × 17 1/8" (33.7 × 43.5 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 20" (38 × 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Brecht's Three-Penny Novel B Print Acc. 901.1967	1961	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 22 3/16 × 29 13/16" (56.4 × 75.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Centaur and Woman Print Acc. 910.1967	1961	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 12 7/16 × 15 15/16" (31.6 × 40.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Dark Figures Print Acc. 909.1967	1961	Lithograph	composition (irreg.) 26 7/8 × 34 1/4" (68.2 × 87 cm); sheet: 29 × 36 7/16" (73.7 × 92.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Grunewald Study Print Acc. 905.1967	1961	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 24 9/16 × 30 1/2" (62.4 × 77.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Grunewald Study II Print Acc. 908.1967	1961	Lithograph	composition: 25 15/16 × 35 9/16" (66 × 90.3 cm); sheet: 25 15/16 × 35 9/16" (66 × 90.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Inferno Series – B Print Acc. 900.1967	1961	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 29 7/8 × 22 3/16" (75.9 × 56.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Inferno Series – C Print Acc. 903.1967	1961	Lithograph	composition: 7 3/8 × 9 1/2" (18.7 × 24.1 cm); sheet: 22 1/4 × 14 15/16" (56.6 × 38 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Inferno Series – D Print Acc. 904.1967	1961	Lithograph	composition: 7 3/8 × 9 1/2" (18.8 × 24.1 cm); sheet: 22 1/4 × 14 15/16" (56.5 × 37.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Inferno Series – E Print Acc. 902.1967	1961	Lithograph	composition (slightly irreg.): 13 1/2 × 8 7/16" (34.3 × 21.4 cm); sheet: 22 3/4 × 15 1/8" (57.8 × 38.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Poster for Marionette Theatre Print Acc. 911.1967	1961	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 34 1/16 × 25 3/4" (86.6 × 65.5 cm); sheet: 34 1/16 × 26" (86.6 × 66.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Study for figures in Flood Print Acc. 906.1967	1961	Lithograph	composition: 28 11/16 × 36 3/4" (72.9 × 93.4 cm); sheet: 28 11/16 × 36 3/4" (72.9 × 93.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Untitled Print Acc. 915.1967	1961	Lithograph	composition and sheet: 26 5/16 × 36 7/16" (66.8 × 92.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Brecht's Three-Penny Novel – C Print Acc. 913.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 36 1/2 × 26 5/16" (92.7 × 66.8 cm); sheet: 38 5/8 × 28 9/16" (98.1 × 72.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Inferno Series – F Print Acc. 912.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 27 15/16 x 18 15/16" (71 x 48.1cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 3/8" (76.1 x 56.8cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.
Inferno Series – G Print Acc. 914.1967	1962	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 36 1/16 × 28 3/16" (91.6 × 71.6 cm); sheet: 41 3/16 × 28 13/16" (104.6 × 73.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kleiner, Bell & Co.