Artist Monograph

Unidentified Designer, German

German

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	40	83.3%
Lithography	5	10.4%
Etching	1	2.1%
Drawing	1	2.1%
Sculpture	1	2.1%

Production by Decade

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1950s

1960s

1970s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	44	93.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	4.3%
Large (1–3 m)	1	2.1%

Range: 8.0 cm → 139.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1934	2
1953	1
1958	1
2015	44

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 48 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Dr. Eduard Kratochwell letterhead Design Acc. 1415.2015	n.d.	Etching	7 1/8 × 5 1/4" (18.1 × 13.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Hermann Knoeckel letterhead (Letter to W. Wagener) Design Acc. 1414.2015	1908	Letterpress	11 1/8 × 8 3/4" (28.3 × 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Stirl & Reupert Maschinenfabrik letterhead Design Acc. 1419.2015	c.1910	Letterpress	11 1/4 × 8 5/8" (28.6 × 21.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Der Sturm letterhead (Letter to Anton Schnack from H. Walden) Design Acc. 1392.2015	1917	Letterpress	11 1/2 × 8 3/4" (29.2 × 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Nachrichten für Lufthahrer letterhead Design Acc. 1202.2015	1920s	Letterpress	11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.5 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Subscription receipt for Merz Design Acc. 1336.2015	1920s	Letterpress	4 1/8 × 8 7/8" (10.5 × 22.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Höhne und Stäbler GmbH letterhead (Letter to Waldschütz Maier) Design Acc. 1396.2015	1921	Lithograph	10 5/8 × 8 1/8" (27 × 20.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar letterhead (Letter to J.J.P. Oud from Walter Gropius) Design Acc. 1410.2015	1923	Letterpress	11 1/2 × 9" (29.2 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Tablecloth Design Acc. 194.1958	1923	Cotton	59 1/2 x 55" (151.1 x 139.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 151.10 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Phyllis B. Lambert Fund
Ernst Wasmuth letterhead (Letter to Jean Badovici from Wasmuth) Design Acc. 1407.2015	1924	Letterpress	11 3/8 × 8 7/8" (28.9 × 22.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Mies van der Rohe letterhead (Letter to J.J.P. Oud from Mies) Design Acc. 1408.2015	1924	Letterpress	8 × 12 3/4" (20.3 × 32.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Georg Jhlefeld Automobile letterhead Design Acc. 1418.2015	1925	Letterpress	11 × 8 5/8" (27.9 × 21.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Hans Poelzig letterhead (Letter to Max Cetto from Poelzig) Design Acc. 1400.2015	1925	Letterpress	10 1/2 × 7 3/4" (26.7 × 19.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Walter Gropius letterhead (Letter to J.J. Pieter Oud from Moholy-Nagy) Design Acc. 1210.2015	1925	Letterpress	11 1/2 × 9" (29.2 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Photomechanik letterhead Design Acc. 1420.2015	1926	Lithograph	11 3/8 × 8 7/8" (28.9 × 22.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Städtisches Hochbaumt letterhead (Letter to Max Cetto) Design Acc. 1402.2015	1926	Lithograph	11 3/8 × 8 7/8" (28.9 × 22.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Der Sturm letterhead (Letter to Alberto Cappa from H. Walden) Design Acc. 1393.2015.1	1927	Letterpress	5 5/8 × 8 3/4" (14.3 × 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Der Sturm stationery Design Acc. 1393.2015.1-2	1927	Letterpress	5 5/8 × 8 3/4" (14.3 × 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, Gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Der Sturm stationery envelope Design Acc. 1393.2015.2	1927	Letterpress	5 × 6 3/8" (12.7 × 16.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Adolf G. Schneck letterhead (Letter to Jean Badovici from Schneck) Design Acc. 1403.2015	1928	Letterpress	11 3/4 × 8 1/4" (29.8 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Das Neue Frankfurt letterhead (Letter to Albert Morancé from Joseph Gentner) Design Acc. 1391.2015	1928	Letterpress	11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.5 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Atelier Roberston letterhead Design Acc. 1436.2015	1929	Letterpress	5 3/4 × 8 1/4" (14.6 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Der Ring Vereinigung letterhead (With sketch by Meyer) Design Acc. 1406.2015	c.1930	Letterpress and pencil on paper	11 1/2 × 8 7/8" (29.2 × 22.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Gebrauchsgraphik letterhead (Letter to Piet Zwart from Hirschfeld) Design Acc. 1394.2015	1930	Letterpress	11 3/8 × 8 7/8" (28.9 × 22.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Hamburg-Amerika Linie letterhead Design Acc. 1395.2015	1930s	Lithograph and letterpress	11 7/8 × 8 1/4" (30.2 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Julius Hoffmann Verlag stationery envelope Design Acc. 1397.2015	1930	Letterpress	4 1/2 × 6 3/8" (11.4 × 16.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Kreis der Freunde des Bauhauses letterhead Design Acc. 1412.2015	1930	Letterpress	11 1/2 × 8 1/4" (29.2 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Norddeutscher Lloyd letterhead Design Acc. 1399.2015	1930s	Letterpress	11 3/4 × 8 1/4" (29.8 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Typographische Mitteilungen letterhead (Letter to Wilhelm Lesemann) Design Acc. 1405.2015.1-3	1930	Letterpress	11 3/4 × 8 1/4" (29.8 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, Gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Typographische Mitteilungen letterhead (Letter to Wilhelm Lesemann) Design Acc. 1405.2015.1	1930	Letterpress	11 3/4 × 8 1/4" (29.8 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Typographische Mitteilungen letterhead (Letter to Wilhelm Lesemann) Design Acc. 1405.2015.2	1930	Letterpress	11 3/4 × 8 1/4" (29.8 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Typographische Mitteilungen letterhead (Letter to Wilhelm Lesemann) Design Acc. 1405.2015.3	1930	Letterpress	11 3/4 × 8 1/4" (29.8 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Verlag Otto Beyer letterhead Design Acc. 1423.2015	1930s	Letterpress	11 3/4 × 8 1/4" (29.8 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Bauhaus Berlin letterhead Design Acc. 1411.2015	c.1931	Letterpress	11 1/2 × 8 1/4" (29.2 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Gebrüder Thonet letterhead (Letter to J. Rubin) Design Acc. 1404.2015	1931	Letterpress	11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.5 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Erich Mendelsohn letterhead (Letter to Jean Badovici from Mendelsohn) Design Acc. 1398.2015.1	1932	Letterpress	7 1/2 × 8 3/4" (19.1 × 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Erich Mendelsohn stationery Design Acc. 1398.2015.1-2	1932	Letterpress	7 1/2 × 8 3/4" (19.1 × 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, Gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Erich Mendelsohn stationery envelope Design Acc. 1398.2015.2	1932	Letterpress	5 1/4 × 6 1/2" (13.3 × 16.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Margerete Steiff GmbH letterhead (Letter to Max Cetto from Steiff) Design Acc. 1401.2015.a-b	1932	Lithograph	11 × 8 1/2" (27.9 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Otto Elsner Verlagsgesselschaft letterhead Design Acc. 1422.2015	1933	Letterpress	11 3/4 × 8 1/4" (29.8 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Covered Jar Design Acc. 220.1934.a-b	Before 1934	Glass	Overall: 3 1/8" (8 cm) .a (jar): 3 x 4 1/4 x 3 5/8" (7.6 x 10.8 x 9.2 cm) .b (cover): 3/16 x 4 1/4 x 3 5/8" (0.5 x 10.8 x 9.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Eimer & Amend
Shaking Flask and Stopper Design Acc. 232.1934.a-b	Before 1934	Glass	.a (flask): h. 10 1/4" (26 cm) .b (stopper): h. 2" (5.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Eimer & Amend
Mies van der Rohe letterhead Design Acc. 1409.2015	1936	Letterpress	11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.5 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Pittler Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik letterhead Design Acc. 1421.2015	1936	Letterpress	11 1/2 × 8 1/4" (29.2 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Meat Fork Design Acc. 234.1953	Before 1953	Stainless steel, wood handle, and metal rivets	l. 8 11/16" (22.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 22.10 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Philip Johnson
Bristol Hotel Kempinski Berlin letterhead Design Acc. 1424.2015	1960s	Letterpress	11 3/4 × 8 1/4" (29.8 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
SEL Standard Elektrick Lorenz letterhead Design Acc. 1413.2015	1960s	Letterpress	11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.5 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Adlerwerke letterhead (Letter to Erwin Kleyer) Design Acc. 1416.2015	1972	Letterpress	11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.5 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Elaine Lustig Cohen Collection, gift of Lawrence Benenson and the Committee on Architecture and Design Funds