Artist Monograph

Vasily Kandinsky, French

French, born Russia. 1866–1944

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Woodcut 99 66.9%
Lithography 21 14.2%
Oil Painting 10 6.8%
Watercolor 8 5.4%
Other Media 5 3.4%
Screenprint 2 1.4%
Photography 1 0.7%
Etching 1 0.7%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 138 93.2%
Painting & Sculpture 7 4.7%
Architecture & Design 3 2%

Production by Decade

1
0s
31
1900s
84
1910s
21
1920s
8
1930s
1
1940s
2
1950s

Classification Types

  • Illustrated Book — 74
  • Print — 52
  • Drawing — 12
  • Painting — 7
  • Design — 3

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)11982.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)2013.9%
Large (1–3 m)53.5%

Range: 3.9 cm → 175.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19341
19351
19406
19418
19451
19493
19502
19513
19521
19535
19542
19561
195812
19591
196459
196616
19679
19681
19691
19711
19781
19811
19832
19852
19881

French Contemporaries

  1. 5032 Eugène Atget
  2. 1437 Jean Dubuffet
  3. 1168 Marc Chagall
  4. 1068 Henri Matisse
  5. 907 Pierre Bonnard