Artist Monograph

Walter Dexel, German

German, 1890–1973

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	30	57.7%
Lithography	12	23.1%
Gouache	5	9.6%
Screenprint	2	3.8%
Watercolor	1	1.9%
Printmaking	1	1.9%
Oil Painting	1	1.9%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Architecture & Design	43	82.7%
Drawings & Prints	7	13.5%
Architecture & Design – Image Archive	1	1.9%
Painting & Sculpture	1	1.9%

Production by Decade

1900s

1920s

1930s

1950s

Classification Types

Design — 44
Drawing — 7
Painting — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	28	53.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	24	46.2%

Range: 14.8 cm → 98.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1937	11
1950	1
1968	1
1973	2
1977	3
1985	4
1999	24
2015	3
2018	2

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 52 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Am 20. Mai Wählt Sozialdemokraten, Wählt Liste 1 Design Acc. 370.1950	1900-1950	Lithograph	38 7/8 x 25 1/4" (98.8 x 64.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Philip Johnson
Schulenburg & Bessler Design Acc. 649.1999	1920-1950	Letterpress	7 3/16 x 10 9/16" (18.3 x 26.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Ausstellung des Staatlichen Bauhauses Design Acc. 648.1999	1923	Letterpress	Open: 6 3/8 x 8 1/2" (16.2 x 21.6 cm); closed: 6 3/8 x 4 1/4" (16.3 x 10.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Ausstellung des Staatlichen Bauhauses Design Acc. AD445	1923	Letterpress	Open: 6 3/8 x 8 1/2" (16.2 x 21.6 cm); closed: 6 3/8 x 4 1/4" (16.3 x 10.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design – Image Archive	Mies van der Rohe Archive, gift of the architect
Ausstellungen Kunstverein Jena Design Acc. 653.1999	c. 1923	Letterpress	5 7/8 x 11 3/4" (14.9 x 29.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Bauhaus Ausstellung Design Acc. 647.1999	1923	Letterpress on paper, mounted on board	12 5/16 x 9 1/8" (31.3 x 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Gas zum Kochen, Backen, Heizen, Beleuchten (Gas for cooking, baking, heat, light) Design Acc. 650.1999	1924	Letterpress	5 7/8 x 4 1/8" (14.9 x 10.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Mitteilungen der Erziehungswissen:/Schaftlichen Anstalt der Thüringischen Landesuniversität Jena Design Acc. 552.1977	c. 1924	Letterpress	open: 9 15/16 x 14 1/8" (25.2 x 35.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Neue deutsche Baukunst, Kunstverein Jena Design Acc. 550.1977	1924	Letterpress	5 15/16 x 5 15/16" (15.0 x 15.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Oskar Schlemmer Design Acc. 654.1999	1924	Letterpress	4 1/8 x 6 5/16" (10.5 x 16 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Verwende Stets Nur Gas (Use Only Gas…Saves Work, Time, Money) Design Acc. 303.1937	1924	Letterpress	19 x 25 1/2" (48.3 x 64.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Purchase Fund
Advertising postcard Design Acc. 1187.2015	1925	Lithograph	5 7/8 × 4 3/16" (14.9 × 10.6 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
Ausstellung Kandinsky Design Acc. 655.1999	1925	Letterpress	5 13/16 x 4 1/8" (14.8 x 10.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Kunstverein Jena, Prinzessinnenschlösschen, Johannes Auerbach, Auguste Macke, Georg Kötschau Design Acc. 656.1999	1925	Letterpress	5 13/16 x 4 1/8" (14.8 x 10.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Richtungslaternen, Verkehrszeichen, Transparente Design Acc. 651.1999	c. 1925	Letterpress	open: 11 5/8 x 8 3/8" (29.5 x 21.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Adolf Meyer Design Acc. 662.1999	1926-27	Letterpress	4 1/8 x 5 7/8" (10.5 x 14.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Figuration 26A Painting Acc. 999.1983	c. 1926	Oil and enamel on canvas	25 1/2 x 22 1/4" (64.3 x 56 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Indonesische Textilien Design Acc. 661.1999	1926-27	Letterpress	4 1/8 x 5 13/16" (10.5 x 14.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Ioci Drawing Acc. 871.1983	1926	Cut-and-pasted printed papers on board	24 7/8 x 19 3/4" (63.2 x 50.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Kunstverein Jena letterhead Design Acc. 1188.2015	1926	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
Kunstverein Jena, Karl Hofer Design Acc. 657.1999	1926	Letterpress	5 13/16 x 4 1/8" (14.8 x 10.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
L. Corinth + Aquarelle Graphik Design Acc. 658.1999	1926	Letterpress	5 13/16 x 4 1/8" (14.8 x 10.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Neue Reklame Jena letterhead Design Acc. 1189.2015	1926	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
Neue Sachlichkeit Design Acc. 660.1999	1926-27	Letterpress	4 1/8 x 5 13/16" (10.5 x 14.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Untitled Drawing Acc. 872.1983	1926	Gouache and pencil on paper	23 7/8 x 18" (60.5 x 45.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Advertising Clock for Frankfurt-Main (Reklame-Uhr für Frankfurt-Main). Promotional design for Cegold Cigars and Cigarettes Drawing Acc. 426.2018	1927	Ink, gouache, and pencil on paper	14 9/16 × 10 5/8" (37 × 27 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
Feininger Design Acc. 659.1999	1927	Letterpress	5 13/16 x 4 1/8" (14.8 x 10.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Loheland Gymnastik-Vorführung Design Acc. 305.1937	1927-1937	Silkscreen and letterpress	19 x 26" (48.3 x 66 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase Fund, Jan Tschichold Collection
Neue Reklame Design Acc. 663.1999	1927	Letterpress	open: 4 1/4 x 11 9/16" (10.8 x 29.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Thüringer Verlagsanstalt und Druckerei G.m.b.H. Jena Design Acc. 652.1999	1927	Letterpress	12 9/16 x 9 3/4" (31.9 x 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Two White Verticals, 27 XX Drawing Acc. 873.1983	1927	Gouache, ink, pencil, and watercolor on board	25 1/2 x 19 3/4" (64.8 x 49.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation
Advertisement for the Technical Association of Magdeburg (Technische Vereinigung Magdeburg) Design Acc. 666.1999	1928-29	Lithograph	4 1/8 x 5 3/4" (10.5 x 14.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Design for airshaft with advertising and telephone booth Drawing Acc. 425.2018	1928	Gouache, ink, and pencil on paper, cut-and-pasted on colored paper with gouache and pencil	17 × 12 3/8" (43.2 × 31.4 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
Neue Wege der Photographie Design Acc. 664.1999	1928	Letterpress	5 13/16 x 8 1/4" (14.8 x 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Street Beside the Old Pagoda of the Yellow Monks. Set design for the play Mann ist Mann (A Man's a Man) Drawing Acc. 596.1973	1928	Gouache on paper	11 3/8 x 16 1/4" (28.9 x 41.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dr. Adolf Behne
The Mountain Fortress. Set design for the play Mann ist Mann (A Man's a Man) Drawing Acc. 595.1973	1928	Gouache on paper	11 3/8 x 16 1/4" (28.9 x 41.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dr. Adolf Behne
Ausstellung am Adolf-Mittag-See, Spitzen und Stoffe, Holz und Bernstein Design Acc. 309.1937	1929	Silkscreen	33 1/4 x 23 1/2" (84.5 x 59.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase Fund, Jan Tschichold Collection
Bauten der Technik: das Licht im Dienste der Werbung, Ausstellung am Adolf-Mittag-See Design Acc. 308.1937	1929	Lithograph	38 x 23 1/2" (96.5 x 59.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase Fund, Jan Tschichold Collection
Der neue Druck, das schöne Buch Design Acc. 342.1937	1929	Lithograph	33 1/8 x 23 5/8" (84.2 x 60 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase Fund, Jan Tschichold Collection
Die Sport Ausstellung (The Sport Exhibition) (Poster for exhibition in Magdeburg) Design Acc. 339.1937	1929	Photolithograph	33 1/8 x 23 1/2" (84.1 x 59.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase Fund, Jan Tschichold Collection
Die Sport Ausstellung Magdeburg Design Acc. 340.1937	1929	Lithograph	33 1/8 x 23 1/2" (84.1 x 59.7cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase Fund, Jan Tschichold Collection
Die Sport Ausstellung Magdeburg Design Acc. 341.1937	1929	Lithograph	33 1/8 x 23 1/2" (84.1 x 59.7cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase Fund, Jan Tschichold Collection
Fotografie der Gegenwart Design Acc. 551.1977	1929	Letterpress	open: 8 1/4 x 11 3/4" (20.9 x 29.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Fotografie der Gegenwart (Contemporary Photography) (Poster for exhibition in Magdeburg) Design Acc. 126.1968	1929	Linocut	33 1/4 x 23 1/4" (84.5 x 59.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
Kult und Form, Ausstellung am Adolf-Mittag-See Design Acc. 310.1937	1929	Photolithograph	33 1/4 x 23 1/2" (84.5 x 59.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase Fund, Jan Tschichold Collection
Kultur Film Bühne, Stadthalle Design Acc. 307.1937	1929	Letterpress and lineblock	33 1/4 x 23 3/8" (84.5 x 59.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase Fund, Jan Tschichold Collection
Advertisement for the Technical Association of Magdeburg (Technische Vereinigung Magdeburg) Design Acc. 667.1999	1930-31	Cover: offset lithograph; interior: letterpress	4 1/8 x 11 5/8" (10.5 x 29.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Kult und Form Design Acc. 665.1999	c. 1930	Letterpress	folded: 8 1/4 x 3 7/8" (21 x 9.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Werkstoff und Werkform II. Mitteldeutsche Handwerkausstellung, Öffentliche Kundgebung Stadthalle Design Acc. 331.1937	1930	Letterpress and lineblock	16 1/2 x 23 1/2" (41.9 x 59.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase Fund, Jan Tschichold Collection
Technische Vereinigung Magdeburg Design Acc. 669.1999	1931-32	Cover: offset lithograph; interior: letterpress	Folded: 5 13/16 x 4 1/8" (14.8 x 10.5 cm); unfolded: 5 13/16 x 8 1/4" (14.8 x 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Advertisement for the Technical Association of Magdeburg (Technische Vereinigung Magdeburg) Design Acc. 668.1999	1932-33	Cover: offset lithograph; interior: letterpress	open: 4 1/8 x 11 3/4" (10.5 x 29.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
"Glas Werkstoff und Form" by Walter Dexel Design Acc. 670.1999	1950	Letterpress	11 3/4 x 8 3/4" (29.8 x 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson