Artist Monograph

Willi Baumeister, German

German, 1889–1955

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	34	70.8%
Drawing	4	8.3%
Other Media	4	8.3%
Oil Painting	3	6.3%
Watercolor	2	4.2%
Gouache	1	2.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	36	75%
Architecture & Design	9	18.8%
Painting & Sculpture	3	6.3%

Production by Decade

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

Classification Types

Print — 28
Design — 9
Drawing — 8
Painting — 3

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	6	14.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	32	78%
Large (1–3 m)	3	7.3%

Range: 9.2 cm → 129.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1947	1
1948	6
1950	1
1951	1
1952	1
1953	2
1954	14
1956	8
1962	1
1966	1
1972	2
1985	4
1999	1
2011	1
2015	4

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 520" — 1

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 48 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
10 ORIGINAL-LITHOGRAPHIEN Print Acc. 40.1956	(n.d.)	Lithograph, printed in color	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
10 ORIGINAL-LITHOGRAPHIEN Print Acc. 41.1956	(n.d.)	Lithograph, printed in color	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
10 ORIGINAL-LITHOGRAPHIEN Print Acc. 42.1956	(n.d.)	Lithograph, printed in color	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
10 ORIGINAL-LITHOGRAPHIEN Print Acc. 43.1956	(n.d.)	Lithograph, printed in color	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
10 ORIGINAL-LITHOGRAPHIEN Print Acc. 44.1956	(n.d.)	Lithograph, printed in color	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
10 ORIGINAL-LITHOGRAPHIEN Print Acc. 45.1956	(n.d.)	Lithograph, printed in color	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
10 ORIGINAL-LITHOGRAPHIEN Print Acc. 39.1956	(n.d.)	Lithograph	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Curt Valentin Bequest
Composition Print Acc. 12.1948	(n.d.)	Lithograph	composition: 11 3/16 x 11 5/8" (28.4 x 29.6 cm); sheet: 16 1/4 x 18 7/16" (41.2 x 46.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Gordon Chadwick
Composition Print Acc. 14.1948	(n.d.)	Lithograph	composition: 15 5/16 x 10 5/16" (38.9 x 26.2 cm); sheet: 22 15/16 x 16 7/8" (58.3 x 42.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Gordon Chadwick
Composition Print Acc. 9.1948	(n.d.)	Lithograph	composition: 18 3/16 x 13 5/8" (46.2 x 34.6 cm); sheet: 21 7/8 x 16 13/16" (55.6 x 42.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Gordon Chadwick
Composition Print Acc. 10.1948	(n.d.)	Lithograph	composition: 16 x 12 11/16" (40.6 x 32.2 cm); sheet: 20 7/8 x 16 15/16" (53 x 43 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Gordon Chadwick
Composition Print Acc. 11.1948	(n.d.)	Lithograph	composition: 15 3/4 x 12 3/8" (40 x 31.4 cm); sheet: 20 3/16 x 12 3/8" (51.2 x 31.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Gordon Chadwick
Figurate with Red Ellipse Painting Acc. 990.1983	1920	Oil and sand on canvas	25 3/4 x 19 3/4" (65.3 x 50.1 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
Constructive Composition Drawing Acc. 847.1983	1921	Charcoal, colored chalk, watercolor, and airbrush on paper	14 1/8 x 10 3/8" (35.9 x 26.4 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
Composition Drawing Acc. 142.1953	1922	Gouache, crayon, and pencil on paper	12 3/4 x 8 5/8" (32.4 x 21.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Katherine S. Dreier Bequest
The Painter Drawing Acc. 848.1983	(1923/24)	Charcoal, colored chalk, watercolor, and airbrush on paper	20 1/2 x 14" (52 x 35.5 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
Composition Print Acc. 248.1953	1925	Lithograph	composition: 15 11/16 x 9 1/8" (39.9 x 23.2 cm); sheet: 16 13/16 x 10 1/2" (42.7 x 26.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Katherine S. Dreier Bequest
Figures Drawing Acc. 849.1983	(1926)	Charcoal, pencil, and crayon on paper	16 1/2 x 11 1/4" (41.9 x 30 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
Akademischer Verlag Dr. Fr. Wedeking U. Co. letterhead (Letter to Jean Badovici) Design Acc. 1124.2015.1	1927	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
Akademischer Verlag Dr. Fr. Wedeking U. Co. stationery envelope Design Acc. 1124.2015.2	1927	Letterpress	4 1/2 × 6 1/2" (11.4 × 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
Die Wohnung, Werkbund Ausstellung Stuttgart (Labels) Design Acc. 1123.2015	1927	Lithograph	6 1/2 × 3 5/8" (16.5 × 9.2 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
Werkbundausstellung die Wohnung Design Acc. 515.1999	before 1927	Letterpress	1 5/16 x 3 5/8" (3.3 x 9.2 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
wie wohnen? Die Wohnung (How Should We Live? The Dwelling) (Poster for exhibition organized by the Deutsche Werkbund at the Weissenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart, Germany) Design Acc. 364.1950	1927	Lithograph	44 3/4 x 32 3/8" (113.7 x 82.2 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
wie wohnen? Die Wohnung (How Should We Live? The Dwelling) (Poster for exhibition organized by the Deutsche Werkbund at the Weissenhofsiedlung, Stuttgart, Germany) Design Acc. 365.2011	1927	Lithograph	44 3/4 x 32 3/8" (113.7 x 82.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Architecture & Design Purchase Fund
Tennis Player Drawing Acc. 1.1951	1932	Pencil and charcoal on paper	17 3/4 x 13 3/4" (45.1 x 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Vahan Hagopian
Wohnbedarf letterhead Design Acc. 1125.2015	1932	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
Ideogram Print Acc. 13.1948	(1937)	Lithograph	composition: 14 1/8 x 11" (35.9 x 27.9 cm); sheet: 21 7/16 x 16 7/16" (54.4 x 41.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Gordon Chadwick
African Play, IV Painting Acc. 568.1966	1942	Oil on board	14 1/8 x 18 1/8" (35.7 x 45.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. F. Taylor Ostrander
Untitled Drawing Acc. 435.1972	1943	Lithographic crayon, charcoal, and colored pencil on colored paper	14 3/8 x 19 1/8" (36.3 x 48.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Untitled Drawing Acc. 436.1972	1944	Charcoal on paper	12 3/8 x 19 3/4" (31.4 x 48.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Der Kopf des Propheten from Salome und der Prophet Print Acc. 296.1954.12	(1946)	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	Sheet 11 3/8 x 14 1/2" (28.8 x 36.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Samuel A. Berger
Der Prophet from Salome und der Prophet Print Acc. 296.1954.4	(1946)	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	Sheet 11 3/8 x 14 1/2" (28.8 x 36.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Samuel A. Berger
Der Prophet und Herodias from Salome und der Prophet Print Acc. 296.1954.6	(1946)	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	Sheet: 11 5/16 × 14 3/8" (28.8 × 36.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Samuel A. Berger
Herodes from Salome und der Prophet Print Acc. 296.1954.2	(1946)	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	Sheet: 11 5/16 × 14 3/8" (28.8 × 36.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Samuel A. Berger
Herodes und Herodias from Salome und der Prophet, Herodes und Herodias from Salome und der Prophet Print Acc. 296.1954.7	(1946)	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	Sheet 11 3/8 x 14 1/2" (28.8 x 36.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Samuel A. Berger
Herodes und Salome from Salome und der Prophet Print Acc. 296.1954.8	(1946)	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	Sheet 11 3/8 x 14 1/2" (28.8 x 36.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Samuel A. Berger
Herodias und Salome from Salome und der Prophet Print Acc. 296.1954.11	(1946)	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	Sheet 11 3/8 x 14 1/2" (28.8 x 36.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Samuel A. Berger
Palaft de Herodes from Salome und der Prophet Print Acc. 296.1954.1	(1946)	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	Sheet 11 3/8 x 14 1/2" (28.8 x 36.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Samuel A. Berger
Salome from Salome und der Prophet Print Acc. 296.1954.9	(1946)	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	Sheet 11 3/8 x 14 1/2" (28.8 x 36.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Samuel A. Berger
Salome und der Prophet Print Acc. 296.1954.1-12	(1946)	Portfolio of twelve lithographs	Sheet 11 3/8 x 14 1/2" (28.8 x 36.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Samuel A. Berger
Salome und Herodes from Salome und der Prophet Print Acc. 296.1954.3	(1946)	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	Sheet 11 3/8 x 14 1/2" (28.8 x 36.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Samuel A. Berger
Salome's Tanz from Salome und der Prophet Print Acc. 296.1954.10	(1946)	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	Sheet 11 3/8 x 14 1/2" (28.8 x 36.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Samuel A. Berger
Volk from Salome und der Prophet Print Acc. 296.1954.5	(1946)	One from a portfolio of twelve lithographs	Sheet 11 3/8 x 14 1/2" (28.8 x 36.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Samuel A. Berger
Composition Print Acc. 228.1947	1947	Lithograph, with hand additions	composition: 14 15/16 x 19 5/16" (38 x 49 cm); sheet: 19 5/16 x 24 5/16" (49.1 x 61.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled Drawing Acc. 4.1962	1949	Pencil and charcoal on paper	18 7/8 x 12 1/4" (48.0 x 31.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John S. Newberry
Deutscher Künstler Bund Erste Ausstellung Design Acc. 141.1952	1951	Offset lithograph	33 1/4 x 23" (84.3 x 58.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Purchase
Stuttgart, Germany, January-February 1954 Design Acc. 512.1954	1954	Lithograph	24 x 17" (61 x 43.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of the artist
Aru 6 Painting Acc. 9.1956	1955	Oil on board	51 1/4 x 39 1/4" (129.9 x 99.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously