Artist Monograph

Wolfgang Gäfgen, German

German, born 1936

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Etching	12	63.2%
Printmaking	4	21.1%
Other Media	3	15.8%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	15	78.9%
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	21.1%

Range: 19.9 cm → 73.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1972	2
1978	1
1985	16

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 19 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Mezzotint, No. 1 Print Acc. 297.1972	(1972)	Mezzotint	Plate 28 5/8 x 21 1/8" (72.7 x 53.6 cm) Sheet 29 15/16 x 21 15/16" (76.0 x 55.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gertrud A. Mellon Fund
Mezzotint, No. 4 Print Acc. 298.1972	1972	Mezzotint	Plate 28 3/4 x 21 1/8" (73.0 x 53.6 cm) Sheet 30 1/16 x 21 15/16" (76.4 x 55.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Two Elements Under Stress Print Acc. 405.1978	1976	Mezzotint	Plate: 15 3/16 x 20 5/16" (38.6 x 51.6 cm) Sheet: 22 1/16 x 29 3/4" (56.0 x 75.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Janet K. Ruttenberg Fund
En Bas Illustrated Book Acc. 35.1985.1-15	(1984)	Eleven soft ground etchings (seven with roulette, drypoint, and/or aquatint), two aquatints, and two mezzotints	page 13 3/4 x 15 9/16" (35 x 39.5 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Rosengarten Foundation
Plate (folio 10) from EN BAS Illustrated Book Acc. 35.1985.5	1984	Soft ground etching, drypoint, and aquatint, printed in black	plate 6 5/8 x 7 13/16" (16.8 x 19.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Rosengarten Foundation
Plate (folio 12) from EN BAS Illustrated Book Acc. 35.1985.6	1984	Soft ground etching, and drypoint with roulette printed in black	plate 7 13/16 x 9" (19.8 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Rosengarten Foundation
Plate (folio 13) from EN BAS Illustrated Book Acc. 35.1985.7	1984	Aquatint and soft ground etching, printed in black	plate 6 5/8 x 7 13/16" (16.8 x 19.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Rosengarten Foundation
Plate (folio 14) from EN BAS Illustrated Book Acc. 35.1985.8	1984	Soft ground etching, printed in black	plate 6 5/8 x 7 13/16" (16.8 x 19.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Rosengarten Foundation
Plate (folio 15) from EN BAS Illustrated Book Acc. 35.1985.9	1984	Aquatint, printed in black	plate 6 5/8 x 7 13/16" (16.8 x 19.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Rosengarten Foundation
Plate (folio 16) from EN BAS Illustrated Book Acc. 35.1985.10	1984	Aquatint and soft ground etching, printed in black	plate 6 5/8 x 7 13/16" (16.8 x 19.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Rosengarten Foundation
Plate (folio 19) from EN BAS Illustrated Book Acc. 35.1985.11	1984	Soft ground etching, printed in black	plate 6 5/8 x 7 13/16" (16.8 x 19.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Rosengarten Foundation
Plate (folio 20) from EN BAS Illustrated Book Acc. 35.1985.12	1984	Mezzotint, printed in black	plate 6 5/8 x 7 13/16" (16.8 x 19.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Rosengarten Foundation
Plate (folio 21) from EN BAS Illustrated Book Acc. 35.1985.13	1984	Aquatint and soft ground etching, printed in black	plate 6 5/8 x 7 13/16" (16.8 x 19.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Rosengarten Foundation
Plate (folio 22) from EN BAS Illustrated Book Acc. 35.1985.14	1984	Soft ground etching, printed in black	plate 6 5/8 x 7 13/16" (16.8 x 19.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Rosengarten Foundation
Plate (folio 23) from EN BAS Illustrated Book Acc. 35.1985.15	1984	Aquatint and soft ground etching, printed in black	plate 7 13/16 x 9" (19.8 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Rosengarten Foundation
Plate (folio 4) from EN BAS Illustrated Book Acc. 35.1985.1	1984	Roulette, soft ground etching, drypoint, and aquatint, printed in black	plate 7 13/16 x 9" (19.8 x 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Rosengarten Foundation
Plate (folio 5) from EN BAS Illustrated Book Acc. 35.1985.2	1984	Aquatint, printed in black	plate 6 5/8 x 7 13/16" (16.8 x 19.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Rosengarten Foundation
Plate (folio 7) from EN BAS Illustrated Book Acc. 35.1985.3	1984	Soft ground etching, printed in black	plate 6 5/8 x 7 13/16" (16.8 x 19.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Rosengarten Foundation
Plate (folio 8) from EN BAS Illustrated Book Acc. 35.1985.4	1984	Mezzotint, printed in black	plate 6 5/8 x 7 13/16" (16.8 x 19.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Rosengarten Foundation