Artist Monograph

Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze), German

German, 1913–1951

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	17	60.7%
Watercolor	5	17.9%
Oil Painting	2	7.1%
Lithography	2	7.1%
Drawing	1	3.6%
Etching	1	3.6%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Drawings & Prints	27	96.4%
Painting & Sculpture	1	3.6%

Classification Types

Illustrated Book — 18
Drawing — 7
Print — 2
Painting — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	24	88.9%
Medium (30–100 cm)	3	11.1%

Range: 10.0 cm → 81.1 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1948	2
1949	5
1953	6
1954	4
1955	1
1956	1
1964	1
1970	1
2008	1
2017	1
2022	1
2024	4

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 28 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Gouache #16 Drawing Acc. 141.2008	1940–41	Watercolor and ink on paper	11 1/2 x 8 1/2" (29.2 x 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Richard S. Zeisler Bequest
Janus portant l’aquarium –La Fête de Janus –Janus-Bifrons Drawing Acc. 244.2024	1940-41	Ink on colored paper	10 3/4 × 7 1/16" (27.3 × 18 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Joshua and Filipa Fink
Untitled Drawing Acc. 245.2024	1940-41	Ink and watercolor on colored paper	12 × 9 3/4" (30.5 × 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin
Stringed Instrument Drawing Acc. 37.1955	1942	Ink and watercolor on paper	11 3/4 x 8 1/8" (29.8 x 20.6 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
Untitled (composition) Drawing Acc. 246.2024	1943	Ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper	12 11/16 × 9 1/2" (32.3 × 24.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Joshua and Filipa Fink
Mollusks (Les Mollusques) Drawing Acc. 659.2017	1944	Ink and watercolor on colored paper	4 3/4 × 4 1/8" (12 × 10.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Leon and Debra Black
Frontispiece from the illustrated book Naturelles by René de Solier Print Acc. 384.1948	published c. 1946	Drypoint	plate: 5 3/8 x 3 1/2" (13.7 x 8.9 cm); sheet: 6 3/8 x 4 15/16" (16.2 x 12.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Victor S. Riesenfeld
Painting Painting Acc. 29.1956	1946-47	Oil on canvas	31 7/8 x 32" (81 x 81.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of D. and J. de Menil Fund
Plate 2 from the illustrated book Naturelles by René de Solier Print Acc. 383.1948	published c. 1946	Drypoint	plate: 4 13/16 x 3 7/8" (12.2 x 9.9 cm); sheet: 6 5/16 x 4 7/8" (16.1 x 12.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Victor S. Riesenfeld
Le Berger d'Écosse, Les Passagers La Pierre philosophale (The Scottish Sheperd, The Passangers, The Philosopher's Stone) Illustrated Book Acc. 58.1953.1-5	1948, published 1949	Illustrated book with five drypoints	page (each approx.): 9 9/16 × 6 1/8" (24.3 × 15.6 cm); overall (closed): 9 3/4 × 6 9/16 × 1/4" (24.8 × 16.6 × 0.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Anonymous gift
Plate (page 11) from Le Berger d'Écosse, Les Passagers, La Pierre philosophale (The Scottish Sheperd, The Passangers, The Philosopher's Stone) Illustrated Book Acc. 58.1953.2	1948, published 1949	One from an illustrated book with five drypoints	plate: 5 7/8 × 4 1/16" (14.9 × 10.3 cm); page: 9 3/4 × 6 1/4" (24.8 × 15.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Anonymous gift
Plate (page 19) from Le Berger d'Écosse, Les Passagers, La Pierre philosophale (The Scottish Sheperd, The Passangers, The Philosopher's Stone) Illustrated Book Acc. 58.1953.3	1948, published 1949	One from an illustrated book with five drypoints	plate: 5 1/2 × 3 1/16" (13.9 × 7.8 cm); page: 9 9/16 × 6 1/8" (24.3 × 15.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Anonymous gift
Plate (page 27) from Le Berger d'Écosse, Les Passagers, La Pierre philosophale (The Scottish Sheperd, The Passangers, The Philosopher's Stone) Illustrated Book Acc. 58.1953.4	1948, published 1949	One from an illustrated book with five drypoints	plate: 4 1/8 × 5 3/16" (10.4 × 13.1 cm); page: 9 9/16 × 6 1/4" (24.3 × 15.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Anonymous gift
Plate (page 33) from Le Berger d'Écosse, Les Passagers, La Pierre philosophale (The Scottish Sheperd, The Passangers, The Philosopher's Stone) Illustrated Book Acc. 58.1953.5	1948, published 1949	One from an illustrated book with five drypoints	plate: 5 13/16 × 4 1/16" (14.8 × 10.3 cm); page: 9 7/16 × 6" (24 × 15.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Anonymous gift
Plate (page 7) from Le Berger d'Écosse, Les Passagers, La Pierre philosophale (The Scottish Sheperd, The Passangers, The Philosopher's Stone) Illustrated Book Acc. 58.1953.1	1948, published 1949	One from an illustrated book with five drypoints	plate: 5 7/8 × 4" (14.9 × 10.2 cm); page: 9 3/4 × 6 1/8" (24.7 × 15.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Anonymous gift
Portrait (frontispiece) from Visages Illustrated Book Acc. 457.1949.1	1948	One from an illustrated book with four drypoints	plate: 5 1/2 × 3 1/16" (13.9 × 7.8 cm); page: 7 3/8 × 4 13/16" (18.8 × 12.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Henry Church Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 247.2024	1948-49	Ink, watercolor, casein, and oil paint, on colored paper	9 15/16 × 7 3/8" (25.3 × 18.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Joshua and Filipa Fink
Visage I (plate, page 20) from Visages Illustrated Book Acc. 457.1949.2	1948	One from an illustrated book with four drypoints	plate: 5 1/2 × 3 1/16" (13.9 × 7.8 cm); page: 7 3/8 × 4 13/16" (18.8 × 12.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Henry Church Fund
Visage II (plate, page 29) from Visages Illustrated Book Acc. 457.1949.3	1948	One from an illustrated book with four drypoints	plate: 5 1/2 × 3 1/16" (13.9 × 7.8 cm); page: 7 3/8 × 4 13/16" (18.8 × 12.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Henry Church Fund
Visage III (plate, page 37) from Visages Illustrated Book Acc. 457.1949.4	1948	One from an illustrated book with four drypoints	plate: 5 1/2 × 3 1/16" (13.9 × 7.8 cm); page: 7 3/8 × 4 13/16" (18.8 × 12.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Henry Church Fund
Visages Illustrated Book Acc. 457.1949.1-4	1948	Illustrated book with four drypoints	plate (each): 5 1/2 x 3 1/16" (13.9 x 7.8 cm); page (each): 7 1/2 x 4 13/16" (19 x 12.2 cm); overall: 7 11/16 x 5 x 3/8" (19.5 x 12.7 x 1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Henry Church Fund
Figure (in-text plate, folio 16) from Poésie de mots inconnus Illustrated Book Acc. 992.1964.16	1949	Drypoint from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut	plate (partial): 6 5/16 x 4 7/16" (16.1 x 11.3cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Folio 16 from Poésie de mots inconnus (Poetry of Unknown Words) Illustrated Book Acc. 490.2022.16	1949	Drypoint from an illustrated book with seven woodcuts, seven etchings (two with aquatint, one with engraving), six lithographs, three drypoints, two engravings, one aquatint, and one linoleum cut	plate (partial): 6 5/16 x 4 7/16" (16.1 x 11.3cm); page: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16" (32 × 25 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Helen and Sam Zell
Large Spot I from Nourritures Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1954.3	1949	Drypoint from an illustrated book with three drypoints	page: 7 9/16 x 5 11/16" (19 x 14.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Bertha M. Slattery
Nourritures Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1954.1-3	1949	Illustrated book with three drypoints	page (irreg.): 7 1/2 x 5 11/16" (19 x 14.5 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 Mrs. Bertha M. Slattery
Nude/Blossom from Nourritures Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1954.1	1949	Drypoint from an illustrated book with three drypoints	plate: 4 7/8 x 3 7/8" (12.4 x 9.9 cm); sheet: 7 3/8 x 5 1/2" (18.8 x 14 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Bertha M. Slattery
The City – Horizontal from Nourritures Illustrated Book Acc. 203.1954.2	1949	Drypoint from an illustrated book with three drypoints	plate: 2 7/16 x 3 15/16" (6.2 x 10 cm); sheet: 7 3/8 x 5 1/2" (18.8 x 14 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Bertha M. Slattery
Plate (page 94) from Feuilles éparses Illustrated Book Acc. 202.1970.13	published 1965	Etching from an illustrated book with nine etchings (two with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint), two engravings, one aquatint, one drypoint, and one woodcut	plate: 5 7/8 × 6 11/16" (15 × 17 cm); page: 9 7/16 × 7 7/8" (24 × 20 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Donald Karshan Fund