Artist Monograph

Xanti Schawinsky, American

American, born Switzerland. 1904–1979

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	8	72.7%
Lithography	1	9.1%
Drawing	1	9.1%
Etching	1	9.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Architecture & Design	10	90.9%
Drawings & Prints	1	9.1%

Production by Decade

1

1920s

8

1930s

2

1950s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	7	63.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	36.4%

Range: 24.1 cm → 54.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1953	1
1987	1
1999	8
2015	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 11 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Metallisches Fest, Glocken-Klingel-und Schellenfest Design Acc. 884.1999	1929	Letterpress	10 3/4 x 7 3/4" (27.3 x 19.7 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
Das Stichwort: Magdeburger Blätter für Bühne, Musik und Gestaltende Arbeit, Elbe-Kohlen-Kontor Design Acc. 885.1999	1930	Letterpress	10 1/4 x 7 3/8" (26 x 18.7 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
Das Stichwort: Magdeburger Blätter für Bühne, Musik und Gestaltende Arbeit, No. 11, Fasching Design Acc. 886.1999	1930	Letterpress	9 3/4 x 6 7/8" (24.8 x 17.5 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
Das Stichwort: Magdeburger Blätter für Bühne, Musik und Gestaltende Arbeit, No. 13, Zeitstil Design Acc. 887.1999	1930	Letterpress	9 3/4 x 6 15/16" (24.8 x 17.6 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
Das Stichwort: Magdeburger Blätter für Bühne, Musik und Gestaltende Arbeit, No. 14, Gartenkunst Design Acc. 888.1999	1930	Letterpress	9 3/4 x 6 15/16" (24.8 x 17.6 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
Olivetti Design Acc. 500.1987	1934	Offset lithograph	21 3/8 x 14" (54.3 x 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Gift of Mrs. Schawinsky and Purchase
Olivetti M40 (Product brochure) Design Acc. 889.1999	1934	Letterpress	12 1/2 x 9 1/16" (31.8 x 23 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
La pubblicità, L'ufficio Moderno, rivista mensile, ottobre 1935-XIII Design Acc. 891.1999.1-2	1935	Letterpress	Sheet (.1 booklet): 11 × 8 1/2" (27.9 × 21.6 cm) Sheet (.2b (negative)): 7 3/8 × 4 7/8" (18.7 × 12.4 cm) Sheet (.2a (positive)): 11 1/4 × 8 1/8" (28.6 × 20.6 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
Negozio Olivetti Torino Design Acc. 890.1999	1935	Gravure	13 1/8 x 18 1/2" (33.3 x 47 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
The Twins Print Acc. 450.1953	1951	Etching	plate: 13 13/16 x 9 7/8" (35.1 x 25.1cm); sheet: 25 3/8 x 19 1/2" (64.5 x 49.6cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Handwritten letter to Naum Gabo Design Acc. 1326.2015	1954	Ink on paper	9 1/2 × 6 3/4" (24.1 × 17.1 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