Gasoline Pumps
1934 · Gouache and pencil on paper
18 x 11 3/4" (45.5 x 30.2 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Jan Matulka
1890
PaintingCubismConstructivismAbstract Art
Representation
None documented
7
Institutional Exhibitions
19
Works in Collection
29
Assets Indexed
2
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0
Publications Referenced
90%
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- • Cubism
- • Constructivism
- • Abstract Art
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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The Cubist Imprint
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1989
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Master Prints from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1987–1988
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American Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985–1986
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Art of the Twenties
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979–1980
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New Acquisitions: American Drawings
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1942
About
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Jan Matulka was an American painter and printmaker whose work bridged European modernism and American abstraction during the early twentieth century. Born in 1890, he developed a geometric formal language informed by Cubism and Constructivism, working across oil, watercolor, and lithography. His contributions to American modernism remain understudied relative to his influence on subsequent generations of abstract painters. He died in 1972.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 25d ago
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Art Institute of Chicago
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