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Christian Bérard

Christian Bérard

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22

Institutional Exhibitions

79

Works in Collection

161

Assets Indexed

1

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Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974

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Painters for the Theatre: An Invitation to the Theatre Arts Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973–1974

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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1961–1962

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Painting and Sculpture from the James Thrall Soby Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1961

About

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Christian Bérard was a French painter, designer, and illustrator active in the mid-twentieth century. Working across fine art, theatre design, and fashion illustration, he developed a distinctive graphic language that bridged modernism and decorative tradition. His work encompassed oil painting, drawing, and set design for theatrical productions in postwar Paris. Bérard's aesthetic combined formal abstraction with ornamental sensibility, positioning him between avant-garde and applied arts practice.

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (79)

Duplicate of plate (page 13) from Mille Regrets (A Thousand Regrets)

Duplicate of plate (page 13) from Mille Regrets (A Thousand Regrets)

1947 · One from the supplementary suite of nineteen collotype and pochoir reproductions of an illustrated book with fifty-five collotype and pochoir reproductions

composition (irreg.): 7 5/8 × 6 7/16" (19.3 × 16.4 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 × 8 9/16" (28.3 × 21.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Duplicate of plate (page 69) from Mille Regrets (A Thousand Regrets)

Duplicate of plate (page 69) from Mille Regrets (A Thousand Regrets)

1947 · One from the supplementary suite of nineteen collotype and pochoir reproductions of an illustrated book with fifty-five collotype and pochoir reproductions

composition (irreg.): 7 1/16 × 6 9/16" (18 × 16.7 cm); sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 11/16" (27.8 × 22.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (page 50) from Mille Regrets (A Thousand Regrets)

Tailpiece (page 50) from Mille Regrets (A Thousand Regrets)

1947 · One from an illustrated book with fifty-five collotype and pochoir reproductions and a supplementary suite of nineteen collotype and pochoir reproductions

composition (irreg.): 5 1/4 × 6 1/8" (13.4 × 15.5 cm); page (approx.): 11 × 8 11/16" (28 × 22 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 33) from Mille Regrets (A Thousand Regrets)

Headpiece (page 33) from Mille Regrets (A Thousand Regrets)

1947 · One from an illustrated book with fifty-five collotype and pochoir reproductions and a supplementary suite of nineteen collotype and pochoir reproductions

composition (irreg.): 3 3/16 × 6 1/4" (8.1 × 15.8 cm); page (approx.): 11 × 8 11/16" (28 × 22 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Duplicate of plate (facing page 222) from Mille Regrets (A Thousand Regrets)

Duplicate of plate (facing page 222) from Mille Regrets (A Thousand Regrets)

1947 · One from the supplementary suite of nineteen collotype and pochoir reproductions of an illustrated book with fifty-five collotype and pochoir reproductions

composition (irreg.): 9 1/8 × 6 1/8" (23.1 × 15.6 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 × 8 11/16" (28.3 × 22.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 75) from Mille Regrets (A Thousand Regrets)

Headpiece (page 75) from Mille Regrets (A Thousand Regrets)

1947 · One from an illustrated book with fifty-five collotype and pochoir reproductions and a supplementary suite of nineteen collotype and pochoir reproductions

composition (irreg.): 2 3/8 × 6 1/2" (6 × 16.5 cm); page (approx.): 11 × 8 11/16" (28 × 22 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 109) from Mille Regrets (A Thousand Regrets)

Headpiece (page 109) from Mille Regrets (A Thousand Regrets)

1947 · One from an illustrated book with fifty-five collotype and pochoir reproductions and a supplementary suite of nineteen collotype and pochoir reproductions

composition (irreg.): 3 1/4 × 5 1/8" (8.3 × 13 cm); page (approx.): 11 × 8 11/16" (28 × 22 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 165) from Mille Regrets (A Thousand Regrets)

Plate (page 165) from Mille Regrets (A Thousand Regrets)

1947 · One from an illustrated book with fifty-five collotype and pochoir reproductions and a supplementary suite of nineteen collotype and pochoir reproductions

composition (irreg.): 7 × 8 1/16" (17.8 × 20.4 cm); page (approx.): 11 × 8 11/16" (28 × 22 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Detective (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Detective (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US