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Artists›Jean Lurçat

Jean Lurçat

Jean Lurçat

French, 1892

TextileCubismAbstract Art

Representation

None documented

7

Institutional Exhibitions

136

Works in Collection

261

Assets Indexed

2

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

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Cultural Positioning

Movements

• Cubism
• Abstract Art

Related Artists

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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Print Gift of Victor S. Riesenfeld and Matisse: Jazz: Gift of the Artist

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1948

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New Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1948

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New Acquisitions: European Paintings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941

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Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1936

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Cubism and Abstract Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1936

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Cubism

Medium

Textile

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (136)

Nuit et Lumière (Night and Light)

Nuit et Lumière (Night and Light)

1962 · Cotton and wool, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave

166.7 × 211.2 cm (65 5/8 × 83 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Double page plate (folios 11 verso and 12) from L'exemple de Jean Lurçat

1952 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 12 11/16 x 20 1/4" (32.3 x 51.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

L'exemple de Jean Lurçat

1952 · 3 lithographs (including wrapper), 1 with pochoir: 2 printed in color and 1 printed in black; 4 woodcuts (head- and tailpieces), printed in black; and 1 brush and black ink and watercolor

irreg. page 12 9/16 x 10" (32 x 25.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (folio 7 verso) from L'exemple de Jean Lurçat

1952 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 6 1/4 x 4 3/8" (15.9 x 11.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 9) from L'exemple de Jean Lurçat

1952 · Brush and black ink and watercolor

irreg. composition 10 x 5 7/8" (25.5 x 14.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (folio 10 verso) from L'exemple de Jean Lurçat

1952 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 2 15/16 x 3 15/16" (7.4 x 10 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (folio 6) from L'exemple de Jean Lurçat

1952 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 6 3/16 x 4 3/16" (15.7 x 10.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (folio 16) from L'exemple de Jean Lurçat

1952 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 1 7/8 x 4" (4.7 x 10.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Reclining Woman (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Reclining Woman (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Related artists

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Gerrit Rietveld

Gerrit Rietveld

Shared movement

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Charles Dufresne

Charles Dufresne

Shared movement

Wauters Workshop

Wauters Workshop

Alexander Morton & Co.

Alexander Morton & Co.

Knoll International, Inc.

Knoll International, Inc.

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Movements and affiliations

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago