Soldier, Spectre, Shaman: The Figure and the Second World War The information contained in this document is subject to revision by MoMA's curatorial staff. When publication is intended, an application for publication rights for material quoted from documentation must be submitted to the Department of Collection Management & Exhibition Registration in advance. These stipulations also apply to dissertations and research theses. Francis Bacon British, born Ireland. 1909–1992 Painting, 1946 Oil and pastel on linen 6' 5 7/8" x 52" (197.8 x 132.1 cm) Purchase 229.1948 Leonard Baskin American, 1922–2000 The Hydrogen Man, 1954 Woodcut composition: 61 5/8 x 24 3/8" (156.5 x 61.9cm); sheet: 72 3/8 x 41 15/16" (183.8 x 106.5cm) Gift of the artist 334.1962 Romare Bearden American, 1911–1988 He Is Arisen, (1945) Ink on paper 26 x 19 3/8" (66 x 49.2 cm) Advisory Committee Fund 158.1945 Louise Bourgeois American, born France. 1911–2010 Untitled, (1947) Ink on colored paper 13 1/8 x 10" (33.3 x 25.4 cm) Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. Berlind 176.1995 Page 1 of 12 Soldier, Spectre, Shaman: The Figure and the Second World War 10/21/2015
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Soldier, Spectre, Shaman: The Figure and the Second World War
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Francis Bacon British, born Ireland. 1909–1992
Painting, 1946
Oil and pastel on linen
6' 5 7/8" x 52" (197.8 x 132.1 cm)
Purchase
229.1948
Leonard Baskin American, 1922–2000
The Hydrogen Man, 1954
Woodcut
composition: 61 5/8 x 24 3/8" (156.5 x 61.9cm); sheet: 72 3/8 x 41
15/16" (183.8 x 106.5cm)
Gift of the artist
334.1962
Romare Bearden American, 1911–1988
He Is Arisen, (1945)
Ink on paper
26 x 19 3/8" (66 x 49.2 cm)
Advisory Committee Fund
158.1945
Louise Bourgeois American, born France. 1911–2010
Untitled, (1947)
Ink on colored paper
13 1/8 x 10" (33.3 x 25.4 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. Berlind
176.1995
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Louise Bourgeois American, born France. 1911–2010
Sleeping Figure, 1950
Painted balsa wood
6' 2 1/2" x 11 5/8" x 11 3/4" (189.2 x 29.5 x 29.7 cm)
Katharine Cornell Fund
3.1951
Brassaï (Gyula Halász) French, born Transylvania. 1899–1984
Graffiti, 1944-45
Gelatin silver print
19 3/4 × 15" (50.2 × 38.1 cm)
Gift of the artist
SC2000.18
Victor Brauner Romanian, 1903–1966
Talisman, 1943
Tallow on wood
6 3/8 x 10 7/8" (15.9 x 27.4 cm)
The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection
582.1967
Victor Brauner Romanian, 1903–1966
The Snake Charmer, November 4, 1943
Encaustic on canvas
25 5/8 x 21 1/4" (65.1 x 54 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan L. Halpern
1398.1974
Edward Burra British, 1905–1976
Bal des Pendus, (1937)
Watercolor on board
61 1/8 x 44 7/8" (155.3 x 114 cm)
Purchase
233.1948
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Lynn Chadwick British, 1914–2003
Inner Eye, 1952
Wrought iron with glass cullet
7' 6 1/2" x 42 1/2" x 30 1/8" (230 x 107.9 x 76.7 cm)
A. Conger Goodyear Fund
150.1955
Henry Darger American, 1892–1973
a) Are almost murdered themselves though they fight for their lives
typhoon saves them... b) Vivian girls said Glandelinian tent, (n.d.)
Watercolor and pencil on paper
22 x 88" (55.9 x 223.5 cm)
Gift of the artist's estate in honor of Klaus Biesenbach
438.2012.a-b
Henry Darger American, 1892–1973
a) The Vivian girls nuded like child slaves b) At second battle of
Marcocino also escape from disasterous explosion during battle
caused by glandelinians, (n.d.)
Watercolor and pencil on paper
19 x 49" (48.3 x 124.5 cm)
Gift of the artist's estate in honor of Klaus Biesenbach
440.2012.a-b
Francisco Dosamantes Mexican, 1911–1986
Dead Soldier (Soldado muerto), 1940
Lithograph
composition: 16 x 16 1/2" (40.6 x 41.9cm); sheet: 25 7/16 x 19
11/16" (64.6 x 50cm)
Inter-American Fund
688.1942
Louis Faurer American, 1916–2001
George Barrows in Robert Frank's Loft, New York, 1948
Gelatin silver print
12 1/2 x 8 1/2" (31.8 x 21.6 cm)
The Ben Schultz Memorial Collection. Gift of the artist
348.1968
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Jean Fautrier French, 1898–1964
Hostages Black Ground (Otages fond noir), 1944–47, printed c.
1962
Etching, relief printed
plate: 9 1/4 x 12 9/16" (23.5 x 31.9 cm); sheet: 14 7/8 x 21 15/16"
(37.8 x 55.8 cm)
Arthur B. Stanton Fund
7.1985
Jean Fautrier French, 1898–1964
Hostages (Les Otages), 1942 from Fautrier l'enragé, 1949
Etching and aquatint from the supplementary suite of twelve
etchings (eight with aquatint) and one aquatint
plate: 11 x 10 3/16" (28 x 25.8 cm); sheet: 19 5/16 x 14 13/16" (49.1
x 37.6 cm)
Monroe Wheeler Fund
280.2011.30
Lucio Fontana Italian, born Argentina. 1899–1968
Crucifixion, 1948
Glazed ceramic
19 1/8 x 12 3/8 x 9 1/8" (48.6 x 31.4 x 23.2 cm)
Purchase
335.1949
Alberto Giacometti Swiss, 1901–1966
Head of a Man on a Rod, 1947
Bronze
23 1/2" (59.7 cm) high, including bronze base 6 3/8 x 5 7/8 x 6" (16.0
x 14.9 x 15.1 cm)
Gift of Mrs. George Acheson
595.1976
Alberto Giacometti Swiss, 1901–1966
Standing Woman, 1948 (cast 1949)
Painted bronze
65 3/8 x 6 1/2 x 13 1/2" (166 x 16.5 x 34.2 cm)
James Thrall Soby Bequest
1222.1979
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Adolph Gottlieb American, 1903–1974
Apparition, 1945
Etching and aquatint
plate: 20 1/8 x 15 1/4" (51.1 x 38.7 cm); sheet: 22 1/2 x 17 13/16" (57
x 45.2 cm)
The Associates Fund
456.1988
Chimei Hamada Japanese, born 1917
Elegy for a New Conscript: Under the Shadow of a Rifle Stand,
1951
Etching and aquatint
plate: 7 13/16 x 6 7/8" (19.9 x 17.5 cm); sheet: 14 13/16 x 12 13/16"
(37.7 x 32.6 cm)
Gift of Hiro Gallery
721.2012
Chimei Hamada Japanese, born 1917
Elegy for a New Conscript: Landscape, 1952
Etching
plate: 6 x 8 1/4" (15.3 x 20.9 cm); sheet: 11 9/16 x 13 9/16" (29.4 x
34.4 cm)
Riva Castleman Endowment Fund
722.2012
Chimei Hamada Japanese, born 1917
Landscape, 1953
Etching
plate: 14 1/4 x 11 3/4" (36.2 x 29.8 cm); sheet: 20 13/16 x 17 1/4"
(52.9 x 43.8 cm)
Riva Castleman Endowment Fund
723.2012
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Chimei Hamada Japanese, born 1917
Execution Ground (A), 1954
Etching and aquatint
plate: 9 3/4 x 7 1/2" (24.8 x 19 cm); sheet: 16 5/8 x 12 5/8" (42.3 x 32
cm)
Riva Castleman Endowment Fund
724.2012
Chimei Hamada Japanese, born 1917
Landscape, 1954
Etching and aquatint
plate: 9 3/4 x 14 3/16" (24.8 x 36.1 cm); sheet: 15 9/16 x 20 3/8"
(39.6 x 51.8 cm)
Riva Castleman Endowment Fund
725.2012
David Hare American, 1917–1992
Figure Waiting in Cold, 1951
Bronze and iron on stone base
71 7/8 x 10 1/2 x 11" (182.5 x 26.5 x 27.8 cm), on base 14 3/4 x 7 1/2
x 9 1/8" (37.4 x 19 x 23.1 cm)
Given anonymously
1089.1969
Dorothy Hood American, 1919–2000
The Seeming Beginning, 1943
Ink and pencil on paper
22 1/8 x 34 1/8" (56.2 x 86.7 cm)
James Thrall Soby Fund
7.1944
Richard Hunt American, born 1935
Arachne, 1956
Welded steel
30 x 24 1/2 x 28 1/4" (76 x 62.2 x 71.7 cm) including base
Purchase
5.1957
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Goro Ike Japanese, born 1911
Gaze, c. 1950
Gelatin silver print
11 x 13 5/8" (27.9 x 34.6 cm)
Gift of Nihon Keizai Shimbun
204.1959
Ishimoto Yasuhiro Japanese, born United States. 1921–2012
Untitled, c. 1950
Gelatin silver print
7 1/2 x 9 3/8" (19.0 x 23.6 cm)
Gift of the artist
473.1960
Tomio Kinoshita Japanese, 1923–2014
Masks, 1957
Woodcut and stencil
composition: 18 3/16 x 24 3/16" (46.2 x 61.4cm); sheet: 18 11/16 x
26 9/16" (47.4 x 67.4cm)
Purchase
58.1959
Maria Martins Brazilian, 1894–1973
The Impossible, III, 1946
Bronze
31 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 21" (80 x 82.5 x 53.3 cm)
Purchase
138.1946
Henri Michaux French, born Belgium. 1899–1984
Untitled, (1946-48)
Watercolor and ink on paper
12 1/2 x 9 1/2" (31.8 x 24.1 cm)
Acquired through the generosity of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
1609.2000
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Joan Miró Spanish, 1893–1983
Plate XXXIV from the Barcelona Series, 1944
Lithograph
composition: 25 1/4 x 19 3/16" (64.2 x 48.8 cm); sheet: 27 9/16 × 20
11/16" (70 × 52.5 cm)
Purchase
133.1945
Joan Miró Spanish, 1893–1983
Plate XXIII from the Barcelona Series, 1944
Lithograph
composition: 24 3/8 x 18 5/8" (61.9 x 47.3cm); sheet: 27 9/16 x 20
9/16" (70 x 52.2 cm)
Purchase
134.1945
Joan Miró Spanish, 1893–1983
Mask, 1956
Glazed and painted earthenware, mounted on steel rod and wood
base
9 1/4 x 18 x 5 1/2" (23.5 x 45.7 x 14 cm)
Gift of Richard S. Zeisler
25.1986
Lisette Model American, born Austria. 1901–1983
Window Reflections, 1940
Gelatin silver print
13 15/16 x 10 11/16" (35.4 x 27.2 cm)
Gift of the artist
81.1941
Jan Müller American, born Germany. 1922–1958
Faust, I, 1956
Oil on canvas
68 1/8" x 10' (173 x 304.7 cm)
Purchase
16.1957
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Lee Mullican American, 1919–1998
Presence, 1955
Painted wood
36 1/8 x 17 3/8 x 1 1/4" (91.5 x 44.1 x 3.2 cm)
Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. Neuberger Fund
19.1956
Isamu Noguchi American, 1904–1988
Atomic Head, 1957
Iron on painted wood base
9 x 7 1/4 x 4 1/4" (22.8 x 18.4 x 10.8 cm), base 14 1/8 x 7 x 5 7/8"
(35.9 x 17.8 x 14.9 cm)
Florene May Schoenborn Bequest
823.1996
Eduardo Paolozzi British, 1924–2005
Jason, 1956
Bronze
66 1/8" (167.8 cm) high, at base 14 3/4 x 11 1/4" (37.5 x 28.6 cm)
Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
661.1959
Jeanne Reynal American, 1903–1983
A Good Circular God, 1948-50
Mixed media
37 x 24 3/8 x 1" (94 x 61.9 x 2.5 cm)
Katharine Cornell Fund
20.1951
Germaine Richier French, 1904–1959
The Devil with Claws, 1952
Bronze
34 1/2 x 37 1/4 x 24 3/4" (87.5 x 94.5 x 62.9 cm) on stone base 31 x
33 5/8 x 19 3/8" (78.7 x 85.3 x 49.2 cm)
Wildenstein Foundation Fund
18.1957
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Germaine Richier French, 1904–1959
Sculpture with Background, 1955-56
Gilded bronze
Figure 8 3/4" (22.2 cm) high, background 9 1/4 x 14 34 x 4 5/8" (23.5
x 37.3 x 11.8 cm)
Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
293.1956.a-b
David Smith American, 1906–1965
Women in War, 1941
Etching
plate: 6 7/8 x 8 7/8" (17.5 x 22.6cm); sheet: 9 13/16 x 12 1/8" (25 x
30.8cm)
Curt Valentin Bequest (by exchange)
52.1995
Frederick Sommer American, born Italy. 1905–1999
Coyotes, 1941
Gelatin silver print
7 5/8 x 9 1/2" (19.2 x 24.2 cm)
Gift of the photographer
142.1969
Frederick Sommer American, born Italy. 1905–1999
Artificial Leg, 1944
Gelatin silver print
9 1/2 x 7 9/16" (24.2 x 19.3 cm)
Purchase
108.1964
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Frederick Sommer American, born Italy. 1905–1999
Ondine, 1950
Gelatin silver print
3 3/4 x 5 1/2" (9.5 x 14 cm)
Gift of the artist
161.1969
Louis Soutter Swiss, 1871–1942
Head, (1939)
Oil on paper
25 5/8 x 19 3/4" (65.1 x 50.2 cm)
Gift of the artist
565.1939
Louis Soutter Swiss, 1871–1942
Body and Furnace (l'ascension), 1939
Oil on paper
19 3/4 x 25 1/2" (50.2 x 64.8 cm)
Gift of the artist
563.1939
Otto Steinert German, 1915–1978
Call (Appell), 1950
Gelatin silver print
15 5/8 x 11 7/8" (39.7 x 30.2 cm)
Purchase
489.1964
Takis French, born Greece 1925
Head in Space, 1956
Bronze
12 1/2 x 8 1/8 x 7" (31.7 x 20.6 x 17.8 cm) including base
Gift of D. and J. de Menil
368.1960
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Shomei Tomatsu Japanese, 1930–2012
Untitled from the series Memory of War, Toyokawa, Aichi, 1959
Gelatin silver print
12 15/16 x 11 1/4" (33 x 28.6 cm)
Gift of the artist
714.1978
Shomei Tomatsu Japanese, 1930–2012
Hibakusha Tomitarō Shimotani, Nagasaki, 1961
Gelatin silver print
13 × 18 3/4" (33 × 47.6 cm)
Gift of the artist
403.1977
Shomei Tomatsu Japanese, 1930–2012
Hibakusha Senji Yamaguchi, Nagasaki, 1962
Gelatin silver print
12 15/16 x 8 13/16" (33 x 22.4 cm)
Gift of the artist
700.1978
Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze) German, 1913–1951
Plate 2 from Naturelles, 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)
Gift of Victor S. Riesenfeld
383.1948
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