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Roger de La Fresnaye

Roger de La Fresnaye

1885–1925

WA-00001231

PaintingCubismAbstract Art

Representation

None documented

41

Institutional Exhibitions

81

Works in Collection

154

Assets Indexed

12

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ718882

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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European Drawing Between the Wars

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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Selections from the Collection of Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983–1984

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Reinstallation of the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Thirty Sculptors' Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Artists and Writers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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Between World Wars: Drawing in Europe and America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Cubism and Its Affinities

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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In the Twenties

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975

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Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974

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Philadelphia in New York: 90 Modern Works from the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972–1973

Field Verification (6 fields)

3 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata· 85%
BiographyUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3325
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

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Graph relationships

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Movement

Cubism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (81)

1950 · 12 woodcuts (cut by Blaise Monod), printed in black on ivory, smooth, wove Van Gelder paper; and 2 supplementary suites (each including 4 rejected plates), 1 on ivory, smooth, laid China paper and 1 on cream, smooth, wove old Japan paper

page 12 13/16 x 9 13/16" (32 x 25 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

LE ROMAN DU LIÈVRE

1925 · 12 wood engravings executed by Jean-Gabriel Daragnès and Mailliez after gouache drawings, printed in color; and 5 added duplicates

irreg. composition 11 15/16 x 9 3/16" (30 x 23.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

LES ILLUMINATIONS

1925 · 24 wood engravings (including ornaments) executed by Blaise Monod after pen and ink drawings, 3 printed in color

page 9 3/4 x 6 3/8" (24 x 16.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1925 · Graphite on brown paper mounted on paper

8 3/4 × 6 7/16 in. (22.2 × 16.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plate (page 140) from OUVERT LA NUIT

1924 · Pochoir, printed in color

irreg. composition 6 1/8 x 4 13/16" (15.5 x 12.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portrait of a Woman

16 3/4 x 10 in. (42.5 x 25.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Musician

1921 · Pencil on paper

10 1/4 x 8" (26.1 x 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Dance

1921 · Ink on paper

6 3/4 x 9 3/8" (17.1 x 23.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Sailor

1921 · Pencil and ink on paper

10 3/8 x 16 7/8" (26.2 x 42.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Studies of Heads, Hands and Figures

Studies of Heads, Hands and Figures

1921 · a. Pencil on paper, b. Pencil and ink on paper

.a: 8 x 10 1/2" (20.3 x 26.5 cm), .b: 10 1/2 x 8" (26.5 x 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mask

1921 · Pencil on paper

6 3/8 x 5 1/2" (16.1 x 13.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Jean Louis Gampert

Jean Louis Gampert

1920 · black crayon, graphite and watercolor

overall (approximate): 25.3 x 23.4 cm (9 15/16 x 9 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Still Life

1920 · graphite and pen and white ink on brown paper

overall (approximate): 26.1 x 18.5 cm (10 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

1920 · Illustrated book with 6 lithographs

irreg. page 9 7/16 x 7 1/2" (24 x 19.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 5 verso) from PALUDES

irreg. composition 6 3/4 x 4 15/16" (17.2 x 12.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 44 verso) from PALUDES

irreg. composition 6 15/16 x 5" (17.7 x 12.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 31) from PALUDES

irreg. composition 6 1/4 x 5 1/16" (15.8 x 12.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 10 verso) from PALUDES

irreg. composition 6 3/4 x 4 15/16" (17.2 x 12.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 20 verso) from PALUDES

irreg. composition 6 7/8 x 4 7/8" (17.5 x 12.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 37 verso) from PALUDES

irreg. composition 6 11/16 x 4 13/16" (17 x 12.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 4) from QUELQUES BOIS

1918 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 5 11/16 x 5 1/4" (14.5 x 13.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Still Life with a Diabolo

1914 · Oil on canvas

29 in. × 36 1/8 in. (73.7 × 91.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Watering Can (Emblems: The Garden)

The Watering Can (Emblems: The Garden)

1913 · oil on canvas

overall: 88.9 × 200.66 cm (35 × 79 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Conquest of the Air

The Conquest of the Air

1913 · Oil on canvas

7' 8 7/8" x 6' 5" (235.9 x 195.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

81 published of 149 catalogued · 26 with image

MoMA
68 publishedof 136 catalogued20 img
The Met
7 published
Nga
6 published6 img

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

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Roger de La Fresnaye (Artsy)

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Roger de La Fresnaye (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Study of Trees (1922)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Relationships

5

Movements2

Cubism Abstract Art

Collections3

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

National Gallery of Art

Background

Education

Académie Ranson

Visual Arts

Académie Julian

Visual Arts

École des Beaux-Arts

Visual Arts

Académie de La Palette

Visual Arts