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Artists›Jean Lurçat

Jean Lurçat

Jean Lurçat

French, 1892

WA-00028264

TextileCubismAbstract Art

Representation

None documented

7

Institutional Exhibitions

136

Works in Collection

261

Assets Indexed

2

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ468453 ULAN500014846

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

No image

New Acquisitions: European Paintings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941

No image

Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1936

No image

Cubism and Abstract Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1936

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Summer Exhibition: Painting and Sculpture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1930

No image

Painting in Paris

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1930

Field Verification (2 fields)

2 cross-verified · 0 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%✓

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3641
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Jean Lurçat yet.

Graph relationships

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

Canonical record

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wrapper from L'exemple de Jean Lurçat

1952 · Lithograph, printed in black

irreg. composition 15 7/16 x 3 3/4" (39.2 x 9.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 17) from L'exemple de Jean Lurçat

1952 · Lithograph and pochoir, printed in color

irreg. composition 9 3/4 x 7 9/16" (24.8 x 19.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 12) from Le monde merveilleux des insectes

1950 · Lithograph and pochoir, printed in color

irreg. composition 10 1/2 x 8 13/16" (26.7 x 22.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 25) from Le monde merveilleux des insectes

1950 · Lithograph and pochoir, printed in color

irreg. composition 6 13/16 x 6 1/8" (17.3 x 15.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (page 136) from Le monde merveilleux des insectes

1950 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 2 3/8 x 4 1/16" (6 x 10.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 132) from Le monde merveilleux des insectes

1950 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 3 3/4 x 8 1/4" (9.5 x 20.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Slipcase (duplicate of folder) from Le monde merveilleux des insectes

1950 · Lithograph, printed in color

composition 13 5/16 x 22 7/16" (33.9 x 57 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 37) from Le monde merveilleux des insectes

1950 · Lithograph, printed in black

irreg. composition 1 5/8 x 3 3/8" (4.1 x 8.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plates (page 46) from Le monde merveilleux des insectes

1950 · Lithographs, printed in color

Upper (comp. irreg.): 1 3/8 x 5 3/8" (3.5 x 13.6 cm) Lower (comp. irreg.): 1 15/16 x 3" (4.9 x 7.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 179) from Le monde merveilleux des insectes

1950 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 1 5/8 x 7 1/4" (4.2 x 18.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 170) from Le monde merveilleux des insectes

1950 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 1 3/4 x 7 3/16" (4.5 x 18.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 167) from Le monde merveilleux des insectes

1950 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 6 3/4 x 5 15/16" (17.1 x 15.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 176) from Le monde merveilleux des insectes

1950 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 1 1/2 x 7 3/16" (3.8 x 18.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (page 178) from Le monde merveilleux des insectes

1950 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 1 9/16 x 4 3/16" (4 x 10.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 142) from Le monde merveilleux des insectes

1950 · Lithograph, printed in black

irreg. composition 5 11/16 x 6 1/8" (14.4 x 15.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 173) from Le monde merveilleux des insectes

1950 · Lithograph, printed in color

irreg. composition 1 7/16 x 7 3/16" (3.6 x 18.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

136 published of 258 catalogued · 79 with image

MoMA
122 publishedof 244 catalogued67 img
Art Institute Chicago
12 published12 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Sunset
1929 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Nocturnal Fantasy
1915 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

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

Relationships

4

Movements2

Cubism Abstract Art

Collections2

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago