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Alexandra Exter

Alexandra Exter

1882

WA-00021317

Painting

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None documented

12

Institutional Exhibitions

36

Works in Collection

75

Assets Indexed

2

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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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New Humans: Memories of the Future

New Museum

2026

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Painters for the Theater

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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European Drawing Between the Wars

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910�1980

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983–1984

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Art of the Twenties

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979–1980

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Revolution: Russian Avant-Garde, 1912�1930

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978–1979

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Extraordinary Women

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Costume Carnival

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1945

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Dance and Theatre Design

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

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Cubism and Abstract Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1936

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1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

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NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1784
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Ekster, also known as Alexandra Exter, was a Russian and French painter and designer.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York New Museum

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Artworks (36)

Boat Review (Revue bateaux) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

Boat Review (Revue bateaux) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

1929 · One from an album of fifteen pochoirs

composition: 9 5/8 × 12 7/8" (24.5 × 32.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 13 × 20" (33 × 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Don Juan, Hell (Don Juan, l’enfer) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

Don Juan, Hell (Don Juan, l’enfer) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

1929 · One from an album of fifteen pochoirs

composition: 9 5/8 × 13 1/4" (24.5 × 33.6 cm); sheet (irreg.): 12 15/16 × 19 11/16" (32.8 × 50 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Project for an Operetta (Projet pour une opérette) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

Project for an Operetta (Projet pour une opérette) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

1927 · One from an album of fifteen pochoirs

composition: 9 5/8 × 12 3/8" (24.5 × 31.5 cm); sheet: 13 1/16 × 19 7/8" (33.2 × 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Faust from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

Faust from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

1927 · One from an album of fifteen pochoirs

composition (irreg.): 9 7/16 × 12 11/16" (24 × 32.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 12 15/16 × 19 13/16" (32.8 × 50.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Circus (Cirque) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

Circus (Cirque) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

1927 · One from an album of fifteen pochoirs

composition: 8 5/8 × 12 1/16" (21.9 × 30.6 cm); sheet (irreg.): 12 15/16 × 19 11/16" (32.8 × 50 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Light Maquette (Maquette de lumière) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

Light Maquette (Maquette de lumière) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

1927 · One from an album of fifteen pochoirs

composition: 9 7/8 × 11 1/16" (25.1 × 28.1 cm); sheet (irreg.): 12 15/16 × 19 13/16" (32.8 × 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Circus (Cirque) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

Circus (Cirque) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

1927 · One from an album of fifteen pochoirs

composition: 9 1/8 × 11 5/8" (23.2 × 29.6 cm); sheet (irreg.): 13 × 19 15/16" (33 × 50.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Project Review (Revue projet) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

Project Review (Revue projet) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

1927 · One from an album of fifteen pochoirs

composition (irreg.): 10 3/16 × 12" (25.9 × 30.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 12 7/8 × 19 3/4" (32.7 × 50.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Operetta (Opérette) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

Operetta (Opérette) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

1927 · One from an album of fifteen pochoirs

composition (irreg.): 8 1/8 × 12 3/16" (20.6 × 30.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 12 7/8 × 19 3/4" (32.7 × 50.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Othello, Act One (Othello, Acte premier) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

Othello, Act One (Othello, Acte premier) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

1927 · One from an album of fifteen pochoirs

composition: 9 1/16 × 11 5/8" (23 × 29.5 cm); sheet: 13 × 19 15/16" (33 × 50.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Merchant of Venice (Le Marchand de Venise) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

The Merchant of Venice (Le Marchand de Venise) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

1927 · One from an album of fifteen pochoirs

composition: 10 3/16 × 11 9/16" (25.8 × 29.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 13 × 20 3/16" (33 × 51.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Othello, Act Two (Othello, Acte second) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

Othello, Act Two (Othello, Acte second) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

1927 · One from an album of fifteen pochoirs

composition: 9 1/8 × 11 1/4" (23.1 × 28.5 cm); sheet: 13 1/16 × 19 15/16" (33.1 × 50.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Variant of Ballet, Light Maquette (Ballet, maquette de lumière) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

1926 · Pochoir

composition: 9 5/16 × 12 3/8" (23.7 × 31.4 cm); sheet (irreg.): 12 15/16 × 19 15/16" (32.9 × 50.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spanish Pantomime (Pantomime espanole) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

Spanish Pantomime (Pantomime espanole) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

1926 · One from an album of fifteen pochoirs

composition (irreg.): 9 11/16 × 9 5/8" (24.6 × 24.4 cm); sheet (irreg.): 12 15/16 × 20 1/16" (32.8 × 51 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Don Juan and Death (Don Juan et la mort) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

Don Juan and Death (Don Juan et la mort) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

1926 · One from an album of fifteen pochoirs

composition (irreg.): 9 3/16 × 11 7/16" (23.4 × 29 cm); sheet (irreg.): 13 × 19 13/16" (33 × 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ballet, Light Maquette (Ballet, maquette de lumière) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

Ballet, Light Maquette (Ballet, maquette de lumière) from Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

1926 · One from an album of fifteen pochoirs

composition: 9 3/8 × 12 3/8" (23.8 × 31.4 cm); sheet (irreg.): 12 15/16 × 20 3/16" (32.8 × 51.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

1926 · Album of fifteen pochoirs

composition and sheet (see child records): dimensions vary

Museum of Modern Art

Theatrical Composition

Theatrical Composition

1925 · Oil on canvas

58 5/8 x 42 7/8" (149 x 108.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Guardian of Energy. Costume design for the film Aelita by Yakov Protazanov

Guardian of Energy. Costume design for the film Aelita by Yakov Protazanov

1924 · Ink, gouache, and pencil on paper

21 1/4 x 14 1/4" (54 x 36.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Mechanical Engineering Pavilion mural at the All-Russian Exhibition for Agriculture and Home Industries (Vserossiiskaia sel’skokhoziaistvennaia i kustarno-promyshlennaia vystavka), Central Park of Culture and Leisure (now Gorky Park), Moscow

1923 · Gouache, ink, watercolor, and pencil on paper

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Mechanical Engineering Pavilion mural at the All-Russian Exhibition for Agriculture and Home Industries (Vserossiiskaia sel’skokhoziaistvennaia i kustarno-promyshlennaia vystavka), Central Park of Culture and Leisure (now Gorky Park), Moscow

1923 · Ink and pencil on paper

Museum of Modern Art

Construction

1922 · Oil on canvas

35 1/8 x 35 3/8" (89.2 x 89.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Edgar Dega i ego iskusstvo (Edgar Degas and His Art)

page (each): 11 15/16 x 8 1/2" (30.3 x 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Aleksandra Ekster kak zhivopisets i khudozhnik stseny (Alexandra Exter as an Artist and a Theater Designer)

page (each): 8 9/16 x 5 7/8" (21.8 x 15 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

36 published of 72 catalogued · 57 with image

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1 entries · 1 sources

Landscape with Houses and Trees
1914 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Alexandra Exter (Wikipedia)

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Alexandra Exter (Wikipedia)

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Museum of Modern Art New Museum

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

New Museum

In collection

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