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Artists›Marcel Janco

Marcel Janco

Romanian-Israeli, 1895

WA-00027746

Bucharest, Romania

PrintmakingArt NouveauExpressionismFuturism

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WikidataQ366217 ULAN500029855

MoMA

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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

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Cubism and Its Affinities

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

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Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1936–1937

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4 cross-verified · 0 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2881
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/marcel-janco
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

About

Why this artist matters now

Marcel Janco was a Romanian-born Israeli artist and architect who cofounded the Dada movement in Zurich during World War I. Working across painting, sculpture, collage, and printmaking, he developed a distinctive visual language combining geometric abstraction with expressionist energy. After relocating to Palestine in 1941, Janco shifted toward architectural practice and community building, designing the artist village of Ein Hod. His early Dada works, characterized by bold color and fragmented forms, remain central to twentieth-century modernism.

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

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (12)

Plate 10 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I

1962 · Etching from an illustrated book with nineteen etchings (three with drypoint, two with aquatint, and one with aquatint and embossing) and one engraving

plate: 5 11/16 × 4 3/8" (14.5 × 11.1 cm); page: 11 3/4 × 9 7/16" (29.8 × 24 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Composition with Red Arrow

1918 · Plaster and casein on burlap, mounted on cardboard

50.2 × 66.7 cm (19 3/4 × 26 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The First Celestial Adventure of Mr. Antipyrine (La Première Aventure Céleste de Mr Antipyrine)

1916 · Book with seven wood engravings in black and blue and letterpress in black, with additions in pen, pencil, and brownish black ink, on ivory laid paper

23.5 × 16.6 × 0.1 cm (9 5/16 × 6 9/16 × 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Plate (folio 3 verso) from LA PREMIÈRE AVENTURE CÉLÉSTE DE MR ANTIPYRINE

1916 · Linoleum cut, printed in color

irreg. composition 6 3/4 x 3 11/16" (17.1 x 9.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 4 verso) from LA PREMIÈRE AVENTURE CÉLÉSTE DE MR ANTIPYRINE

1916 · Linoleum cut, printed in color

irreg. composition 6 3/4 x 3 5/8" (17.1 x 9.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 5 verso) from LA PREMIÈRE AVENTURE CÉLÉSTE DE MR ANTIPYRINE

1916 · Linoleum cut, printed in color

irreg. composition 6 5/8 x 3 11/16" (16.9 x 9.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 6 verso) from LA PREMIÈRE AVENTURE CÉLÉSTE DE MR ANTIPYRINE

1916 · Linoleum cut, printed in color

irreg. composition 6 5/8 x 3 1/2" (16.9 x 8.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 7 verso) from LA PREMIÈRE AVENTURE CÉLÉSTE DE MR ANTIPYRINE

1916 · Linoleum cut, printed in color

irreg. composition 6 5/8 x 3 9/16" (16.9 x 9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Tailpiece (folio 8 verso) from LA PREMIÈRE AVENTURE CÉLÉSTE DE MR ANTIPYRINE

1916 · Linoleum cut, printed in black

irreg. composition 2 3/8 x 3 1/4" (6 x 8.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

La Première aventure céléste de Mr Antipyrine

1916 · Illustrated book with seven linoleum cuts

page: 8 13/16 x 5 13/16" (22.4 x 14.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (folio 2 verso) from LA PREMIÈRE AVENTURE CÉLÉSTE DE MR ANTIPYRINE

1916 · Linoleum cut, printed in color

irreg. composition 6 5/8 x 3 3/8" (16.8 x 8.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Street Band)

1915 · Linoleum cut with watercolor additions

composition and sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 1/4" (30.2 x 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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12 published of 22 catalogued · 8 with image

MoMA
10 publishedof 20 catalogued6 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img

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Art Nouveau Expressionism Futurism Surrealism Cubism

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Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Marcel Janco

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