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Mario Prassinos

Artist

WA-00028986

Printmaking

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

119

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Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ472243 ULAN500074250

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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A Museum Menagerie

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1975–1976

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Modern Masterprints of Europe

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954–1955

No image

Master Prints from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

No image

Print Gift of Victor S. Riesenfeld and Matisse: Jazz: Gift of the Artist

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1948

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4721
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (59)

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Image

1966 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Owl

1949 · Aquatint, engraving and drypoint, printed in black

Plate 10 1/2 x 8 7/8 (26.7 x 21.8 cm) Sheet 12 7/8 x 10" (32.7 x 25.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Two Heads

1949 · Drypoint, printed in black

Plate 12 1/16 x 9 3/8" (30.6 x 23.9 cm) Sheet 13 x 10 1/16" (33.0 x 25.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Two Heads

1949 · Drypoint, engraving and aquatint, printed in black

Plate 12 1/16 x 9 3/8" (30.6 x 23.9 cm) Sheet 13 1/8 x 10 1/16" (33.3 x 25.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cat (Le Chat), state III

1949 · Aquatint, engraving, and drypoint

plate: 10 1/2 x 8 9/16" (26.6 x 21.8cm); sheet: 12 7/8 x 9 15/16" (32.7 x 25.3cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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TWO HEADS

1949 · Drypoint and engraving, printed in black

Plate 12 1/16 x 9 3/8" (30.6 x 23.9 cm) Sheet 13 x 9 7/8" (33.0 x 25.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 113) from L'HISTOIRE TRAGIQUE DE ROMEO MONTECCHIO ET GIULIETTA CAPELLETTA

1947

irreg. composition 9 3/8 x 7" (23.8 x 17.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 131) from L'HISTOIRE TRAGIQUE DE ROMEO MONTECCHIO ET GIULIETTA CAPELLETTA

1947

irreg. composition 9 7/16 x 7 1/8" (24 x 18.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 79) from L'HISTOIRE TRAGIQUE DE ROMEO MONTECCHIO ET GIULIETTA CAPELLETTA

1947

irreg. composition 9 1/4 x 6 3/4" (23.5 x 17.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 65) from L'HISTOIRE TRAGIQUE DE ROMEO MONTECCHIO ET GIULIETTA CAPELLETTA

1947

irreg. composition 9 1/2 x 7 1/16" (24.2 x 18 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 123) from L'HISTOIRE TRAGIQUE DE ROMEO MONTECCHIO ET GIULIETTA CAPELLETTA

1947

irreg. composition 9 7/16 x 7 5/16" (24 x 18.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 93) from L'HISTOIRE TRAGIQUE DE ROMEO MONTECCHIO ET GIULIETTA CAPELLETTA

1947

irreg. composition 9 1/4 x 7 3/16" (23.5 x 18.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 103) from L'HISTOIRE TRAGIQUE DE ROMEO MONTECCHIO ET GIULIETTA CAPELLETTA

1947

irreg. composition 8 15/16 x 7 1/16" (22.8 x 18 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Chapter title (page 17) from L'HISTOIRE TRAGIQUE DE ROMEO MONTECCHIO ET GIULIETTA CAPELLETTA

1947

irreg. composition 9 3/16 x 6 7/8" (23.4 x 17.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 55) from L'HISTOIRE TRAGIQUE DE ROMEO MONTECCHIO ET GIULIETTA CAPELLETTA

1947

irreg. composition 9 5/8 x 7 1/2" (24.5 x 19 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 45) from L'HISTOIRE TRAGIQUE DE ROMEO MONTECCHIO ET GIULIETTA CAPELLETTA

1947

irreg. composition 9 1/16 x 6 7/8" (23.1 x 17.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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L'HISTOIRE TRAGIQUE DE ROMEO MONTECCHIO ET GIULIETTA CAPELLETTA

1947 · 12 engravings, printed in black; and 24 woodcut ornaments and initials (cut by Gérard Angiolini after drawings by Prassinos)

irreg. page 9 13/16 x 7 1/2" (25 x 19 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Frontispiece from L'HISTOIRE TRAGIQUE DE ROMEO MONTECCHIO ET GIULIETTA CAPELLETTA

1947

irreg. composition 9 7/16 x 7 1/2" (24 x 19 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 29) from L'HISTOIRE TRAGIQUE DE ROMEO MONTECCHIO ET GIULIETTA CAPELLETTA

1947

irreg. composition 9 13/16 x 7 5/16" (25 x 18.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Cellist

1946 · Aquatint and etching printed in bluish grey and white on black paper

Plate 12 3/16 x 9 1/4" (31.1 x 23.6 cm) Sheet 12 7/8 x 9 7/8" (32.6 x 25.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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LA BALLADE DU VIEUX MARIN

1946 · 41 line block reproductions after pen and ink drawings (including variant on front cover and 18 duplicates)

irreg. page 11 1/8 x 7 9/16" (28 x 19.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate XIII (suite of first states) from L'INSTANT FATAL

1946 · Drypoint, lift ground aquatint, and engraving, printed in black

plate 11 11/16 x 9 7/16" (29.7 x 24 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate IX (suite of second states) from L'INSTANT FATAL

1946 · Drypoint, aquatint, and engraving, printed in black

plate 11 13/16 x 9 7/16" (30 x 24 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate XII (suite of first states) from L'INSTANT FATAL

1946 · Drypoint and engraving with roulette, printed in black

plate 12 1/8 x 9 3/8" (30.8 x 23.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

59 published of 112 catalogued · 4 with image

MoMA
53 publishedof 106 catalogued2 img
The Met
3 published
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Image
1966 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

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

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition A Museum Menagerie

New York · 1975

Group Exhibition Modern Masterprints of Europe

New York · 1954

Group Exhibition Master Prints from the Museum Collection

New York · 1949

Group Exhibition Print Gift of Victor S. Riesenfeld and Matisse: Jazz: Gift of the Artist

New York · 1948