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Minna Citron

American, 1896–1991

WA-00023958

PrintmakingExpressionismRealismGeometric Abstraction

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WikidataQ6867898

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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American Prints of the 20th Century

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954

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Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947�1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1953

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Some American Prints, 1949�50, from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1951

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Master Prints from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1130
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About

Why this artist matters now

Minna Citron was an American painter and printmaker whose work ranged from social realism to abstraction across a career spanning nearly a century. Active from the 1920s onward, she engaged with both figurative subjects and geometric abstraction, working in oil, watercolor, and lithography. Her practice reflected shifting artistic currents of the twentieth century while maintaining a consistent engagement with formal innovation and social consciousness.

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

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Expressionism

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Printmaking

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (10)

Encasement

1973 · Etching and aquatint

composition: 19 15/16 x 21 7/8" (50.6 x 55.5 cm); sheet: 21 7/8 x 29 5/16" (55.5 x 74.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Blue Band

1965 · Etching and aquatint

composition (irreg.): 22 5/8 x 12 3/8" (57.5 x 31.5cm); sheet: 29 1/2 x 20 5/8" (75 x 52.4cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Selenites

1962 · Etching on white wove paper

Image: 38 × 45 cm (15 × 17 3/4 in.); Sheet: 50.5 × 66 cm (19 15/16 × 26 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Squid Under Pier

1948 · Etching and engraving on paper

Image: 37.8 × 45.3 cm (14 15/16 × 17 7/8 in.); Sheet: 48 × 51.7 cm (18 15/16 × 20 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Way through the Woods

1948 · Etching

plate: 8 15/16 × 12 1/8" (22.7 × 30.8 cm); sheet: 13 × 20" (33 × 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Marine

1948 · Etching

plate: 6 × 8 13/16" (15.3 × 22.4 cm); sheet: 9 7/8 × 13 1/8" (25.1 × 33.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Squid Under Pier

1948 · Etching and engraving

plate: 14 3/4 x 18 1/16" (37.4 x 45.8cm); sheet: 21 5/8 x 27 1/2" (55 x 69.9cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Death of a Mirror

1946 · Engraving, soft ground etching, and embossing

Sheet: 13 × 16 7/16 in. (33 × 41.8 cm) Image: 8 9/16 × 10 15/16 in. (21.7 × 27.8 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Barrier Reef

1916 · Etching on cream wove paper

Plate: 28.5 × 45.7 cm (11 1/4 × 18 in.); Sheet: 50.7 × 65.7 cm (20 × 25 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Head of Cow

1911 · Etching in black on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 10.2 × 7.6 cm (4 1/16 × 3 in.); Sheet: 21 × 14.6 cm (8 5/16 × 5 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

10 published of 15 catalogued · 14 with image

MoMA
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Art Institute Chicago
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Whitney
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Expressionism Realism Geometric Abstraction Social Realism

Collections3

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

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In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Whitney Museum of American Art

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition American Prints of the 20th Century

New York · 1954

Group Exhibition Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947�1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism

New York · 1953

Group Exhibition Some American Prints, 1949�50, from the Museum Collection

New York · 1951

Group Exhibition Master Prints from the Museum Collection

New York · 1949