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Rico Lebrun

Rico Lebrun

Italian-American, 1900–1964

WA-00028126

SculptureExpressionismBaroque

Representation

None documented

14

Institutional Exhibitions

27

Works in Collection

55

Assets Indexed

6

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ3431662 ULAN500030304

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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American Prints: 1913�1963

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974–1975

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American Prints from the International Program

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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Tamarind: Homage to Lithography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

No image

New Images of Man

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959

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Recent Drawings U.S.A.

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1956

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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954–1955

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American Prints of the 20th Century

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1954

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

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1951

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Lebrun: Crucifixion

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1951

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1950

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Drawings in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1947

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Modern Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

Field Verification (4 fields)

4 cross-verified · 0 single-source

Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3447
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Rico Lebrun was an American painter and draftsman whose figural work emerged from a deep engagement with the old masters, particularly the expressionist distortion found in Mannerist and Baroque sources. Working primarily in oil and charcoal, he created monumental compositions of contorted bodies and psychological intensity that reflected postwar anxiety and human vulnerability. His large-scale drawings and paintings often incorporated religious and mythological themes, rendered through a gestural, heavily worked surface that privileged emotional rawness over representational clarity.

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

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Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Cleveland Museum of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (27)

Inferno Series - F

Inferno Series - F

1962 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 27 15/16 x 18 15/16" (71 x 48.1cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 3/8" (76.1 x 56.8cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Inferno Series - G

Inferno Series - G

1962 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 36 1/16 × 28 3/16" (91.6 × 71.6 cm); sheet: 41 3/16 × 28 13/16" (104.6 × 73.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Brecht's Three-Penny Novel - C

Brecht's Three-Penny Novel - C

1962 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 36 1/2 × 26 5/16" (92.7 × 66.8 cm); sheet: 38 5/8 × 28 9/16" (98.1 × 72.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dark Figures

1961 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.) 26 7/8 × 34 1/4" (68.2 × 87 cm); sheet: 29 × 36 7/16" (73.7 × 92.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1961 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 26 5/16 × 36 7/16" (66.8 × 92.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Grunewald Study

Grunewald Study

1961 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 24 9/16 × 30 1/2" (62.4 × 77.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Grunewald Study II

Grunewald Study II

1961 · Lithograph

composition: 25 15/16 × 35 9/16" (66 × 90.3 cm); sheet: 25 15/16 × 35 9/16" (66 × 90.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Brecht's Three-Penny Novel - A

Brecht's Three-Penny Novel - A

1961 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 13 1/4 × 17 1/8" (33.7 × 43.5 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 20" (38 × 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Inferno Series - C

Inferno Series - C

1961 · Lithograph

composition: 7 3/8 × 9 1/2" (18.7 × 24.1 cm); sheet: 22 1/4 × 14 15/16" (56.6 × 38 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for figures in Flood

Study for figures in Flood

1961 · Lithograph

composition: 28 11/16 × 36 3/4" (72.9 × 93.4 cm); sheet: 28 11/16 × 36 3/4" (72.9 × 93.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Inferno Series - E

Inferno Series - E

1961 · Lithograph

composition (slightly irreg.): 13 1/2 × 8 7/16" (34.3 × 21.4 cm); sheet: 22 3/4 × 15 1/8" (57.8 × 38.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Poster for Marionette Theatre

Poster for Marionette Theatre

1961 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 34 1/16 × 25 3/4" (86.6 × 65.5 cm); sheet: 34 1/16 × 26" (86.6 × 66.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Centaur and Woman

Centaur and Woman

1961 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 12 7/16 × 15 15/16" (31.6 × 40.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Inferno Series - B

Inferno Series - B

1961 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 29 7/8 × 22 3/16" (75.9 × 56.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Inferno Series - D

Inferno Series - D

1961 · Lithograph

composition: 7 3/8 × 9 1/2" (18.8 × 24.1 cm); sheet: 22 1/4 × 14 15/16" (56.5 × 37.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Brecht's Three-Penny Novel B

Brecht's Three-Penny Novel B

1961 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 22 3/16 × 29 13/16" (56.4 × 75.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1960 · Illustrated book with six woodcuts

various composition dimensions; sheet (each approx.): 22 7/16 × 17 1/2" (57 × 44.5 cm); page (text): 23 7/8 × 17 1/2" (60.7 × 44.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (suite, plate 5) from Encantadas

1960 · One from an illustrated book with six woodcuts

composition (irreg.): 16 15/16 × 14 7/8" (43 × 37.8 cm); sheet: 22 9/16 × 17 5/8" (57.3 × 44.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (suite, plate 6) from Encantadas

1960 · One from an illustrated book with six woodcuts

composition (irreg.): 16 7/8 × 14 13/16" (42.8 × 37.7 cm); sheet: 22 11/16 × 17 5/8" (57.6 × 44.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (suite, plate 2) from Encantadas

1960 · One from an illustrated book with six woodcuts

composition (irreg.): 16 15/16 × 15 1/16" (43.1 × 38.2 cm); sheet: 22 11/16 × 17 11/16" (57.7 × 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (suite, plate 1) from Encantadas

1960 · One from an illustrated book with six woodcuts

composition (irreg.): 5 13/16 × 12 11/16" (14.7 × 32.2 cm); sheet: 22 7/16 × 17 1/2" (57 × 44.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (suite, plate 3) from Encantadas

1960 · One from an illustrated book with six woodcuts

composition (irreg.): 12 7/8 × 14 5/8" (32.7 × 37.2 cm); sheet: 22 5/8 × 17 11/16" (57.4 × 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (suite, plate 4) from Encantadas

1960 · One from an illustrated book with six woodcuts

composition: 17 × 14 13/16" (43.2 × 37.7 cm); sheet: 22 5/8 × 17 11/16" (57.5 × 45 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Shroud on the Arm of the Cross

1950 · duco on upsom board

Unframed: 91.4 x 307.2 cm (36 x 120 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (2)

27 published of 53 catalogued · 38 with image

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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Shroud on the Arm of the Cross
1950 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Two Untitled Prints (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

4

Movements2

Expressionism Baroque

Collections2

Museum of Modern Art Cleveland Museum of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art