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Gabor Peterdi

Gabor Peterdi

Hungarian-American, 1915–2001

WA-00022536

New York City

PaintingExpressionism

Representation

None documented

15

Institutional Exhibitions

77

Works in Collection

123

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Publications Referenced

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ970016

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Surrealist Prints from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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American Prints: 1900�1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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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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Contemporary Painters and Sculptors as Printmakers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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Prints by Seventeen Artists

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964–1965

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Art Lending Service Retrospective

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

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American Acquisitions: Recent Additions of Prints to the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959

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50 Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bareiss

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1958

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Recent Drawings U.S.A.

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1956

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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

Source Registry (1)

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Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Gabor Peterdi was a Hungarian-born American printmaker and painter whose mastery of intaglio techniques, particularly etching and engraving, made him a defining figure in postwar American printmaking. Working from the 1940s onward, he developed a lyrical abstract vocabulary that merged gestural mark-making with precise linear composition, often drawing on architectural and natural forms. His prints and paintings were instrumental in elevating the technical and conceptual possibilities of the medium during a period when printmaking was undergoing significant artistic renewal in the United States.

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Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Painting

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (77)

The Big Wetland I

1982 · Oil on canvas

60 × 80 in. (152.4 × 203.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Red Eclipse II

1969 · Color relief etching on zinc on white wove paper

Image/plate: 25.7 × 18.2 cm (10 1/8 × 7 3/16 in.); Sheet: 31 × 23.5 cm (12 1/4 × 9 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Genesis (plate, folio 4) from A Genesis

1967 · Etching, aquatint, and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint

plate: 13 9/16 × 10 13/16" (34.5 × 27.5 cm); sheet: 20 × 14 15/16" (50.8 × 38 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Elegy (plate, folio 46) from A Genesis

1967 · Etching, aquatint, and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint

plate (irreg.): 14 5/16 × 10 13/16" (36.4 × 27.5 cm); sheet: 20 × 14 15/16" (50.8 × 38 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sunset and After (plate, folio 34) from A Genesis

1967 · Etching, aquatint, and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint

plate: 15 11/16 × 12 1/16" (39.8 × 30.6 cm); sheet: 19 13/16 × 14 15/16" (50.4 × 38 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Thicket (plate, folio 37) from A Genesis

1967 · Etching and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint

plate: 13 11/16 × 10 13/16" (34.7 × 27.5 cm); sheet: 20 × 14 15/16" (50.8 × 38 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1967 · Illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint

page (each approx.): 20 1/16 × 14 15/16" (51 × 38 cm); overall (closed): 20 9/16 × 15 3/8 × 1" (52.3 × 39 × 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Marshes in Winter (plate, folio 22) from A Genesis

1967 · Etching and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint

plate: 11 × 13 3/4" (27.9 × 35 cm); sheet: 15 × 20 1/8" (38.1 × 51.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Catalpa (plate, folio 31) from A Genesis

1967 · Etching and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint

plate: 10 13/16 × 13 7/8" (27.5 × 35.2 cm); sheet: 15 × 19 15/16" (38.1 × 50.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sunshine with Showers (plate, folio 10) from A Genesis

1967 · Etching, aquatint, and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint

plate: 13 7/8 × 10 7/8" (35.2 × 27.7 cm); sheet: 20 × 14 7/8" (50.8 × 37.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Flowering (plate, folio 40) from A Genesis

1967 · Etching, aquatint, and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint

plate: 13 13/16 × 11" (35.1 × 27.9 cm); sheet: 20 3/16 × 14 5/8" (51.3 × 37.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Stonework (plate, folio 13) from A Genesis

1967 · Etching, aquatint, and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint

plate: 13 7/8 × 10 7/8" (35.3 × 27.7 cm); sheet: 20 3/16 × 14 5/8" (51.2 × 37.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Sea Shines (plate, folio 16) from A Genesis

1967 · Etching, drypoint, and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint

plate (irreg.): 14 13/16 × 11 7/8" (37.7 × 30.2 cm); sheet: 20 × 14 15/16" (50.8 × 37.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tommy's Pond (plate, folio 19) from A Genesis

1967 · Etching, aquatint, and engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint

plate: 13 7/8 × 11" (35.2 × 27.9 cm); sheet: 19 7/8 × 15" (50.5 × 38.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

A Universe (plate, folio 7) from A Genesis

1967 · Engraving from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint

plate: 13 1/2 × 11" (34.3 × 27.9 cm); sheet: 19 3/4 × 14 7/8" (50.2 × 37.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Birds (plate, folio 25) from A Genesis

1967 · Aquatint from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint

plate: 11 × 13 3/4" (28 × 35 cm); sheet: 14 7/8 × 20 1/16" (37.8 × 51 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Galaxy (plate, folio 28) from A Genesis

1967 · Etching and aquatint from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint

plate: 15 7/8 × 11 13/16" (40.4 × 30 cm); sheet: 20 1/8 × 14 13/16" (51.1 × 37.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Aquarium (plate, folio 43) from A Genesis

1967 · Etching, with embossing from an illustrated book with thirteen etchings (some with aquatint, engraving, drypoint, and embossing), one engraving, and one aquatint

plate: 13 13/16 × 10 7/8" (35.1 × 27.7 cm); sheet: 20 × 14 7/8" (50.8 × 37.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1965 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 19 7/8 × 31 5/8" (50.5 × 80.4 cm); sheet: 24 1/2 × 36 1/4" (62.2 × 92 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Arctic Bird I

1964 · Etching, engraving, aquatint in six colors on cream wove paper

Image/ plate: 57.5 × 90.7 cm (22 11/16 × 35 3/4 in.); Sheet: 63.1 × 97.7 cm (24 7/8 × 38 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1961 · Etching, engraving, and aquatint

plate: 33 7/16 × 21 15/16" (85 × 55.8 cm); sheet: 36 × 24 5/16" (91.5 × 61.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Desert I

1961 · Etching, aquatint, and engraving

plate: 19 13/16 x 23 15/16" (50.3 x 60.8 cm); sheet: 21 13/16 x 26 1/16" (55.4 x 66.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Dark Mountain

1961 · Etching and engraving

plate: 22 5/8 × 32 1/2" (57.4 × 82.5 cm); sheet: 24 7/8 × 34 7/8" (63.2 × 88.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1961 · Etching and aquatint, printed in relief with stencil additions

plate: 21 3/4 × 29 1/2" (55.2 × 75 cm); sheet: 24 7/8 × 33 1/4" (63.2 × 84.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

77 published of 121 catalogued · 49 with image

MoMA
44 publishedof 88 catalogued22 img
Art Institute Chicago
27 published27 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
5 published
The Met
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

5 entries · 1 sources

Winter II
1956 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Petrification
1956 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Wisteria
1960 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Rocks and Reflections
1959 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Dreamy Lobster
1947 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago