MOMA Photography Collection Browser
The Museum of Modern Art has been instrumental in the history of photography, and has one of the most extensive photography collections in the world. Although their own website is searchable and even sortable by year, it does not give easily to browsing and discovery.
This site was created in the hopes of making photography and photographers in the museum's collection easier to discover. Currently the browser supports browsing by print type, and shows a random selection each time the radio buttons are clicked. Future implementations will have added searching and browsing capabilities.
You can find me on Github at https://github.com/bmj1985 or feel free to contact me at bmj1985@gmail.com.
Brandon Johnson
Mother and Daughter 1931
Artist Name: August Sander
Artist Bio: German, 1876–1964
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 10 3/16 x 7 3/8" (25.8 x 18.7 cm)
Credit: Acquired through the generosity of the family of August Sander
Acquisition Date: 2015-05-28
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Trianon 1926
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print
Dimensions: Approx. 7 1/16 x 8 9/16" (18 x 21.8 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Untitled 1988
Artist Name: Jan Groover
Artist Bio: American, 1943–2012
Gender: Female
Print Type: Chromogenic color print
Dimensions: 16 9/16 x 23 1/8" (42 x 58.7 cm)
Credit: John Parkinson III Fund
Acquisition Date: 1988-10-13
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Ste Agenes, Provence 1955
Artist Name: Lennart Olson
Artist Bio: Swedish, 1925-2010
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Credit: Gift of the artist
Acquisition Date: 1964-01-07
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Untitled (No. 7, Socorro, New Mexico) 1968
Artist Name: Henry Wessel
Artist Bio: American, 1942–2018
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 7 13/16 x 11 7/8" (19.8 x 30.2 cm)
Credit: Gift of the photographer
Acquisition Date: 1973-02-13
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Chemin á Abbeville Before 1900
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print
Dimensions: Approx. 8 11/16 x 6 9/16" (22 x 16.7 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Abstraction 1943-47
Artist Name: Harry Callahan
Artist Bio: American, 1912–1999
Gender: Male
Print Type: Silver dye bleach print
Dimensions: sight 9 3/8 x 7 1/2" (23.8 x 19 cm)
Credit: Gift of the photographer
Acquisition Date: 1959-04-22
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Gerson Sisters 1906
Artist Name: Gertrude Käsebier
Artist Bio: American, 1852–1934
Gender: Female
Print Type: Platinum print
Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 8 7/8" (29.2 x 22.5 cm)
Credit: Gift of Mrs. Hermine M. Turner
Acquisition Date: 1964-06-15
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Shadow, Meloy 1978
Artist Name: Per Bernsten
Artist Bio: Norwegian, born 1942
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print, printed 1990
Dimensions: 15 1/2 x 23 1/2" (39.4 x 59.7 cm)
Credit: Lois and Bruce Zenkel Fund
Acquisition Date: 1993-06-01
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Are You Rea #19 1964-68
Artist Name: Robert Heinecken
Artist Bio: American, 1931–2006
Gender: Male
Print Type: Lithograph
Dimensions: 9 1/16 x 7 1/2" (23 x 19.1 cm)
Credit: Mr. and Mrs. Clark Winter Fund
Acquisition Date: 1991-06-20
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Pontoise. Église St. Maclou 1902
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 8 11/16 x 7 1/16" (22 x 18 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Magasin, avenue des Gobelins 1925
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print
Dimensions: 8 11/16 x 6 9/16" (22.1 x 16.7 cm)
Credit: Gift of James Thrall Soby
Acquisition Date: 1961-11-08
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Justine Johnston, Actress 1916
Artist Name: Clarence H. White
Artist Bio: American, 1871–1925
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 7 11/16 x 9 1/2" (19.6 x 24.1 cm)
Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. White, Jr., 1971
Acquisition Date: 1975-02-12
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Under the Arbor 1906
Artist Name: Clarence H. White
Artist Bio: American, 1871–1925
Gender: Male
Print Type: Platinum print
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 7 9/16" (24.2 x 19.3 cm)
Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. White, Jr., 1971
Acquisition Date: 1975-02-12
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
The Stewart Sisters, H.F. Grebey Junior High School, Hazleton, Pennsylvania 1992
Artist Name: Judith Joy Ross
Artist Bio: American, born 1946
Gender: Female
Print Type: Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print
Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 7 11/16" (24.8 x 19.5 cm)
Credit: Gift of Patricia Lawrence
Acquisition Date: 1993-10-14
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Sumner, Mississippi, Cassidy Bayou in Background c. 1969
Artist Name: William Eggleston
Artist Bio: American, born 1939
Gender: Male
Print Type: Dye transfer print
Dimensions: 7 13/16 x 12" (19.9 x 30.5 cm)
Credit: Purchase
Acquisition Date: 1978-05-11
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Cour du Louvre 1905
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print
Dimensions: Approx. 6 1/2 x 8 1/2" (16.5 x 21.6 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Bibliothèque nationale 1902-03
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 6 1/2 x 8 1/2" (16.5 x 21.6 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Tausendschön Rose 1941
Artist Name: Paul L. Anderson
Artist Bio: American, 1880–1956
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print (chlorobromide)
Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 10 1/2" (23.0 x 27.8 cm)
Credit: Gift of Mrs. Raymond C. Collins
Acquisition Date: 1976-02-24
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Hôtel de Roquelaure 1905-06
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 8 11/16 x 7 1/16" (22 x 18 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
St. George and the Dragon 1936-40
Artist Name: Francis Bruguière
Artist Bio: American, 1879–1945
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 6 3/4 x 9 3/8" (17.1 x 23.8 cm)
Credit: Gift of James Johnson Sweeney
Acquisition Date: 1942-03-18
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Detroit 1943
Artist Name: Harry Callahan
Artist Bio: American, 1912–1999
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 3 1/4 x 4 1/2" (8.3 x 11.4 cm)
Credit: Purchase
Acquisition Date: 1962-05-08
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Versailles. Cérès par Regnaudin 1902
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 7 1/16 x 8 9/16" (18 x 21.8 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Untitled 1852-57
Artist Name: J. Gurney
Artist Bio: American, 1812–1886
Gender: Male
Print Type: Daguerreotype
Dimensions: 6 7/8 x 5 11/16" (17.5 x 14.4 cm)
Credit: Gift of Dr. Stanley B. Burns
Acquisition Date: 1983-01-13
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Luxembourg 1899
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 8 11/16 x 7 1/16" (22 x 18 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Mississippi 1973
Artist Name: William Eggleston
Artist Bio: American, born 1939
Gender: Male
Print Type: Dye transfer print
Dimensions: 12 1/16 x 17 11/16" (30.6 x 44.9 cm)
Credit: Purchase
Acquisition Date: 1978-05-11
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Martha's Vineyard 1946
Artist Name: Aaron Siskind
Artist Bio: American, 1903–1991
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 6 x 8 1/4" (15.2 x 21.6 cm)
Credit: Anonymous Fund
Acquisition Date: 1972-03-07
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Splitting 1974
Artist Name: Gordon Matta-Clark
Artist Bio: American, 1943–1978
Gender: Male
Print Type: Collage of gelatin silver prints
Dimensions: 40 x 30" (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Credit: Acquired through the generosity of Walter J. Brownstone and The Family of Man Fund
Acquisition Date: 1991-10-25
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Woman Opening a Parasol and Turning Around: Plate 461 from Animal Locomotion (1887) 1884-86
Artist Name: Eadweard J. Muybridge
Artist Bio: American, born England. 1830–1904
Gender: Male
Print Type: Collotype
Dimensions: 7 9/16 x 15 3/4" (19.2 x 40.1 cm)
Credit: Gift of Mrs. Jane K. Murray
Acquisition Date: 1944-03-13
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Czechoslovakia 1966
Artist Name: Josef Koudelka
Artist Bio: Czech, born 1938
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 9 7/16 x 14 1/8" (24 x 35.7 cm)
Credit: Gift of Arthur M. Bullowa
Acquisition Date: 1987-04-16
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Woman Descending Stairs, Looking Around and Waving a Fan: Plate 140 from Animal Locomotion (1887) 1884-86
Artist Name: Eadweard J. Muybridge
Artist Bio: American, born England. 1830–1904
Gender: Male
Print Type: Collotype
Dimensions: 11 7/8 x 9 7/8" (30.2 x 25.1 cm)
Credit: Gift of Mrs. Jane K. Murray
Acquisition Date: 1944-03-13
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Penny Smith. Woodman, Wisconsin 1974
Artist Name: Lee Friedlander
Artist Bio: American, born 1934
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 11 5/16 x 7 1/2" (28.7 x 19.1 cm)
Credit: Purchase
Acquisition Date: 2000-10-12
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Châtillon, porte ancien château, rue des Pierrettes Mai 1916
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 7 1/16 x 8 9/16" (18 x 21.8 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Two Ladies with Identical Jackie Kennedy Masks, New York 1970
Artist Name: Ikko (Ikko Narahara)
Artist Bio: Japanese, born 1931
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 19 1/2" (36.9 x 49.5 cm)
Credit: Acquired through the generosity of Celeste Bartos
Acquisition Date: 1974-06-04
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Leaf Pattern c. 1935
Artist Name: Andreas Feininger
Artist Bio: American, born France. 1906–1999
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 7 1/8" (21 x 18.1 cm)
Credit: Gift of the photographer
Acquisition Date: 1941-01-16
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Spartacus, Tuileries Gardens, Paris 1859
Artist Name: Charles Nègre
Artist Bio: French, 1820–1880
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print from a wet-collodion glass negative
Dimensions: 16 15/16 x 11 1/4" (43.1 x 28.6 cm)
Credit: Gift of Paul F. Walter
Acquisition Date: 1989-10-12
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Nine-Storied Pagoda and Tartar Street, Canton April 1860
Artist Name: Felice Beato
Artist Bio: Italian, 1825–1903
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print from a wet-collodion glass negative
Dimensions: 11 5/8 x 11 1/2" (29.7 x 29.3 cm)
Credit: Gift of Jon Hendricks
Acquisition Date: 1986-01-15
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Untitled 1925
Artist Name: László Moholy-Nagy
Artist Bio: American, born Hungary. 1895–1946
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print (photogram)
Dimensions: 13 1/8 x 10 1/2" (33.4 x 26.6 cm)
Credit: Anonymous gift
Acquisition Date: 1940-04-05
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
The Man Slept in This Cellar for Four Years 1890
Artist Name: Jacob August Riis
Artist Bio: American, born Denmark. 1849–1914
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print, printed 1957
Dimensions: 6 3/16 x 4 3/4" (15.7 x 12.1 cm)
Credit: Gift of the Museum of the City of New York
Acquisition Date: 1964-04-14
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Trocadéro 1905
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 6 1/2 x 8 1/2" (16.5 x 21.6 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Cleveland Terminal Tower c. 1928
Artist Name: Margaret Bourke-White
Artist Bio: American, 1904–1971
Gender: Female
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 13 1/4 x 10" (33.7 x 25.4 cm)
Credit: Gift of the photographer
Acquisition Date: 1974-04-02
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Saint Méry 1913
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 8 11/16 x 7 1/16" (22 x 18 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Raising of the Squalus 1939
Artist Name: Unknown photographer
Artist Bio:
Gender:
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 10 3/4 x 13 5/8" (27.3 x 34.6 cm)
Credit: Gift of the Boston Post
Acquisition Date: 1941-01-16
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Stéphane Mallarmé December 1895
Artist Name: Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
Artist Bio: French, 1834–1917
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 15 3/8 x 11 3/16" (39.1 x 28.4 cm)
Credit: Gift of Paul F. Walter
Acquisition Date: 1989-10-12
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Marking the Passage, Three Rivers, New Mexico 1983
Artist Name: Rick Dingus
Artist Bio: American, born 1951
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print (with hand-applied silver pencil and graphite)
Dimensions: 15 7/8 x 20" (40.5 x 50.8 cm)
Credit: John Parkinson III Fund
Acquisition Date: 1985-05-29
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Farmer, North Dakota 1937
Artist Name: Russell Lee
Artist Bio: American, 1903–1986
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 9 5/8" (16.5 x 24.4 cm)
Credit: Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Acquisition Date: 1941-01-16
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Colstrip, Montana 1984
Artist Name: David T. Hanson
Artist Bio: American, born 1948
Gender: Male
Print Type: Chromogenic color print
Dimensions: 17 7/8 x 22 1/16" (45.3 x 56.1 cm)
Credit: Acquired through the generosity of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1984-03-15
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Saint-Cloud 1919-21
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 6 1/2 x 8 1/2" (16.5 x 21.6 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Notre-Dame 1923
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Matte albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 8 11/16 x 7 1/16" (22 x 18 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Versailles, 3 rue Carnot 1921
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 7 x 8 7/8" (17.8 x 22.5 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Ancien Monastere des Bénédictins anglais. 269 rue Saint-Jacques 1905
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 8 11/16 x 6 9/16" (22 x 16.7 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Reporter Office at 301 Mulberry Street 1888
Artist Name: Jacob August Riis
Artist Bio: American, born Denmark. 1849–1914
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print, printed 1957
Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 4 15/16" (15.8 x 12.5 cm)
Credit: Gift of the Museum of the City of New York
Acquisition Date: 1964-04-14
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Bouillon-Blanc Before 1900
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 8 11/16 x 7 1/16" (22 x 18 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Samuel Nelson c. 1865
Artist Name: Mathew B. Brady (studio of)
Artist Bio: American, 1823–1896
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: 17 3/8 x 14 3/4" (44.1 x 37.3 cm)
Credit: Anonymous gift
Acquisition Date: 1959-04-22
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Wabash Avenue, Chicago 1959
Artist Name: Harry Callahan
Artist Bio: American, 1912–1999
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 13 1/2" (22.6 x 34.3 cm)
Credit: Purchase
Acquisition Date: 1960-11-30
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Terre-plein du Pont Neuf Matinée d'hiver, 1925
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print
Dimensions: Approx. 7 x 8 7/8" (17.8 x 22.5 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Jimmy, Easter Sunday 1983
Artist Name: Jerry Berndt
Artist Bio: American, 1943–2013
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 10 7/8 x 15 7/8" (27.7 x 40.4 cm)
Credit: John Parkinson III Fund
Acquisition Date: 1986-05-22
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Saint-Gervais-et-Protais 1904
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 8 11/16 x 7 1/16" (22 x 18 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Untitled 1980
Artist Name: Thomas Roma
Artist Bio: American, born 1950
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4" (14 x 20.9 cm)
Credit: Acquired with matching funds from Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder and the National Endowment for the Arts
Acquisition Date: 1981-02-26
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Henati 1940
Artist Name: John Candelario
Artist Bio: American, 1916-1993
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 9 5/8 x 7 1/2" (24.5 x 19.0 cm)
Credit: Gift of the photographer
Acquisition Date: 1967-06-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Pont Amiens Before 1900
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 6 1/2 x 8 1/2" (16.5 x 21.6 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Saint-Cloud 1904
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 6 1/2 x 8 1/2" (16.5 x 21.6 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Ferme, Abbeville Probably before 1898
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 8 11/16 x 7 1/16" (22 x 18 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Collages c. 1956
Artist Name: Harry Callahan
Artist Bio: American, 1912–1999
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 7 11/16 x 9 9/16" (19.5 x 24.3 cm)
Credit: Gift of Robert and Joyce Menschel
Acquisition Date: 1999-12-09
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Untitled 1929
Artist Name: Maurice Tabard
Artist Bio: French, 1897–1984
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 6 9/16 x 6 1/2" (16.7 x 16.5 cm)
Credit: Gift of Robert Shapazian
Acquisition Date: 1992-06-18
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
U.S. Mail 1942
Artist Name: John Candelario
Artist Bio: American, 1916-1993
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 9 5/8 x 7 1/2" (24.5 x 19.0 cm)
Credit: Gift of the photographer
Acquisition Date: 1967-06-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Foxglove (Fingerhut) 1922
Artist Name: Albert Renger-Patzsch
Artist Bio: German, 1897–1966
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 15 x 9 1/4" (38.1 x 23.5 cm)
Credit: Purchase
Acquisition Date: 1966-01-11
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Barbecue, Hornitos, California 1938
Artist Name: Ansel Adams
Artist Bio: American, 1902–1984
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 5 1/8 x 7 1/4" (13.1 x 18.5 cm)
Credit: Anonymous gift
Acquisition Date: 1941-06-10
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Joueur de guitare 1899-1900
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 8 11/16 x 7 1/16" (22 x 18 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Maison à Versailles 1921
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Matte albumen silver print
Dimensions: 6 11/16 x 8 3/4" (17 x 22.3 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Governor George Wallace, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1968
Artist Name: Jerome Liebling
Artist Bio: American, 1924–2011
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 9 5/8 x 12 1/4" (24.5 x 31.2 cm)
Credit: The Family of Man Fund
Acquisition Date: 1994-06-09
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Untitled 1948-58
Artist Name: Bruce Davidson
Artist Bio: American, born 1933
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 10 7/8 x 16 1/4" (27.7 x 41.2 cm)
Credit: Gift of the photographer and Magnum Photos, Inc.
Acquisition Date: 1959-04-22
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Father Duffy, Times Square April 14, 1937
Artist Name: Berenice Abbott
Artist Bio: American, 1898–1991
Gender: Female
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 9 5/16 x 7 5/8" (23.7 x 19.4 cm)
Credit: Gift of Ronald A. Kurtz
Acquisition Date: 1988-03-10
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
La Celle St. Cloud. Château 1911
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Matte albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 7 x 8 7/8" (17.8 x 22.5 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
London 1952
Artist Name: Bill Brandt
Artist Bio: British, born Germany. 1904–1983
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print, printed 1969
Dimensions: 24 5/16 x 20 9/16" (61.7 x 52.2 cm)
Credit: Purchase
Acquisition Date: 1969-03-05
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
White Plains, New York 1966
Artist Name: Lee Friedlander
Artist Bio: American, born 1934
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 5 11/16 x 8 3/4" (14.5 x 22.3 cm)
Credit: Purchase
Acquisition Date: 2000-10-12
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Ellis Island Immigrants c. 1900
Artist Name: A. F. Sherman
Artist Bio: American
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 13 5/8 x 10 13/16" (34.6 x 27.4 cm)
Credit: Acquired through the courtesy of Marshall B. Davidson
Acquisition Date: 1964-01-07
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
La monnaie. Quai Conti 1905-06
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 8 11/16 x 7 1/16" (22 x 18 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Vicinity of Plains, Georgia 1976
Artist Name: William Eggleston
Artist Bio: American, born 1939
Gender: Male
Print Type: Chromogenic color print
Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 14" (25.9 x 35.7 cm)
Credit: Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange
Acquisition Date: 1986-05-22
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Between Plains and Friendship, Georgia 1976
Artist Name: William Eggleston
Artist Bio: American, born 1939
Gender: Male
Print Type: Chromogenic color print
Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 14 7/8" (25.9 x 38 cm)
Credit: Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange
Acquisition Date: 1986-05-22
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Nude c. 1900
Artist Name: Clarence H. White
Artist Bio: American, 1871–1925
Gender: Male
Print Type: Platinum print
Dimensions: 7 7/8 x 5 7/8" (20.0 x 14.8 cm)
Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. White, Jr.
Acquisition Date: 1976-02-24
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Spring Showers c. 1900
Artist Name: Alfred Stieglitz
Artist Bio: American, 1864–1946
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 3 7/8 × 1 1/2" (9.8 × 3.8 cm)
Credit: Alfred Stieglitz Collection. Gift of Georgia O'Keeffe
Acquisition Date: 1950-01-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Tuileries - Vase 1911
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 8 11/16 x 6 9/16" (22 x 16.7 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Milan, Italy 1958
Artist Name: Mario Carrieri
Artist Bio: Italian, born 1932
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 15 15/16" (29.2 x 40.5 cm)
Credit: Gift of the photographer
Acquisition Date: 1966-04-12
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Melon 1993
Artist Name: Gabriel Orozco
Artist Bio: Mexican, born 1962
Gender: Male
Print Type: Silver dye bleach print
Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 18 1/2" (31.7 x 47 cm)
Credit: The Family of Man Fund
Acquisition Date: 1999-03-11
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Winter Landscape with Oak Grove, Wamel c. 1955
Artist Name: Albert Renger-Patzsch
Artist Bio: German, 1897–1966
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 10 15/16 x 15 1/8" (27.9 x 38.4 cm)
Credit: Gift of the photographer
Acquisition Date: 1964-01-07
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Accordionist Playing in a Bistro near Les Halles, Paris c. 1950
Artist Name: Robert Doisneau
Artist Bio: French, 1912–1994
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 11 5/8 x 9 5/16" (29.6 x 23.6 cm)
Credit: Purchase
Acquisition Date: 1959-04-22
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Gun, Gun, Gun, New York 1955
Artist Name: William Klein
Artist Bio: American, born 1928
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 13 5/16" (24.2 x 33.8 cm)
Credit: The Fellows of Photography Fund
Acquisition Date: 1992-01-09
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Abbeville Before 1900
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 8 11/16 x 7 1/16" (22 x 18 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Figure August 19, 1978
Artist Name: Lucas Samaras
Artist Bio: American, born Greece 1936
Gender: Male
Print Type: Color instant print (Polacolor II)
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2" (24.1 x 19 cm)
Credit: Gift of Robert and Gayle Greenhill
Acquisition Date: 1992-01-09
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Untitled 1988
Artist Name: Emmet Gowin
Artist Bio: American, born 1941
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print (toned)
Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 9 5/8" (24.8 x 24.4 cm)
Credit: The Fellows of Photography Fund
Acquisition Date: 1997-10-09
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Ambassade d'Autriche, 57 rue de Varenne 1905
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 8 11/16 x 7 1/16" (22 x 18 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
New York c. 1945
Artist Name: Helen Levitt
Artist Bio: American, 1913–2009
Gender: Female
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 9 3/8 x 6 1/4" (23.9 x 15.9 cm)
Credit: Gift of the photographer
Acquisition Date: 1984-03-15
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Baltimore, Maryland 1968
Artist Name: Lee Friedlander
Artist Bio: American, born 1934
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 6 x 9 1/8" (15.3 x 23.2 cm)
Credit: Purchase
Acquisition Date: 2000-10-12
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Fritures, 38 rue de la Seine 1910
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print
Dimensions: Approx. 8 11/16 x 6 9/16" (22 x 16.7 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Untitled Summer 1964
Artist Name: William Gedney
Artist Bio: American, 1932–1989
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 12 x 8 1/4" (30.5 x 20.9 cm)
Credit: Gift of the photographer
Acquisition Date: 1969-05-21
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Untitled from the portfolio Souvenirs du Camp de Chalons 1857
Artist Name: Gustave Le Gray
Artist Bio: French, 1820–1884
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print from a wet-collodion glass negative
Dimensions: 11 13/16 x 14 1/2" (30 x 36.9 cm)
Credit: Gift of Paul F. Walter
Acquisition Date: 1991-10-25
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Bassin de la Villette Probably 1914-25
Artist Name: Eugène Atget
Artist Bio: French, 1857–1927
Gender: Male
Print Type: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: Approx. 6 1/2 x 8 1/2" (16.5 x 21.6 cm)
Credit: Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden
Acquisition Date: 1968-03-06
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition:
Wayne County, Detroit, Michigan 1975
Artist Name: Nicholas Nixon
Artist Bio: American, born 1947
Gender: Male
Print Type: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 7 11/16 x 9 11/16" (19.6 x 24.6 cm)
Credit: Gift of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., Seagram County Court House Archives
Acquisition Date: 1983-03-24
Department Head(s) at time of acquisition: