Artist Monograph

Abelardo Morell, American

American, born Cuba 1948

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	10	90.9%
Digital Art	1	9.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Photography	10	90.9%
Drawings & Prints	1	9.1%

Production by Decade

1

1980s

5

1990s

4

2000s

1

2010s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	11	100%

Range: 34.0 cm → 57.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1992	3
1994	2
2000	4
2004	1
2012	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 11 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Brady Sitting Photograph Acc. 186.1992	1989	Gelatin silver print	22 1/2 × 17 7/8" (57.2 × 45.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Family of Man Fund
Camera Obscura Image of the Pantheon in the Hotel des Grandes Hommes Photograph Acc. 1173.2000	1990	Gelatin silver print	18 1/8 × 22 7/16" (46 × 57 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Camera Obscura Image of Houses Across the Street in our Living Room Photograph Acc. 415.1992	1991	Gelatin silver print	17 7/8 × 22 1/2" (45.4 × 57.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Light Bulb Photograph Acc. 187.1992	1991	Gelatin silver print	17 15/16 × 22 1/4" (45.5 × 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Marian and James H. Cohen in memory of their son Michael Harrison Cohen
Book: Pieta by El Greco Photograph Acc. 192.1994	1993	Gelatin silver print	17 15/16 × 22 7/16" (45.5 × 57 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Camera Obscura Image of the Empire State Building in Bedroom Photograph Acc. 354.1994	1994	Gelatin silver print	17 15/16 × 22 1/2" (45.6 × 57.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist in memory of Bill Beckler
Book and Mirror on Round Table Photograph Acc. 1404.2000	2000	Gelatin silver print	18 1/8 × 22 7/16" (46 × 57 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist in memory of Elizabeth Ann McElaney
Pencil Photograph Acc. 1174.2000	2000	Gelatin silver print	22 7/16 × 18 1/8" (57 × 46 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Three Dictionaries Photograph Acc. 1175.2000	2000	Gelatin silver print	22 7/16 × 18" (57 × 45.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Mirror, Glass, Water and Wine Photograph Acc. 245.2004	2004	Gelatin silver print	18 1/16 × 22 3/8" (45.8 × 56.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
The Island of Rota Illustrated Book Acc. 1656.2012	2010	Illustrated book with twelve digital prints and one supplementary digital print	page (each): 13 3/8 x 9 13/16" (34 x 25 cm); overall (closed): 13 15/16 x 11 5/8 x 1 5/16" (35.4 x 29.5 x 3.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Library Council of The Museum of Modern Art