Artist Monograph

Allan Sekula, American

American, 1951–2013

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Printmaking	21	72.4%
Other Media	2	6.9%
Digital Art	1	3.4%
Drawing	1	3.4%
Lithography	1	3.4%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Photography	25	86.2%
Media and Performance	2	6.9%
Film	1	3.4%
Drawings & Prints	1	3.4%

Production by Decade

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Classification Types

Photograph — 25
Installation — 2
Video — 1
Print — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	21	80.8%
Large (1–3 m)	5	19.2%

Range: 47.0 cm → 182.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
2006	1
2012	24
2013	2
2022	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 29 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Slide Sequence Photograph Acc. 1242.2012.a-y	1972	Inkjet prints, printed 2011	75 5/8 × 107 1/4" (192.1 × 272.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Committee on Photography Fund
"Lead Fish." Variant of a conference room designed for the Chiat/Day advertising agency. Architect: Frank Gehry. Installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.i	May 1988	Silver dye bleach print	26 1/4 × 29 3/8 (66.7 × 74.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Chapter One, Fish Story from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.a-u	1988-95	Silver dye bleach prints and text panels	Each approx. 32 1/8 × 22 5/8" (81.6 × 57.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Text panel from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.s	1988-95		40 1/16 × 28" (101.7 × 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Text panel from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.t	1988-95		40 1/16 × 28" (101.7 × 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Text panel from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.u	1988-95		40 1/16 × 28" (101.7 × 71.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Boy looking at his mother. Staten Island Ferry. New York harbor from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.a	February 1990	Silver dye bleach print	32 1/8 × 22 5/8 (81.6 × 57.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Boy looking at his mother. Staten Island Ferry. New York harbor from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.b	February 1990	Silver dye bleach print	32 3/4 × 23 5/16" (83.2 × 59.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Fish Story: Walking on Water (Chapter 9) Installation Acc. 221.2013	1990	Eighty 35mm color slides	Dimensions variable. Continous projection. Slide (each): 2 x 2" ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Acquired through the generosity of Marie-Josée Kravis
Shipyard-workers' housing–built during the Second World War–being moved from San Pedro to South-Central Los Angeles from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.m	May 1990	Silver dye bleach print	24 1/8 × 30 5/8" (61.3 × 77.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Shipyard-workers' housing–built during the Second World War–being moved from San Pedro to South-Central Los Angeles from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.l	May 1990	Silver dye bleach print	32 1/8 × 22 5/8 (81.6 × 57.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
The rechristened Exxon Valdez awaiting sea trials after repairs. National Steel and Shipbuilding Company. San Diego harbor from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.h	August 1990	Silver dye bleach print	24 1/8 × 30 5/8 (61.3 × 77.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Pipe fitters finishing the engine room of a tuna-fishing boat. Campbell Shipyard. San Diego harbor from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.d	August 1991	Silver dye bleach print	24 1/8 × 30 5/8 (61.3 × 77.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Pipe fitters finishing the engine room of a tuna-fishing boat. Campbell Shipyard. San Diego harbor from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.e	August 1991	Silver dye bleach print	32 1/8 × 22 5/8 (81.6 × 57.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Welder's booth in bankrupt Todd Shipyard. Two years after closing. Los Angeles harbor. San Pedro, California from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.c	July 1991	Silver dye bleach print	32 1/8 × 22 5/8 (81.6 × 57.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Welder's booth in bankrupt Todd Shipyard. Two years after closing. Los Angeles harbor. San Pedro, California from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.f	July 1991	Silver dye bleach print	32 1/8 × 22 5/8 (81.6 × 57.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
"Pancake," a former shipyard sandblaster, scavenging copper from a waterfront scrapyard. Los Angeles harbor. Terminal Island, California from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.q	November 1992	Silver dye bleach print	Approx 24 1/8 × 30 5/8 × 1 3/4" (61.3 × 77.8 × 4.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Abandoned shipyard used by Marine Corps Expeditionary Force for "counter-terrorist" exercises. Los Angeles harbor. Terminal Island, California from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.p	November 1992	Silver dye bleach print	24 1/8 × 30 5/8" (61.3 × 77.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Hammerhead crane unloading forty-foot containers from Asian ports. American President Lines terminal. Los Angeles harbor. San Pedro, California from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.k	November 1992	Silver dye bleach print	24 1/8 × 30 5/8" (61.3 × 77.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Koreatown, Los Angeles from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.n	April 1992	Silver dye bleach print	32 1/8 × 22 5/8 (81.6 × 57.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Remnants of a Roman harbor near Minturno, Italy from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.j	June 1992	Silver dye bleach print	24 1/8 × 30 5/8" (61.3 × 77.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Testing robot-truck designed to move containers within automated ECT/Sea-Land cargo terminal. Maasvlakte, Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.r	September 1992	Silver dye bleach print	24 1/8 × 30 5/8 (61.3 × 77.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Workers cleaning up chemical spill after refinery explosion. Los Angeles harbor. Wilmington, California from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.o	October 1992	Silver dye bleach print	32 1/8 × 22 5/8 (81.6 × 57.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Inclinometer, Mid Atlantic & Panorama, mid Atlantic from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 561.2022.a-b	November 1993	Silver dye bleach prints (diptych)	26 × 62 3/4" (66 × 159.4 cm) and 33 1/2 × 62 3/4" (85.1 × 159.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Lucille and Ron Neeley
Remnants of a movie set. Abandoned shipyard. Los Angeles harbor. Terminal Island, California from the series Fish Story Photograph Acc. 1243.2012.g	January 1993	Silver dye bleach print	32 1/8 × 22 5/8 (81.6 × 57.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Dead Letter Office – Fábrica de Caixões, Tijuana Photograph Acc. 562.2022	1996-97	Silver dye bleach print	50 × 71 5/8" (127 × 182 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Lucille and Ron Neeley
Waiting for Tear Gas (white globe to black) Installation Acc. 222.2013	1999-2000	Eighty 35mm color slides	Dimensions variable. Continuous projection. 12:15 min. Slide (each): 2 x 2" ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of Jill and Peter Kraus
Shipwreck and Workers from the Museum in Progress project Worlds of Work Print Acc. 514.2006.330a-p	(newspapers published July 9 through September 3, 2005)	19 lithographs, printed in color	sheet (each): 18 1/2 x 12 3/8" (47 x 31.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
The Forgotten Space Video Acc. 815455	2010	Digital cinema (color, sound)	112 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Film	Purchase from the Artist