Artist Monograph

Alvin Langdon Coburn, American

American, 1882–1966

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Other Media	55	76.4%
Printmaking	12	16.7%
Photography	5	6.9%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	43	59.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	29	40.3%

Range: 10.0 cm → 56.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1969	2
1970	7
1971	21
1974	4
1976	5
1978	1
1980	1
1983	1
1991	4
2001	4
2016	22

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 504" — 4

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 72 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Portrait of Edward Steichen Photograph Acc. 691.1983.22	1901	Platinum print	2 7/16 × 4 3/16" (6.2 × 10.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Knox Burger
A Tree in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh Photograph Acc. 424.2016	1904	Photogravure	7 1/2 × 6 1/4" (19 × 15.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
London Bridge (Bridge Sunlight), London Photograph Acc. 425.2016	1904	Photogravure	7 7/8 × 6 3/8" (20 × 16.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
Regent's Canal, London Photograph Acc. 430.2016	1904-05	Photogravure	8 1/16 × 6 5/16" (20.5 × 16 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
St. Paul's From the River, London Photograph Acc. 426.2016	1904	Photogravure	6 15/16 × 6 7/16" (17.7 × 16.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
The Tower Bridge, London Photograph Acc. 427.2016	1904	Photogravure	7 15/16 × 6 1/8" (20.2 × 15.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
Wapping, London Photograph Acc. 428.2016	1904	Photogravure	8 1/8 × 6 3/8" (20.7 × 16.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
Waterloo Bridge, London Photograph Acc. 429.2016	1904	Photogravure	8 1/16 × 6 5/16" (20.4 × 16 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
British Lion, Trafalgar Square, London Photograph Acc. 432.2016	1905	Photogravure	7 13/16 × 6 1/4" (19.8 × 15.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
Labour, Kingsway, London Photograph Acc. 433.2016	1905	Photogravure	8 11/16 × 4 5/16" (22 × 10.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
Self Portrait Photograph Acc. 1218.1969	1905	Platinum print	6 1/4 × 8 1/4" (15.8 × 20.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Miss Mina Turner
Self-Portrait Photograph Acc. 1216.1969	1905	Platinum print	9 3/8 × 6 5/16" (23.8 × 16.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Miss Mina Turner
Sphinx, Embankmenet, London Photograph Acc. 434.2016	1905	Photogravure	8 7/16 × 6 3/16" (21.5 × 15.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
St. Paul's From Ludgate Circus, London Photograph Acc. 431.2016	1905	Photogravure	8 1/4 × 5 7/8" (20.9 × 15 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
Hyde Park Corner, London Photograph Acc. 435.2016	c. 1906-07	Photogravure	8 1/16 × 6 7/16" (20.5 × 16.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
[Potted Plant and Sidewalk] Photograph Acc. 174.1976.2	1907	Photogravure	5 1/2 × 3 3/8" (14 × 8.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
[Sundial on Pedestal] Photograph Acc. 174.1976.4	1907	Photogravure	5 7/16 × 3 7/16" (13.8 × 8.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
[View of Garden with Statues] Photograph Acc. 174.1976.3	1907	Photogravure	3 3/8 × 5 1/2" (8.5 × 13.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
[Waterlilies] Photograph Acc. 174.1976.1	1907	Photogravure	5 1/8 × 3 5/8" (13 × 9.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Fountain Court, The Temple, London Photograph Acc. 436.2016	1907	Photogravure	8 3/16 × 6 5/16" (20.8 × 16 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
The Intelligence of the Flowers Photograph Acc. 174.1976.1-4	1907	Photogravure	Overall: 8 1/4 × 5 1/8" (21 × 13 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
A Canal in Rotterdam Photograph Acc. 321.1978	1908	Platinum print	12 × 15 3/8" (30.4 × 39.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Leicester Square (The Old Empire Theater), London Photograph Acc. 437.2016	1908	Photogravure	8 1/8 × 6 7/16" (20.7 × 16.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
Portrait of George Bernard Shaw Photograph Acc. 27.1974	1908	Photogravure	8 × 6 1/4" (20.3 × 15.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York
St. Paul's and Other Spires Photograph Acc. 387.1980	1908	Photogravure	15 1/8 × 11 5/16" (38.5 × 28.8 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 Two Trees, Rothenberg Photograph Acc. 180.1991	1908	Photogravure	14 3/4 × 11" (37.5 × 28 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Untitled Photograph Acc. 181.1991	1908	Photogravure	14 1/16 × 10 15/16" (35.8 × 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Untitled Photograph Acc. 183.1991	1908	Photogravure	10 7/8 × 15 3/8" (27.7 × 39 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
From My Studio Window (Hammersmith Bridge), London Photograph Acc. 438.2016	1909	Photogravure	5 1/8 × 6 7/8" (13 × 17.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
The Octopus Photograph Acc. 1654.2001	1909	Gelatin silver print	22 1/8 × 16 3/4" (56.2 × 42.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther
Broadway at Night Photograph Acc. 395.1971.6	1910	Photogravure	7 7/8 × 5 7/8" (20 × 15 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Brooklyn Bridge, from a Rooftop Photograph Acc. 395.1971.2	1910	Photogravure	7 13/16 × 5 11/16" (19.8 × 14.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Brooklyn Bridge, from the River Photograph Acc. 395.1971.7	1910	Photogravure	3 7/16 × 6 15/16" (8.8 × 17.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Fifth Avenue, from the St. Regis Photograph Acc. 395.1971.18	1910	Photogravure	7 3/8 × 5 7/8" (18.7 × 15 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
From Westminster Bridge, London Photograph Acc. 439.2016	1910	Photogravure	8 5/16 × 6 5/16" (21.1 × 16 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
Houses of Parliament, London Photograph Acc. 440.2016	1910	Photogravure	8 1/4 × 6 7/16" (21 × 16.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
Kensington Gardens, November, London Photograph Acc. 441.2016	1910	Photogravure	8 × 6 5/16" (20.3 × 16.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
New York Photograph Acc. 395.1971.1-20	1910	Album of 20 photogravures	Cover: 16 1/4 × 11 3/4" (41.3 × 29.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Paddington Canal, London Photograph Acc. 442.2016	1910	Photogravure	8 1/8 × 6 5/16" (20.6 × 16 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
The Battery Photograph Acc. 395.1971.3	1910	Photogravure	6 1/4 × 6 1/16" (15.8 × 15.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Chinese Quarter Photograph Acc. 395.1971.14	1910	Photogravure	7 15/16 × 5 3/4" (20.2 × 14.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Ferry Photograph Acc. 395.1971.11	1910	Photogravure	5 3/8 × 7" (13.7 × 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Flat-Iron Photograph Acc. 395.1971.8	1910	Photogravure	7 5/8 × 5 5/8" (19.4 × 14.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Holland house Photograph Acc. 395.1971.5	1910	Photogravure	7 7/8 × 5 11/16" (20 × 14.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Knickerbocker Trust Company Photograph Acc. 395.1971.13	1910	Photogravure	7 1/2 × 6 1/8" (19 × 15.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Metropolitan Tower Photograph Acc. 395.1971.1	1910	Photogravure	3 3/8 × 3 5/8" (8.5 × 9.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Park Row Building Photograph Acc. 395.1971.20	1910	Photogravure	8 × 6 1/4" (20.3 × 15.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Singer Building, Noon Photograph Acc. 395.1971.10	1910	Photogravure	8 1/8 × 2 7/16" (20.7 × 6.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Singer Building, Twilight Photograph Acc. 395.1971.16	1910	Photogravure	7 5/8 × 4 1/8" (19.4 × 10.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Sky-Line Photograph Acc. 395.1971.19	1910	Photogravure	4 3/16 × 7" (10.6 × 17.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Stock Exchange Photograph Acc. 395.1971.17	1910	Photogravure	7 3/4 × 5 7/16" (19.7 × 13.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Tower, London Photograph Acc. 443.2016	1910	Photogravure	7 15/16 × 6 5/16" (20.2 × 16 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
The Tunnel Builders Photograph Acc. 395.1971.12	1910	Photogravure	7 9/16 × 6 1/4" (19.2 × 15.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Unfinished Bridge Photograph Acc. 395.1971.15	1910	Photogravure	5 11/16 × 6 5/16" (14.5 × 16.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Water Front Photograph Acc. 395.1971.9	1910	Photogravure	5 15/16 × 6 1/16" (15.1 × 15.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Trafalgar Square, London Photograph Acc. 444.2016	1910	Photogravure	8 1/4 × 6 5/16" (21 × 16 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
Untitled Photograph Acc. 182.1991	c. 1910	Photogravure	14 3/8 × 10 1/2" (36.5 × 26.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Westminster Abbey, London Photograph Acc. 445.2016	1910	Photogravure	8 1/16 × 6 3/16" (20.5 × 15.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
Williamsburg Bridge Photograph Acc. 395.1971.4	1910	Photogravure	7 9/16 × 5 15/16" (19.2 × 15.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Grand Canyon Photograph Acc. 25.1974	c. 1911	Platinum print	16 × 12 1/4" (40.6 × 31.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	David H. McAlpin Fund
The Cloud Photograph Acc. 533.1970.1	1912	Platinum print	7 3/8 × 5 1/2" (18.8 × 13.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Cloud Photograph Acc. 533.1970.2	1912	Platinum print	7 3/8 × 5 1/2" (18.8 × 13.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Cloud Photograph Acc. 533.1970.3	1912	Platinum print	7 3/8 × 5 1/2" (18.8 × 14 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Cloud Photograph Acc. 533.1970.4	1912	Platinum print	7 1/16 × 5 1/2" (17.9 × 14 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Cloud Photograph Acc. 533.1970.5	1912	Platinum print	7 5/16 × 5 3/8" (18.5 × 13.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Cloud Photograph Acc. 533.1970.6	1912	Platinum print	7 1/4 × 5 7/8" (18.4 × 15 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Cloud Photograph Acc. 533.1970.1-6	1912	Book of platinum prints	7 × 5" (17.8 × 12.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Roofs, Paris Photograph Acc. 1655.2001	1913	Gelatin silver print	8 9/16 × 10 7/8" (21.8 × 27.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther
Portrait of Augustus John Photograph Acc. 396.1974	1914	Gelatin silver print	11 1/8 × 8 1/8" (28.3 × 20.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Silas R. Mountsier
Portrait of John Masefield Photograph Acc. 26.1974	c. 1915	Photogravure	7 1/2 × 6" (19.0 × 15.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	David H. McAlpin Fund
Vortograph Photograph Acc. 1656.2001	1916–17	Gelatin silver print	11 1/16 × 8 3/8" (28.1 × 21.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Grace M. Mayer Fund
Vortograph of Ezra Pound Photograph Acc. 1657.2001	1916–17	Gelatin silver print	2 15/16 × 3 15/16" (7.5 × 10 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther