Artist Monograph

Andreas Feininger, American

American, born France. 1906–1999

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Production by Decade

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	15%
Medium (30–100 cm)	16	80%
Large (1–3 m)	1	5%

Range: 21.0 cm → 111.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1941	2
1959	1
1965	12
2001	3
2016	1
2017	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 522" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 20 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Photograph Acc. 160.1959	n.d.	Gelatin silver print	15 3/8 × 19 3/4" (39.0 × 50.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Steam Tug on the Elbe Photograph Acc. 198.2017	1928	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 1/8" (24.1 × 18.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Frances R. Keech Bequest, by exchange
Leaf Pattern Photograph Acc. 33.1941	c. 1935	Gelatin silver print	8 1/4 × 7 1/8" (21 × 18.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
A City on a Rock Photograph Acc. 438.1941	1937	Gelatin silver print	10 1/4 × 15 1/2" (26 × 39.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Untitled Photograph Acc. 285.2016	1937	Gelatin silver prints (accordion book)	9 1/4 × 43 11/16" (23.5 × 111 cm) (open) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
The RCA Building on a Rainy Day Photograph Acc. 839.1965	1941	Gelatin silver print	19 3/4 × 15 3/8" (50.1 × 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
42nd Street Seen from Across the Hudson Photograph Acc. 298.1965	c. 1945	Gelatin silver print	13 1/2 × 16" (34.3 × 40.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Queen Elizabeth, New York Harbor Photograph Acc. 299.1965	1946	Gelatin silver print	19 1/2 × 15 3/4" (49.5 × 40 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Times Square at Night Photograph Acc. 302.1965	c. 1946	Gelatin silver print	19 1/4 × 15 5/8" (48.9 × 39.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
New York Photograph Acc. 1581.2001	1947	Gelatin silver print	10 11/16 × 13 7/16" (27.2 × 34.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Wysse Feininger in memory of her husband Andreas
The "Golden Flats," South Side, Chicago Photograph Acc. 1582.2001	1950	Gelatin silver print	10 1/2 × 13" (26.7 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Wysse Feininger in memory of her husband Andreas
West Side Highway Photograph Acc. 297.1965	c. 1950	Gelatin silver print	15 1/16 × 18 1/2" (38.3 × 47 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Wolfspiders Eating Grasshoppers Photograph Acc. 304.1965	1951	Gelatin silver print	15 3/8 × 18 7/8" (39.1 × 47.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Bat Flight Photograph Acc. 301.1965	1952	Gelatin silver print	15 13/16 × 19 9/16" (40.2 × 49.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
The Skeleton of a Gaboon Viper Photograph Acc. 294.1965	1952	Gelatin silver print	13 1/2 × 10 3/4" (34.3 × 27.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Traffic on Fifth Avenue Photograph Acc. 303.1965	1953	Gelatin silver print	15 1/2 × 19 1/4" (39.4 × 48.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Brooklyn Bridge in Fog Photograph Acc. 300.1965	1954	Gelatin silver print	14 1/2 × 19 3/8" (36.8 × 49.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
The Photojournalist Photograph Acc. 1583.2001	1955	Gelatin silver print	21 7/8 × 17 15/16" (55.6 × 45.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Wysse Feininger in memory of her husband Andreas
Big Snow, 42nd Street Photograph Acc. 296.1965	1956	Gelatin silver print	10 1/4 × 11 3/4" (26 × 29.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Speed on the Open Road Photograph Acc. 295.1965	1958	Gelatin silver print	10 3/8 × 13 3/8" (26.4 × 34 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist