Artist Monograph

Barbara Morgan, American

American, 1900–1992

Production by Decade

1910s

1930s

1940s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	4.2%
Medium (30–100 cm)	22	91.7%
Large (1–3 m)	1	4.2%

Range: 23.8 cm → 121.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1943	2
1944	1
1959	2
1972	15
1978	1
1984	1
1994	1
2021	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4, 409" — 3

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 24 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Light Abstraction Photograph Acc. 211.1944	1915-44	Gelatin silver print	35 × 48" (88.9 × 121.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
My Son, Lloyd Photograph Acc. 293.1959	1915-58	Gelatin silver print	12 13/16 × 9 1/8" (32.5 × 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Martha Graham, Extasis Photograph Acc. 192.1972	1935	Gelatin silver print	13 1/4 × 10 1/4" (33.6 × 26.0 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
Martha Graham, "Celebration" Photograph Acc. 390.1972	1937	Gelatin silver print, printed 1972	19 × 15 7/16" (48.4 × 39.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Martha Graham and Erick Hawkins, Puritan Duet from "American Document" Photograph Acc. 87.1943	1938	Photograph	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	Purchase
Martha Graham, American Document ("Puritan Love Duet" with Eric Hawkins) Photograph Acc. 387.1972	1938	Gelatin silver print, printed 1971	18 × 15" (45.7 × 38.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Spring on Madison Square Photograph Acc. 198.1972	1938	Gelatin silver print	13 7/8 × 16 7/8" (35.3 × 43.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Spring on Madison Square Photograph Acc. 292.1959	1938	Gelatin silver print	10 5/8 × 13 5/8" (27.1 × 34.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase Fund
Cadenza Photograph Acc. 388.1972	1940	Gelatin silver print, printed 1971	17 7/8 × 15" (45.4 × 38.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Martha Graham, "Letter to the World" Photograph Acc. 195.1972	1940	Gelatin silver print	14 3/4 × 18 3/8" (37.4 × 46.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Spencer Fund
Martha Graham, El Penitente (Erick Hawkins Solo, "El Flagellante") Photograph Acc. 193.1972	1940	Gelatin silver print	19 × 13 3/4" (48.3 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Pure Energy and Neurotic Man Photograph Acc. 386.1972	1941	Gelatin silver print, printed 1971	19 1/8 × 15 1/2" (48.6 × 39.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Doug and Toad Photograph Acc. 822.1978	1942	Gelatin silver print	7 3/8 × 9 3/8" (l8.8 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Merce Cunningham: Totem Ancestor Photograph Acc. 44.1994	1942	Gelatin silver print, printed 1950	18 9/16 × 13 5/16" (47.1 × 33.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Harriette and Noel Levine in honor of Richard E. Oldenburg
Solstice Photograph Acc. 384.1972	1942	Gelatin silver print, printed 1971	15 11/16 × 10 11/16" (39.8 × 27.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Willard's Fist Photograph Acc. 99.1984	1942	Gelatin silver print, printed 1971	11 13/16 × 10" (30 × 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Anonymous gift
Solstice Photograph Acc. 86.1943	1943	Photograph	13 × 9" (33 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Use Litter Basket Photograph Acc. 191.1972	1943	Gelatin silver print	10 1/4 × 12 1/16" (26.0 × 30.8 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
Lloyd's Head Photograph Acc. 385.1972	1944	Gelatin silver print, printed 1970	15 1/4 × 10 3/4" (38.7 × 27.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Beech Tree I Photograph Acc. 194.1972	1945	Gelatin silver print, printed 1971	18 3/8 × 13 5/8" (46.7 × 34.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	David H. McAlpin Fund
Corn Leaf Rhythm Photograph Acc. 196.1972	1945	Gelatin silver print, printed 1971	19 1/2 × 13 1/2" (49.5 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Corn Stalks Growing Photograph Acc. 27.2021	1945	Gelatin silver print	12 3/16 × 9" (31 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Helen Kornblum in honor of Roxana Marcoci
Stump Photograph Acc. 389.1972	1945	Gelatin silver print, printed 1971	8 15/16 × 13" (22.7 × 33.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Willard's Foot Photograph Acc. 197.1972	1945	Gelatin silver print, printed 1971	14 1/8 × 11 7/8" (35.8 × 30.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist