Artist Monograph

Clarence John Laughlin, American

American, 1905–1985

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	23	95.8%
Printmaking	1	4.2%

Production by Decade

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	23	100%

Range: 31.4 cm → 47.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1973	1
1974	5
1975	5
1982	1
1984	9
2010	1
2016	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 24 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Black and White (No. 1) Photograph Acc. 81.1984	1938-40	Gelatin silver print	10 3/8 × 13 5/8" (26.2 × 34.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
The Creature from the House Photograph Acc. 80.1984	1938	Gelatin silver print	13 11/16 × 10 1/16" (34.7 × 25.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
The Fierce-Eyed Building Photograph Acc. 67.1975	1938	Gelatin silver print	13 11/16 × 10 1/8" (34.8 × 25.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Sparkle of Commercial Greed Photograph Acc. 82.1984	1938-40	Gelatin silver print	10 3/16 × 13 11/16" (25.9 × 34.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Nostalgic Head (No. 1) Photograph Acc. 83.1984	1940-1945	Gelatin silver print	13 11/16 × 10 15/16" (34.7 × 27.7 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 Bat Photograph Acc. 84.1984	1940	Gelatin silver print	13 9/16 × 10 13/16" (34.3 × 27.5 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 Ego-Centrics Photograph Acc. 79.1984	1940	Gelatin silver print	13 15/16 × 10 7/16" (35.5 × 26.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Robert B. Menschel Fund
The Leaning House of Dr. Nut Photograph Acc. 85.1984	1940	Gelatin silver print	13 13/16 × 10 1/2" (34.7 × 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
The Enigma Photograph Acc. 172.1974	1941	Gelatin silver print	13 3/4 × 10 3/4" (35.0 × 27.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Unending Stream Photograph Acc. 370.2010	1941	Gelatin silver print	10 1/2 × 13 1/2" (26.7 × 34.3 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 the William Talbott Hillman Foundation
Pest Hater's Nightmare Photograph Acc. 77.1984	1945	Gelatin silver print	10 7/16 × 13 5/16" (26.6 × 33.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Robert B. Menschel Fund
The Head and the Wall Photograph Acc. 78.1984	1945	Gelatin silver print	10 1/2 × 13 3/4" (26.7 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Robert B. Menschel Fund
The Apparition (No. 9) Photograph Acc. 174.1974	1946	Gelatin silver print	13 3/4 × 10 3/4" (35.0 × 27.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Eye That Never Sleeps Photograph Acc. 322.1975	1946	Gelatin silver print	12 3/8 × 8 3/4" (31.4 × 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The House of the Past Photograph Acc. 324.1975	1947	Composite printing	13 3/4 × 10 3/4" (35.0 × 27.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Masks Grow to Us Photograph Acc. 487.2016	1947	Gelatin silver print	13 3/16 × 10 3/16" (33.5 × 25.9 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
Final Paradise for Dead Birds Photograph Acc. 488.2016	1951	Gelatin silver print	11 × 13 3/4" (27.9 × 34.9 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
Power of a Shadow Photograph Acc. 173.1974	1952	Gelatin silver print	13 3/4 × 10 3/4" (35.0 × 27.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Language of Light Photograph Acc. 531.1973	1952	Gelatin silver print	10 1/4 × 13" (26.0 × 33.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Insect-Headed Tombstone Photograph Acc. 211.1975	1953	Gelatin silver print	13 5/8 × 10 7/8" (34.6 × 27.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Parkinson III Fund
The Solidity of the Shadows Photograph Acc. 323.1975	1953	Gelatin silver print	10 3/4 × 13 5/8" (27.5 × 34.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Phantom of Neverland Photograph Acc. 175.1974	1958	Gelatin silver print	15 1/4 × 18 3/4" (38.8 × 47.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Spectre of Coca-Cola Photograph Acc. 82.1982	1962	Gelatin silver print, printed 1981	13 1/4 × 10 3/8" (33.6 × 26.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Robert B. Menschel Fund
Reality as a Stage Set Photograph Acc. 171.1974	1965	Gelatin silver print	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase