Artist Monograph

Duane Michals, American

American, born 1932

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Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Photography	6	85.7%
Drawings & Prints	1	14.3%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	6	85.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)	1	14.3%

Range: 12.0 cm → 34.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1971	5
1981	1
2016	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 7 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
A Letter from My Father Photograph Acc. 493.2016	1960	Gelatin silver print	8 × 9 15/16" (20.3 × 25.3 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
Untitled Photograph Acc. 24.1971	1968	Gelatin silver print	6 1/2 × 9 1/2" (16.5 × 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Parkinson Fund
Untitled Photograph Acc. 26.1971	1968	Gelatin silver print	6 × 8 3/4" (15.2 × 22.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Chance Meeting Photograph Acc. 23.1971	1969	Gelatin silver print	5 9/16 × 8 3/8" (14.1 × 21.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Parkinson Fund
Chance Meeting (series of six photographs) Photograph Acc. 25.1971.1-6	1969	Gelatin silver print	3 1/4 × 4 3/4" (8.3 × 12.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Death Comes to the Old Lady Photograph Acc. 22.1971.1-5	1969	Gelatin silver prints	Each 3 7/16 × 4 3/4" (8.8 × 12 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Parkinson Fund
Coffee Cup, Knife and Book Drawing Acc. 451.1981	1980	Oil on gelatin silver print	10 5/8 x 13 3/4" (27.7 x 35.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase