Artist Monograph

Eliot Elisofon, American

American, 1911–1973

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	4	50%
Printmaking	3	37.5%
Watercolor	1	12.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Photography	7	87.5%
Drawings & Prints	1	12.5%

Production by Decade

1

1930s

3

1940s

4

1950s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	7	100%

Range: 33.7 cm → 50.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1938	1
1941	1
1944	1
1947	1
1958	1
1959	3

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 8 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Studio of David Smith Photograph Acc. 375.1938	1938	Gelatin silver print	13 3/8 × 10" (34 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Memphis Child Bride Photograph Acc. 21.1944	1940	Gelatin silver print	10 5/8 × 13 3/8" (27 × 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
Portrait of Orozco Photograph Acc. 30.1941	1940	Gelatin silver print	13 1/4 × 10" (33.7 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Sans Souci, Haiti Photograph Acc. 103.1947	1946	Gelatin silver print	14 5/16 × 18 7/8" (36.4 × 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
Senecio Forest, Moutains of the Moon Photograph Acc. 157.1959	1951	Dye transfer print	13 5/8 × 9 3/4" (34.7 × 50.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Louis Armstrong Photograph Acc. 156.1959	1954	Dye transfer print	19 15/16 × 14 3/8" (50.6 × 36.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Roddy MacDowell as "Ariel" Photograph Acc. 155.1959	1957	Dye transfer print	19 15/16 × 14 3/4" (50.6 × 36.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Bent Umbrella Grass, No. 1 Drawing Acc. 7.1959	1958	Watercolor and ink on paper	40 5/8 x 13 3/4" (103.3 x 34.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Adler