Artist Monograph

Frank Gohlke, American

American, born 1942

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	46	93.9%
Printmaking	3	6.1%

Production by Decade

1970s

1980s

1990s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	2.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)	38	90.5%
Large (1–3 m)	3	7.1%

Range: 20.9 cm → 132.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1978	1
1979	8
1983	12
1990	2
1991	1
1998	4
2005	21

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 5, 511" — 2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 49 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Brick Building in the Shadow of a Grain Elevator – Cashion, Oklahoma Photograph Acc. 197.1979	1973-74	Gelatin silver print	8 1/4 × 8 1/8" (20.9 × 20.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Pierre N. Leval
Grain Elevator, Near Kinsley, Kansas Photograph Acc. 196.1979	1973-78	Gelatin silver print	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Benjamin Zeller Memorial Fund
Grain Elevators, Near Kinsley, Kansas Photograph Acc. 202.1979	1973-78	Gelatin silver print	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Landscape – Grain Elevator in Bend of the Road near Perryton, Texas Photograph Acc. 195.1979	1973-78	Gelatin silver print	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Family of Man Fund
Landscape-near Red Wing, Minneapolis Photograph Acc. 199.1979	1973-74	Gelatin silver print	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Large Grain Elevators, Enid, Oklahoma Photograph Acc. 198.1979	1973-78	Gelatin silver print	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Barbara Jakobson
Grain Elevators and Lightning Flash, Lamesa, Texas Photograph Acc. 203.1978	1975	Gelatin silver print	13 13/16 × 13 13/16" (35.1 × 35.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired with matching funds from David H. McAlpin and the National Endowment for the Arts, 1978
Grain Elevators, Plainview, Texas Photograph Acc. 201.1979	1975-78	Gelatin silver print	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Minnesota Photograph Acc. 361.1983	1975	Gelatin silver print, printed 1981	10 × 12 1/2" (25.4 × 31.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., Seagram County Court House Archives
Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Minnesota Photograph Acc. 365.1983	1975	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 12" (24.2 × 30.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., Seagram County Court House Archives
Landscape – From the Grain Elevator, Happy, Texas Photograph Acc. 200.1979	1975-77	Gelatin silver print	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Landscape/near Stillwater, Minneapolis Photograph Acc. 167.1998	1975	Gelatin silver print	14 × 13 15/16" (35.6 × 35.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert L. Smith
Steel Elevator and Shed – near Abilene, Texas Photograph Acc. 860.2005	1975	Gelatin silver print	14 × 14" (35.5 × 35.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Pauline Marks
Bush and Landscape, near Chickasha, Oklahoma Photograph Acc. 861.2005	1976	Gelatin silver print	14 × 14" (35.5 × 35.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Pauline Marks
Denton County Courthouse, Denton, Texas Photograph Acc. 364.1983	1976	Gelatin silver print, printed 1981	10 × 12 1/2" (25.4 × 31.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., Seagram County Court House Archives
Old Courthouse, Tarrant County, Ft. Worth, Texas Photograph Acc. 362.1983	1976	Gelatin silver print, printed 1981	9 15/16 × 12 1/2" (25.2 × 31.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., Seagram County Court House Archives
Parker County Courthouse, Weatherford, Texas Photograph Acc. 363.1983	1976	Gelatin silver print, printed 1978	9 15/16 × 12 7/16" (25.4 × 31.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., Seagram County Court House Archives
Stonework from old Ramsey County Courthouse, St. Paul, MN Photograph Acc. 360.1983	1976	Gelatin silver print, printed 1981	9 15/16 × 12 1/2" (25.2 × 31.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., Seagram County Court House Archives
House and Cypress Trees, Hillsboro, Texas Photograph Acc. 862.2005	1978	Gelatin silver print	14 × 17 11/16" (35.5 × 44.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Pauline Marks
House with Double Roof/Kiowa, Colorado Photograph Acc. 166.1998	1979	Gelatin silver print	14 1/16 × 17 7/16" (35.8 × 44.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert L. Smith
Landscape- Bountiful, Colorado Photograph Acc. 863.2005	1979	Gelatin silver print	14 × 17 7/8" (35.5 × 45.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Pauline Marks
Aerial view: downed forest near Elk Rock. Approximately ten miles northwest of Mount St. Helens Photograph Acc. 684.1983	1981	Gelatin silver print	17 7/8 × 21 7/8" (45.7 × 55.8 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 Shirley C. Burden
Aerial View: Downed Trees – 8 miles NW of Mt. St. Helens, Washington Photograph Acc. 864.2005	1981	Gelatin silver print	14 × 17 3/16" (35.5 × 43.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Pauline Marks
Aerial view: Mount St. Helens from approximately six miles west of the mountain Photograph Acc. 686.1983	1981	Gelatin silver print	18 × 21 7/8" (45.6 × 55.6 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 Shirley C. Burden
Aerial View/Trees and Field Near Tulsa, Oklahoma Photograph Acc. 165.1998	1981	Gelatin silver print, printed 1988	12 15/16 × 12 15/16" (32.9 × 32.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert L. Smith
Coldwater Creek seeks a new course. Northern edge of landslide-debris flow, six miles northwest of Mount St. Helens Photograph Acc. 683.1983	1981	Gelatin silver print	18 1/8 × 22 3/16" (45.9 × 56.4 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 Shirley C. Burden
Old clear-cut surrounded by blown-down trees. Clearwater Creek Valley, nine miles northeast of Mount St. Helens Photograph Acc. 685.1983	1981	Gelatin silver print	18 1/8 × 22 3/16" (46 × 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Valley of Hoffstadt Creek–trees downed by blast. Eleven miles northwest of Mount St. Helens, Valley of Hoffstadt Creek–timber salvage completed. Eleven miles northwest of Mount St. Helens, Regrowth at Hoffstadt Creek. Eleven miles northwest of Mount St. Helens Photograph Acc. 388.2005.a-c	1981; 1982; 1990	Gelatin silver print	Each: 7 3/8 × 22 1/4" (18.7 × 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
View of Mount St. Helens crater from Independence Pass. Approximately ten miles northeast of Mount St. Helens Photograph Acc. 387.2005	1981	Gelatin silver print	13 1/4 × 40 1/8" (33.7 × 101.9 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 Clark B. Winter, Jr.
Young trees, killed by heat and downed by blast. Thirteen miles northwest of Mount St. Helens Photograph Acc. 386.2005	1981	Gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum	31 3/4 × 40 1/8" (80.6 × 101.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Aerial view: ash-covered snow, snow-covered ash. East flank of Mount St. Helens Photograph Acc. 392.2005	1982	Gelatin silver print	17 3/4 × 21 7/8" (45.1 × 55.6 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 John and Lisa Pritzker
Aerial view: clear-cuts and logging roads. Vicinity of Mount St. Helens Photograph Acc. 389.2005	1982	Gelatin silver print	18 1/8 × 22 5/16" (46 × 56.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Parkinson III Fund
Aerial view: looking south at Mount St. Helens crater and lava dome, Mount Hood and Mount Jefferson in the distance, airplane in crater Photograph Acc. 391.2005	1982	Gelatin silver print	31 11/16 × 39 1/8" (80.5 × 99.4 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 Kara Ross
Benny Brown House, Wichita Falls, Texas Photograph Acc. 587.1983	1982	Gelatin silver print	12 3/4 × 10 3/16" (32.3 × 25.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Charred stumps after timber salvage and burning of slash. Fourteen miles northwest of Mount St. Helens Photograph Acc. 390.2005	1982	Gelatin silver print	22 1/4 × 17 3/8" (56.5 × 44.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Members of the Taylor and Mercer Families. 1503 Burnett Street, Wichita Falls, Texas Photograph Acc. 588.1983	1982	Gelatin silver print	10 3/16 × 12 11/16" (25.9 × 32.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Small House – 1306 N 8th Street, Wichita Falls, Texas Photograph Acc. 865.2005	1982	Gelatin silver print	14 × 17 3/8" (35.5 × 44.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Pauline Marks
Wichita River/Looking East from Scott St., Wichita Falls, Texas. (water tower in background) Photograph Acc. 168.1998	1982	Gelatin silver print	14 1/16 × 17 15/16" (35.8 × 45.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert L. Smith
Aerial view: Landslide- Debris Flow and Edge of Spirit Lake– 4 miles NE of Mt. St. Helens, Washington Photograph Acc. 866.2005	1983	Gelatin silver print	17 7/16 × 14" (44.3 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Pauline Marks
Aerial View: Woods, Fields, Houses – Blue Earth County, Minnesota Photograph Acc. 867.2005	1983	Gelatin silver print	14 × 17 1/4" (35.6 × 43.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Pauline Marks
Inside Mount St. Helens Crater, base of lava dome on the left Photograph Acc. 393.2005	1983	Gelatin silver print	17 5/8 × 22" (44.8 × 55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Mount St. Helens shrouded in its own cloud. From a point six miles northwest of Mount St. Helens Photograph Acc. 394.2005	1983	Gelatin silver print	31 3/4 × 39 1/8" (80.6 × 99.4 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 David Dechman
Timber salvage on ridge at eastern limit of blast zone. Clearwater Creek Valley, ten miles northeast of Mount St. Helens Photograph Acc. 395.2005	1983	Gelatin silver print	18 3/16 × 22 3/8" (46.2 × 56.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
A Patch of Shade near Bonnieux, Provence, France Photograph Acc. 306.1990.x1-x2	1987	Chromogenic print	14 1/4 × 17 3/4" (36.2 × 45.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Sotch (a low spot) Full of WIldflowers, Causse Mejean near Aven Armand, France Photograph Acc. 307.1990.x1-x2	1987	Chromogenic print	14 3/8 × 17 11/16" (36.6 × 45 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 Sudbury River, Ashland, Massachusetts Photograph Acc. 187.1991	September 1989	Chromogenic print	39 × 52 1/4" (99.1 × 132.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Mr. and Mrs. Clark Winter Fund and Purchase
Growth in old clear-cut, replanted sooner after eruption, is more advanced than in surrounding salvage areas Photograph Acc. 398.2005	1990	Gelatin silver print	18 × 22 5/16" (45.7 × 56.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Rockfall inside Mount St. Helens crater Photograph Acc. 397.2005	1990	Gelatin silver print	17 11/16 × 22" (44.9 × 55.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Visitors on the rim of Mount St. Helens; Ten minutes later, Ten minutes later Photograph Acc. 396.2005.a-b	1990	Gelatin silver print	Each: 17 3/4 × 22 1/4" (45.1 × 56.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist