Artist Monograph

Geraldo de Barros, Brazilian

Brazilian, 1923–1998

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	5	83.3%
Sculpture	1	16.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Photography	5	83.3%
Painting & Sculpture	1	16.7%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	6	100%

Range: 37.5 cm → 62.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
2005	2
2013	3
2016	1

Brazilian Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 6 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Photograph Acc. 444.2013	1948-50	Gelatin silver print	9 × 14 15/16" (22.8 × 37.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Latin American and Caribbean Fund through gift of Agnes Gund
Abstraction (Abstração) Photograph Acc. 445.2013	1949	Gelatin silver print	10 3/4 × 14 3/4" (27.3 × 37.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Fotoforma Photograph Acc. 446.2013	c. 1949	Gelatin silver print	14 13/16 × 10 11/16" (37.7 × 27.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Self-Portrait (Autorretrato) Photograph Acc. 250.2005	c. 1949	Gelatin silver print	15 7/16 × 11 1/2" (39.2 × 29.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Christie Calder Salomon Fund
Diagonal Function Painting Acc. 804.2016	1952	Lacquer on wood	24 3/4 × 24 3/4 × 1/2" (62.9 × 62.9 × 1.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Fotoforma Photograph Acc. 251.2005	1952–53	Gelatin silver print	11 13/16 × 15 1/8" (30 × 38.4 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 John and Lisa Pritzker