Artist Monograph

Henry Wessel, Jr., American

American, 1942–2018

Production by Decade

1960s

1970s

1980s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	8	36.4%
Medium (30–100 cm)	14	63.6%

Range: 29.9 cm → 39.6 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1972	6
1973	6
1974	4
1977	3
1980	3
1988	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 23 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Albuquerque, New Mexico Photograph Acc. 90.1973	1968	Gelatin silver print	7 7/8 × 11 7/8" (20.0 × 30.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Untitled Photograph Acc. 88.1974	1968	Gelatin silver print	9 × 13 1/2" (22.9 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 89.1974	1968	Gelatin silver print	9 × 13 1/2" (22.9 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled (No. 7, Socorro, New Mexico) Photograph Acc. 88.1973	1968	Gelatin silver print	7 13/16 × 11 7/8" (19.8 × 30.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Untitled, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania Photograph Acc. 401.1972	1968	Gelatin silver print	7 7/8 × 11 3/4" (20.0 × 29.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Spencer Fund
Untitled, Yuma, Arizona Photograph Acc. 404.1972	1968	Gelatin silver print	7 7/8 × 11 3/4" (20.0 × 29.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Spencer Fund
Untitled, Seattle, Washington Photograph Acc. 402.1972	1969	Gelatin silver print	7 7/8 × 11 3/4" (20.0 × 29.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Spencer Fund
Untitled, Walapai, Arizona Photograph Acc. 400.1972	1971	Gelatin silver print	7 7/8 × 11 3/4" (20.0 × 29.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Spencer Fund
Albany, California Photograph Acc. 403.1972	1972	Gelatin silver print	7 7/8 × 11 3/4" (20.0 × 29.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Spencer Fund
Confusion Range, Utah Photograph Acc. 87.1973	1972	Gelatin silver print	7 7/8 × 11 7/8" (20.0 × 30.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
El Cerrito, California Photograph Acc. 91.1973	1972	Gelatin silver print	7 7/8 × 11 3/4" (20.0 × 29.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Los Angeles, California Photograph Acc. 405.1972	1972	Gelatin silver print	7 7/8 × 11 3/4" (20.0 × 29.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Spencer Fund
San Francisco, California Photograph Acc. 89.1973	1972	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
Untitled (No. 29, Point Richmond, California) Photograph Acc. 92.1973	1972	Gelatin silver print	7 7/8 × 11 3/4" (20.0 × 29.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
San Francisco, California Photograph Acc. 225.1974	1973	Gelatin silver print	12 × 8" (30.5 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Parkinson III Fund
Snowmass, Colorado Photograph Acc. 226.1974	1973	Gelatin silver print	12 × 8" (30.5 × 20.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Parkinson III Fund
Untitled Photograph Acc. 297.1977	1976	Gelatin silver print	9 7/8 × 15" (25.1 × 38.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Joseph G. Mayer Fund
San Francisco, California Photograph Acc. 298.1977	1977	Gelatin silver print	9 7/8 × 15" (25.1 × 38.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Joseph G. Mayer Fund
Santa Barbara, California Photograph Acc. 296.1977	1977	Gelatin silver print	9 7/8 × 15" (25.1 × 38.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Joseph G. Mayer Fund
Waikiki Photograph Acc. 454.1980	1978	Gelatin silver print	10 × 14 7/8" (25.4 × 37.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Parkinson III Fund
Untitled Photograph Acc. 456.1980	1979	Gelatin silver print	10 × 14 7/8" (25.3 × 37.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Parkinson III Fund
Waikiki Photograph Acc. 455.1980	1979	Gelatin silver print	14 13/16 × 9 15/16" (37.6 × 25.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Parkinson III Fund
Tash and Pekoe Photograph Acc. 250.1988	1987	Gelatin silver print	10 3/8 × 15 9/16" (26.4 × 39.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Family of Man Fund