Artist Monograph

Jacob August Riis, American

American, born Denmark. 1849–1914

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	20	90.9%
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	9.1%

Range: 12.7 cm → 48.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1959	2
1964	18
1982	1
1991	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 22 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Bandits' Roost, 59 1/2 Mulberry Street Photograph Acc. 326.1959	1888	Gelatin silver print, printed 1958	19 3/16 × 15 1/2" (48.7 × 39.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Museum of the City of New York
Blind Beggar Photograph Acc. 325.1959	1888	Gelatin silver print, printed 1958	10 3/16 × 13 11/16" (25.9 × 34.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York
East Side Public School. A Class in the Condemned Essex Market School. Gas burning by day Photograph Acc. 345.1964	1888-95	Gelatin silver print, printed 1957	6 3/16 × 4 3/4" (15.7 × 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 Museum of the City of New York
Police Station Lodgers in Elizabeth Street Station Photograph Acc. 344.1964	1888-95	Gelatin silver print, printed 1957	6 1/4 × 4 3/4" (15.8 × 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 Museum of the City of New York
Reporter Office at 301 Mulberry Street Photograph Acc. 331.1964	1888	Gelatin silver print, printed 1957	6 1/4 × 4 15/16" (15.8 × 12.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Museum of the City of New York
Sabbath Eve in a Coal Celler, Ludlow Street Photograph Acc. 348.1964	1888-1895	Gelatin silver print, printed 1957	6 5/16 × 4 3/4" (16 × 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 Museum of the City of New York
Shoemaker, Broome Street Photograph Acc. 349.1964	1888-1895	Gelatin silver print, printed 1957	6 1/16 × 4 3/4" (15.4 × 12 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Museum of the City of New York
Talmud School in a Hester Street Tenement Photograph Acc. 346.1964	1888-95	Gelatin silver print, printed 1957	6 5/16 × 4 3/4" (16 × 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 Museum of the City of New York
The Street, their Playground Photograph Acc. 347.1964	1888-1895	Gelatin silver print, printed 1957	6 1/2 × 4 3/4" (16.5 × 12 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Museum of the City of New York
Bohemian Cigarmakers at Work in Their Tenement Photograph Acc. 337.1964	1889	Gelatin silver print, printed 1957	6 3/16 × 4 13/16" (15.7 × 12.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Museum of the City of New York
In Poverty Gap, West 28th Street: An English Coal-heaver's Home Photograph Acc. 336.1964	1889	Gelatin silver print, printed 1957	6 5/16 × 4 3/4" (16 × 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 Museum of the City of New York
Lodgers in Bayard Street Tenement, Five Cents a Spot Photograph Acc. 338.1964	1889	Gelatin silver print, printed 1957	6 3/16 × 4 3/4" (15.7 × 12 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Museum of the City of New York
Minding the Baby. Scene in Gotham Court Photograph Acc. 340.1964	1889	Gelatin silver print, printed 1957	6 3/8 × 4 15/16" (16.2 × 12.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Museum of the City of New York
Prayer Time in the Nursery, Five Points House of Industry Photograph Acc. 334.1964	1889	Gelatin silver print, printed 1957	6 1/4 × 4 3/4" (15.8 × 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 Museum of the City of New York
The Bend Photograph Acc. 333.1964	1889	Gelatin silver print, printed 1957	6 1/4 × 4 3/4" (15.8 × 12 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Museum of the City of New York
The Short Tail Gang. Corlears Hook under the Pier at the foot of Jackson Street Photograph Acc. 335.1964	1889	Gelatin silver print, printed 1957	6 3/16 × 4 3/4" (15.7 × 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 Museum of the City of New York
"I Scrubs" – Katie, Who Keeps House on West Forty-Ninth Street Photograph Acc. 205.1991	1890	Gelatin silver print, printed 1954	4 × 5" (10.2 × 12.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Museum of the City of New York
Ancient Lodger, Eldridge Street Police Station Photograph Acc. 172.1982	1890	Gelatin silver print, printed 1958	4 3/4 × 6 5/16" (12.1 × 16 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Museum of the City of New York
Police Station Lodgers in Oak Street Station Photograph Acc. 343.1964	1890	Gelatin silver print, printed 1957	6 1/4 × 4 11/16" (15.8 × 11.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Museum of the City of New York
The Man Slept in This Cellar for Four Years Photograph Acc. 341.1964	1890	Gelatin silver print, printed 1957	6 3/16 × 4 3/4" (15.7 × 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 Museum of the City of New York
Women in Elizabeth Police Street Station Photograph Acc. 342.1964	1890	Gelatin silver print, printed 1957	6 3/8 × 4 15/16" (16.2 × 12.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Museum of the City of New York
In a Dive Photograph Acc. 350.1964	1895	Gelatin silver print, printed 1957	6 3/8 × 4 3/4" (16.2 × 12 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Museum of the City of New York