Artist Monograph

John Coplans, British

British, 1920–2003

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	14	56%
Printmaking	11	44%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	11	44%
Medium (30–100 cm)	11	44%
Large (1–3 m)	3	12%

Range: 11.4 cm → 236.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1982	1
1986	8
1988	1
1992	1
1993	12
2013	1
2016	1

British Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 25 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Brooke and Irving Photograph Acc. 57.1982	1981	Gelatin silver print	17 15/16 × 22 7/16" (45.6 × 57cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Irving Blum
Mummer's Parade, Philadelphia Photograph Acc. 353.1986	1982	Gelatin silver print	18 7/8 × 23" (48.1 × 58.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Bonnie Benrubi
Self-Portrait (Back with Arms Above) Photograph Acc. 448.2016	1984	Gelatin silver print	19 13/16 × 15" (50.4 × 38.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
Torso Photograph Acc. 135.1986	1984	Gelatin silver print	8 3/8 × 11 7/8" (21.3 × 30.1 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
Torso, Front Photograph Acc. 136.1986	1984	Gelatin silver print	16 1/4 × 11 5/8" (41.5 × 29.6 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
Back Torso From Below Photograph Acc. 131.1986	1985	Gelatin silver print	13 3/4 × 17 1/4" (35.1 × 43.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Peter MacGill
Hands Holding Feet Photograph Acc. 8.1992	1985	Gelatin silver print	21 7/16 × 25 1/4" (54.5 × 64.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Francis M. Naumann
Hands Spread on Knees Photograph Acc. 132.1986	1985	Gelatin silver print	13 1/8 × 16 7/8" (33.4 × 42.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Peter MacGill
Reclining Back Photograph Acc. 133.1986	1985	Gelatin silver print	13 3/4 × 16 7/8" (34.9 × 43.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Peter MacGill
Side View Bent, With Large Upper Arm Photograph Acc. 134.1986	1985	Gelatin silver print	18 1/8 × 21 7/8" (46.2 × 55.8 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
Side View, Bent Photograph Acc. 72.1986	1985	Gelatin silver print	18 1/2 × 17 7/8" (47.2 × 45.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Robert and Joyce Menschel Fund
Self Portrait: Six Times Photograph Acc. 262.1988.a-c	1987	Gelatin silver prints	Overall: 36 × 93" (91.4 × 236.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Study for Self Portrait (Upside Down no. 4) Photograph Acc. 222.1993.4	1992	Three black-and-white instant prints (Polaroid)	each 3 1/2 × 4 1/2" (8.9 × 11.4 cm) overall 12 1/4 × 5 1/8" (31.1 × 13.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Marsha Plotnitsky
Untitled Study for Self Portrait (Upside Down no. 9) Photograph Acc. 222.1993.9	1992	Three black-and-white instant prints (Polaroid)	each 3 1/2 × 4 1/2" (8.9 × 11.4 cm) overall 11 7/8 × 5 3/16" (30.2 × 13.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Marsha Plotnitsky
Untitled Study for Self-Portrait (Upside Down no. 1) Photograph Acc. 222.1993.1	1992	Three black-and-white instant prints (Polaroid)	each 3 1/2 × 4 1/2" (8.9 × 11.4 cm) overall 11 7/8 × 5 3/16" (30.2 × 13.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Marsha Plotnitsky
Untitled Study for Self-Portrait (Upside Down no. 10) Photograph Acc. 222.1993.10	1992	Three black-and-white instant prints (Polaroid)	each 3 1/2 × 4 1/2" (8.9 × 11.4 cm) overall 11 7/8 × 5 1/4" (30.2 × 13.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Marsha Plotnitsky
Untitled Study for Self-Portrait (Upside Down no. 11) Photograph Acc. 222.1993.11	1992	Three black-and-white instant prints (Polaroid)	Overall 11 7/8 × 5 3/16" (30.2 × 13.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Geraldine J. Murphy Fund
Untitled Study for Self-Portrait (Upside Down no. 2) Photograph Acc. 222.1993.2	1992	Three black-and-white instant prints (Polaroid)	each 3 1/2 × 4 1/2" (8.9 × 11.4 cm) overall 11 15/16 × 5 3/16" (30.3 × 13.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Marsha Plotnitsky
Untitled Study for Self-Portrait (Upside Down no. 3) Photograph Acc. 222.1993.3	1992	Three black-and-white instant prints (Polaroid)	each 3 7/16 × 4 1/2" (8.9 × 11.4 cm) overall 11 7/8 × 5 3/16" (30.1 × 13.2 cm) 3 1/2 × 4 1/2" (8.89 × 0 × 0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Marsha Plotnitsky
Untitled Study for Self-Portrait (Upside Down no. 5) Photograph Acc. 222.1993.5	1992	Three black-and-white instant prints (Polaroid)	each 3 1/2 × 4 1/2" (8.9 × 11.4 cm) overall 11 3/4 × 5 1/4" (29.9 × 13.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Marsha Plotnitsky
Untitled Study for Self-Portrait (Upside Down no. 6) Photograph Acc. 222.1993.6	1992	Three black-and-white instant prints (Polaroid)	each 3 1/2 × 4 1/2" (8.9 × 11.4 cm) overall 1 3/16 × 5 3/16" (30.2 × 13.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Marsha Plotnitsky
Untitled Study for Self-Portrait (Upside Down no. 7) Photograph Acc. 222.1993.7	1992	Three black-and-white instant prints (Polaroid)	each 3 1/2 × 4 1/2" (8.9 × 11.4 cm) overall 11 15/16 × 5 3/16" (30.3 × 13.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Marsha Plotnitsky
Untitled Study for Self-Portrait (Upside Down no. 8) Photograph Acc. 222.1993.8	1992	Three black-and-white instant prints (Polaroid)	each 3 1/2 × 4 1/2" (8.9 × 11.4 cm) overall 11 7/8 × 5 3/16" (30.2 × 13.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Marsha Plotnitsky
Upside Down, No. 1 Photograph Acc. 221.1993	1992	Three gelatin silver prints	Overall: 84 1/16 × 42" (213.5 × 106.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist and Andrea Rosen in honor of John Szarkowski
Upside Down, No. 6 Photograph Acc. 1212.2013	1992	Gelatin silver prints	Overall approx. 7 ft. × 42 in. (213 × 106 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Peter Norton