Artist Monograph

John Gutmann, American

American, born Germany. 1905–1998

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Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	16	88.9%
Medium (30–100 cm)	2	11.1%

Range: 19.5 cm → 33.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1941	1
1978	4
1992	1
2001	4
2006	1
2017	1
2019	6

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 18 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Watching the Game Photograph Acc. 397.2006	1934	Gelatin silver print	9 3/4 × 6 7/16" (24.8 × 16.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Class Photograph Acc. 1678.2001	1935	Gelatin silver print	8 3/4 × 7 9/16" (22.3 × 19.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. The Family of Man Fund
Shrug of the Shoulder Photograph Acc. 1677.2001	1935	Gelatin silver print	7 7/8 × 8 5/8" (20 × 21.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther
The Decal Photograph Acc. 22.2019	1935	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 6 1/4" (24.1 × 15.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Gutmann Bequest
A Cowboy's Car, Wyoming Photograph Acc. 23.2019	1936	Gelatin silver print	7 11/16 × 7 11/16" (19.5 × 19.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Gutmann Bequest
Elevator Garage, Chicago Photograph Acc. 679.1978	1936	Gelatin silver print	8 3/8 × 7 1/2" (21.3 × 19.1 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 Samuel William Sax and the National Endowment for the Arts
Apology, San Francisco Photograph Acc. 681.1978	1937	Gelatin silver print	9 3/16 × 13 3/16" (24.9 × 33.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase, 1978
Jitterbug, New Orleans Photograph Acc. 340.1992	1937	Gelatin silver print	8 9/16 × 7 9/16" (21.7 × 19.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Barbara Ferry Hooker Fund
Protoplasmic Self-Portrait Photograph Acc. 210.2017	1937	Gelatin silver print	9 15/16 × 7 15/16" (25.2 × 20.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Mrs. Mervyn Palmer, by exchange
Sign, California Photograph Acc. 682.1978	1937	Gelatin silver print	12 1/4 × 10 1/2" (31.1 × 26.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase, 1978
Street Boys and Graffiti, San Francisco Photograph Acc. 680.1978	1937	Gelatin silver print	10 7/16 × 11 5/8" (26.6 × 29.2 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 Samuel William Sax and the National Endowment for the Arts, 1978
Conversation while Riding the Monster Photograph Acc. 24.2019	1938	Gelatin silver print	8 7/8 × 6 11/16" (22.5 × 17 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Gutmann Bequest
Hands on Wall Graffiti Photograph Acc. 1679.2001	1939	Gelatin silver print	9 9/16 × 7 3/16" (24.3 × 18.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. The Family of Man Fund
Pop Advertising, San Francisco Photograph Acc. 665.1941	1939	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 9" (19 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Fernand Léger with Irene and "Composition with Parrots" Photograph Acc. 1584.2001	1940	Gelatin silver print	11 1/2 × 10 1/4" (29.2 × 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mark Luca
Ben's Barbershop Window Photograph Acc. 25.2019	1946	Gelatin silver print	7 13/16 × 7 13/16" (19.9 × 19.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Gutmann Bequest
Betty Love Ben Photograph Acc. 26.2019	1948	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 5/8" (24.2 × 19.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Gutmann Bequest
The Cigarette Photograph Acc. 27.2019	1949	Gelatin silver print	9 × 7 13/16" (22.9 × 19.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Gutmann Bequest