Artist Monograph

John Szarkowski, American

American, 1925–2007

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Production by Decade

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	14	34.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	27	65.9%

Range: 21.6 cm → 49.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1959	1
1994	15
1998	10
2013	14
2016	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 41 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Boy with Pilot's Helmet, Minneapolis Photograph Acc. 530.2016	1948	Gelatin silver print	6 7/16 × 8 1/2" (16.3 × 21.6 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
Grain Elevators II Photograph Acc. 507.1994	1949	Gelatin silver print	10 1/8 × 12 9/16" (25.7 × 31.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Samuel J. Wagstaff, Jr. Fund
Screen Door, Hudson, Wisconsin Photograph Acc. 692.1994	1950	Gelatin silver print	12 11/16 × 9 11/16" (32.2 × 24.6 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 Christie Calder Salomon
Guaranty (Prudential) Building, Buffalo, Corner Column Photograph Acc. 502.1994	1951-52	Gelatin silver print	10 × 13 1/8" (25.4 × 33.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Celeste G. Bartos
Prudential (Guaranty) Building, Capital Photograph Acc. 365.1959	1951-52	Gelatin silver print	10 1/16 × 13 1/8" (25.5 × 33.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Guaranty (Prudential) Building, Buffalo, Profile Photograph Acc. 505.1994	1952-53	Gelatin silver print	9 7/16 × 6 3/16" (24 × 15.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Given Anonymously
Mathew Brady in the Backyard I Photograph Acc. 1038.2013	1952	Gelatin silver print, printed 2006	10 1/2 × 13 1/4" (26.7 × 33.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Jan in Ashland Photograph Acc. 512.1994	1953	Gelatin silver print	7 7/16 × 9 1/2" (18.9 × 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Mathew Brady in the Backyard II Photograph Acc. 1039.2013	1953	Gelatin silver print	14 9/16 × 19 3/8" (37 × 49.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Carson Pirie Scott (Schlesinger-Meyer), Chicago Photograph Acc. 1040.2013	1954	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 9/16" (24.1 × 19.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Chicago Auditorium, Masonry, Congress Street Photograph Acc. 499.1994	1954	Gelatin silver print	12 1/4 × 10 3/8" (31.1 × 26.4 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 The Contemporary Arts Council in honor of Richard E. Oldenburg
Garrick (Schiller) Theater, Chicago Photograph Acc. 1041.2013	1954	Gelatin silver print	13 3/8 × 10 7/16" (34 × 26.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
General Garrard House, Lake Pepin Photograph Acc. 1042.2013	1954	Gelatin silver print	14 9/16 × 19 3/8" (37 × 49.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Old Stock Exchange Building, Chicago Photograph Acc. 501.1994	1954	Gelatin silver print	13 1/4 × 10 1/4" (33.6 × 26.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of The Contemporary Arts Council and Barbara Foshay in honor of Richard E. Oldenburg
Owatonna Bank, Banking Room Photograph Acc. 500.1994	1954-55	Gelatin silver print	10 3/8 × 13 1/8" (26.4 × 33.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of The Contemporary Arts Council in honor of Richard E. Oldenburg
Toward the Loop from North Michigan Photograph Acc. 508.1994	1954	Gelatin silver print	10 3/8 × 11 1/4" (26.4 × 28.5 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
Wainwright Building, St. Louis Photograph Acc. 506.1994	1954	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 1/2" (24.1 × 19 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
Young Pine in Aspen Photograph Acc. 511.1994	1955	Gelatin silver print	8 1/16 × 10 1/4" (20.5 × 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Feast of St. Nickolas, St. Michael's, Minneapolis Photograph Acc. 504.1994	1957	Gelatin silver print	10 5/16 × 13 1/4" (26.2 × 31.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Clark B. Winter, Jr.
From Country Elevator, Red River Valley Photograph Acc. 509.1994	1957	Gelatin silver print	10 5/16 × 13 1/4" (26.2 × 33.6 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
Prairie, Lincoln County, Minnesota Photograph Acc. 510.1994	1957-58	Gelatin silver print	10 1/4 × 13 3/16" (26 × 33.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Mathew Brady and Lake Superior Photograph Acc. 503.1994	1959	Gelatin silver print	10 5/16 × 13 1/4" (26.2 × 33.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Celeste G. Bartos
Robinson Lake, Ontario Photograph Acc. 1043.2013	1961	Gelatin silver print	7 9/16 × 9 3/8" (19.2 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Sarah Lake Photograph Acc. 1044.2013	1962	Gelatin silver print	7 3/16 × 9 5/16" (18.3 × 23.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Mr. Bristol's Barn 86 Photograph Acc. 389.1998	c. 1977	Gelatin silver print	15 1/4 × 19 3/16" (38.8 × 48.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Mr. Bristol's Barn 4 Photograph Acc. 383.1998	c. 1982	Gelatin silver print	10 7/16 × 13 3/8" (26.5 × 34 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Mr. Bristol's Barn 28 Photograph Acc. 386.1998	c. 1990	Gelatin silver print	13 5/16 × 10 1/2" (33.8 × 26.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Mr. Bristol's Barn 1 Photograph Acc. 381.1998	1991	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 9 7/16" (19 × 24 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Mr. Bristol's Barn 3 Photograph Acc. 382.1998	c. 1991	Gelatin silver print	15 1/8 × 19 5/16" (38.5 × 49.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
The Barn Photograph Acc. 385.1998	c. 1991	Gelatin silver print	7 7/16 × 9 1/2" (18.9 × 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Sonoran Landscape #5 Photograph Acc. 1045.2013	1992	Gelatin silver print	15 3/8 × 19 3/8" (39.1 × 49.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Mr. Bristol's Barn 19 Photograph Acc. 384.1998	1993	Gelatin silver print	19 5/16 × 14 3/16" (49.1 × 36.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Mr. Bristol's Barn 49 Photograph Acc. 387.1998	1993	Gelatin silver print	19 5/16 × 15 11/16" (49.1 × 39.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Mr. Bristol's Barn 67 Photograph Acc. 388.1998	1994	Gelatin silver print	15 1/4 × 19 3/8" (38.7 × 49.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Mr. Bristol's Barn 95 Photograph Acc. 390.1998	1994	Gelatin silver print	13 1/16 × 10 1/4" (33.2 × 26.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Triptych, Around the Meadow Photograph Acc. 1046.2013.a-c	1996-98	Three gelatin silver prints	11 × 14" (27.9 × 35.6 cm) each ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Flag, Fourth of July Photograph Acc. 1047.2013	1997	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 5/8" (24.1 × 19.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Baldwin, Heavy Crop Photograph Acc. 1048.2013	2001	Gelatin silver print	19 1/2 × 15 7/16" (49.5 × 39.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Folly with Trimmings Photograph Acc. 1050.2013	2001	Gelatin silver print	7 7/16 × 9 1/2" (18.9 × 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Folly, Easter Morning Photograph Acc. 1049.2013	2001	Gelatin silver print	7 7/16 × 9 1/2" (18.9 × 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill
Winesap, Heavy Crop Photograph Acc. 1051.2013	2001	Gelatin silver print	10 1/2 × 13 3/8" (26.7 × 34 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Susan and Peter MacGill