Artist Monograph

John Vachon, American

American, 1914–1975

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Production by Decade

7

1930s

9

1940s

1

1950s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	10	58.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	7	41.2%

Range: 18.0 cm → 34.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1938	1
1941	1
1944	5
1994	1
2002	6
2016	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 17 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Decoration in Store at Alger, Montana Photograph Acc. 207.2002	November 1937	Gelatin silver print	6 15/16 × 9 5/8" (17.7 × 24.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Icehouse, Rosslyn, Virginia Photograph Acc. 321.1938	1937	Gelatin silver print	8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Man on the Street, Washington, D.C. Photograph Acc. 390.1941	1937	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	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Fourth of July Afternoon, Dover, Delaware Photograph Acc. 306.1941	July 1938	Gelatin silver print	9 5/8 × 7 3/8" (24.4 × 18.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
The Flag is Going By, Sesquicentennial Parade, Cincinnati, Ohio Photograph Acc. 212.2002	October 1938	Gelatin silver print	6 5/16 × 9 5/8" (16.1 × 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 222.1944	c. 1938	Gelatin silver print	13 × 9 1/2" (33 × 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
Grain Elevator with Tar Patches, Minneapolis, Minnesota Photograph Acc. 536.2016	September 1939	Gelatin silver print	6 7/8 × 9 7/16" (17.5 × 24 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
Children Playing in Snow Photograph Acc. 223.1944	1940	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 13" (24.1 × 33 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Grain Elevators and Freight Car Photograph Acc. 208.2002	c. 1940	Gelatin silver print	9 5/16 × 6 15/16" (23.6 × 17.6 cm) Mount: 16 15/16 × 13 7/8" (43 × 35.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
Michigan, North Dakota Photograph Acc. 210.2002	1940	Gelatin silver print	9 3/16 × 6 9/16" (23.4 × 16.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
North Dakota Landscape Photograph Acc. 537.2016	1940	Gelatin silver print	9 13/16 × 13 1/4" (24.9 × 33.7 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
Riding Out to Bring the Cattle, First Stages of Snow Blizzard, Lyman County South Dakota, (Rider in the Snow) Photograph Acc. 226.1944	1940	Gelatin silver print	13 1/4 × 9 1/4" (33.7 × 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Main Street of Starweather, North Dakota Photograph Acc. 209.2002	October 1941	Gelatin silver print	7 1/16 × 5 11/16" (18 × 14.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Rain, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Photograph Acc. 225.1944	1941	Gelatin silver print	13 1/4 × 9 1/4" (33.7 × 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Sign on Building, Richland Center, Wisconsin Photograph Acc. 211.2002	1941	Gelatin silver print	6 7/8 × 9 5/16" (17.5 × 23.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Morton County, North Dakota, Getting the Morning Mail at Eighteen below Zero, (Mail) Photograph Acc. 224.1944	1942	Gelatin silver print	13 1/2 × 9 1/4" (34.3 × 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Irish Boy Reciting Saint Patrick's Day Poetry Photograph Acc. 364.1994	1954	Gelatin silver print	9 11/16 × 12 3/8" (24.6 × 31.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz Fund