Artist Monograph

Lyle Ashton Harris, American

American, born 1965

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Printmaking	12	80%
Photography	1	6.7%
Screenprint	1	6.7%
Drawing	1	6.7%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Photography	14	93.3%
Drawings & Prints	1	6.7%

Production by Decade

1

1980s

10

1990s

1

2000s

3

2010s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	10	66.7%
Large (1–3 m)	5	33.3%

Range: 88.9 cm → 184.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
2013	10
2014	1
2015	1
2019	1
2022	1
2025	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 15 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Miss America Photograph Acc. 28.2025	1987	Gelatin silver print	60 × 40" (152.4 × 101.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Agnes Gund
Exfoliation Photograph Acc. 295.2013	1994	Chromogenic print	29 3/4 × 42" (75.6 × 106.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg
The Watering Hole I Photograph Acc. 976.2013.1	1996	Chromogenic print	35 1/2 × 29" (90.2 × 73.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Agnes Gund
The Watering Hole II Photograph Acc. 976.2013.2	1996	Chromogenic print	35 1/2 × 29" (90.2 × 73.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Agnes Gund
The Watering Hole III Photograph Acc. 976.2013.3	1996	Chromogenic print	35 1/2 × 29" (90.2 × 73.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Agnes Gund
The Watering Hole IV Photograph Acc. 976.2013.4	1996	Chromogenic print	35 1/2 × 29" (90.2 × 73.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Agnes Gund
The Watering Hole IX Photograph Acc. 976.2013.9	1996	Chromogenic print	35 1/2 × 29" (90.2 × 73.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Agnes Gund
The Watering Hole V Photograph Acc. 976.2013.5	1996	Chromogenic print	35 1/2 × 29" (90.2 × 73.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Agnes Gund
The Watering Hole VI Photograph Acc. 976.2013.6	1996	Chromogenic print	35 1/2 × 29" (90.2 × 73.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Agnes Gund
The Watering Hole VII Photograph Acc. 976.2013.7	1996	Chromogenic print	35 1/2 × 29" (90.2 × 73.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Agnes Gund
The Watering Hole VIII Photograph Acc. 976.2013.8	1996	Chromogenic print	35 1/2 × 29" (90.2 × 73.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Agnes Gund
Untitled (New York Times Pre Election Self-Portrait Commission) Photograph Acc. 223.2014	2000	Inkjet print	44 1/8 × 33 1/16" (112 × 84 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 Kraus Family Foundation
Untitled (Triptych) Print Acc. 525.2015.a-c	2014	Set of three screenprints	composition (each): 35 x 24" (88.9 x 61 cm); sheet (each): 42 x 30" (106.7 x 76.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and David Castillo Gallery
Flash of the Spirit Photograph Acc. 330.2019	2018	Dye sublimation print	49 × 65" (124.5 × 165.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Agnes Gund
Ombre à l’Ombre Photograph Acc. 544.2022	2019	Ghanaian cloth, dye sublimation prints, and ephemera	62 1/2 × 72 1/2" (158.8 × 184.2 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 Agnes Gund, and David Dechman and Michel Mercure