Artist Monograph

Michael Spano, American

American, born 1949

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Production by Decade

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	1	4.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	18	85.7%
Large (1–3 m)	2	9.5%

Range: 24.7 cm → 145.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1978	1
1983	4
1984	2
1985	1
1986	3
1989	1
1992	1
1995	1
1996	2
2006	4
2016	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 21 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
New Haven, Connecticut Photograph Acc. 395.1978	1977	Gelatin silver print	7 1/16 × 16 7/8" (18 × 42.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gilman Foundation Fund
Mask Man, New York Photograph Acc. 527.2016	1980	Gelatin silver print	7 3/16 × 17 5/16" (18.3 × 44 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
Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn Photograph Acc. 366.1992	1981	Gelatin silver print, printed 1992	17 11/16 × 44 1/16" (45 × 112 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Joseph G. Mayer Fund
Rivington Street, New York Photograph Acc. 702.1983	1981	Gelatin silver print, printed 1982	10 5/16 × 13 3/8" (26.2 × 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
Broad Channel Photograph Acc. 875.1996	1982	Gelatin silver print	26 3/4 × 35 3/8" (68 × 89.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Debevoise & Plimpton, New York
Hubert Photograph Acc. 874.1996	1982	Gelatin silver print	27 3/16 × 35 3/16" (69.1 × 89.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Debevoise & Plimpton, New York
Tribeca Photograph Acc. 701.1983	1982	Gelatin silver print	12 1/2 × 9 3/4" (31.5 × 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
81st Street and Broadway, New York Photograph Acc. 485.1984	1983	Gelatin silver print	34 × 27 1/8" (86.7 × 66.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Robert B. Menschel Fund
Photogram-Michael Spano Photograph Acc. 699.1983	1983	Gelatin silver print	57 7/8 × 23 15/16" (145.2 × 60.8 cm) (irregular) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Robert B. Menschel Fund
Untitled Photograph Acc. 486.1984	1983	Gelatin silver print	27 1/4 × 34 7/8" (69.6 × 89.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Robert B. Menschel Fund
Untitled (Gabriela Humpke and Michael Spano) Photograph Acc. 700.1983	1983	Gelatin silver print	9 3/4 × 7 11/16" (24.7 × 19.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Untitled Photograph Acc. 288.1985	1984	Gelatin silver print	35 3/4 × 27 1/2" (90.8 × 69.9 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
Untitled Photograph Acc. 372.1986	1985	Gelatin silver print	35 3/4 × 27 3/4" (91 × 70.6 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 Lois and Bruce Zenkel
Untitled Photograph Acc. 101.1986	1985	Gelatin silver print	27 3/8 × 36 5/8" (69.5 × 93.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Untitled Photograph Acc. 371.1986	1986	Gelatin silver print	34 1/2 × 27 5/8" (87.8 × 70.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist and the New York Foundation for the Arts
Construction #13 Photograph Acc. 178.1989	1989	Gelatin silver print	34 5/16 × 27 3/16" (87.2 × 69.1 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
Tree Trunk, 9-17-95, Prospect Park, Brooklyn Photograph Acc. 883.1995	1995	Gelatin silver print	27 1/16 × 26 13/16" (68.7 × 68.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	David H. McAlpin Fund
57th Street and Poster Photograph Acc. 428.2006	1999	Gelatin silver print	35 3/16 × 27 13/16" (89.4 × 70.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Apple and Teacup Photograph Acc. 429.2006	2003	Gelatin silver print	26 7/8 × 20 7/16" (68.3 × 51.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Lexington and 59th Photograph Acc. 430.2006	2005	Gelatin silver print	27 3/4 × 34 13/16" (70.5 × 88.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Lois and Bruce Zenkel Fund
New York Sights Photograph Acc. 431.2006	2005	Gelatin silver print	27 3/4 × 34 7/8" (70.5 × 88.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Lois and Bruce Zenkel Fund