Artist Monograph

Ming Smith, American

American

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	7	87.5%
Drawing	1	12.5%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	8	100%

Range: 35.6 cm → 93.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1979	2
1998	2
2010	2
2018	2

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 1, 1 North" — 3

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 8 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Andrew Young and Vernon Jordan on Television, New York, NY Photograph Acc. 50.2018	1974	Gelatin silver print	16 × 20" (40.6 × 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Committee on Photography Fund
Mother and Child, Harlem, NY Photograph Acc. 51.2018	1976	Gelatin silver print	11 × 14" (27.9 × 35.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Committee on Photography Fund
Christmas Constellation, Brussels, Belgium Photograph Acc. 1183.1979	1978	Gelatin silver print	18 3/8 × 13 1/4" (46.5 × 33.5 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 Vera Louise Fraser Estate
David Murray in the Wings, Padova, Italy Photograph Acc. 1184.1979	1978	Gelatin silver print (hand-painted)	19 1/2 × 12 5/8" (49.5 × 32.0 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 Vera Louise Fraser Estate
Ooloong's Nightmare, Save the Children (for Marvin Gaye), New York City, NY Photograph Acc. 576.1998	1979	Gelatin silver print (hand-painted)	27 1/4 × 17 1/16" (69.2 × 43.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Agnes Gund
August Wilson Series: Two Pool Players, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Photograph Acc. 614.2010	1991	Gelatin silver print	19 5/16 × 13 3/8" (49 × 34 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Geraldine J. Murphy Fund
Invisible Man, Somewhere, Everywhere Photograph Acc. 615.2010	1991	Inkjet print, printed 2010	36 3/4 × 25" (93.3 × 63.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Geraldine J. Murphy Fund
Invisible Man, Somewhere, Everywhere Photograph Acc. 577.1998	1998	Oil paint on gelatin silver print	18 11/16 × 12 9/16" (47.4 × 32 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Kathleen Lingo in memory of Linda McCartney