Artist Monograph

Paul Caponigro, American

American, 1932–2024

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	14	63.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	8	36.4%

Range: 21.0 cm → 49.5 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1960	3
1964	1
1965	2
1966	1
1968	4
1970	1
1973	5
1987	3
1994	1
1997	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 22 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Untitled Photograph Acc. 488.1994	1957	Gelatin silver print	7 9/16 × 9 9/16" (19.3 × 24.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 833.1965	1957	Gelatin silver print	7 3/4 × 9 3/4" (19.7 × 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Eroded Sand, Revere, Massachusetts Photograph Acc. 448.1960	1958	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 13 1/2" (24.1 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Rock Wall Number 2 Photograph Acc. 315.1964	1959	Gelatin silver print	Image: 10 5/16 × 13 1/4" (26.2 × 33.7 cm) Overall: 20 3/16 × 24" (51.3 × 61 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Surf and Eroded Rock, Cape Kiwanda, Oregon Photograph Acc. 447.1960	1959	Gelatin silver print	7 5/8 × 9 9/16" (19.3 × 24.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 446.1960	1959	Gelatin silver print	7 11/16 × 9 1/4" (19.6 × 23.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Ice, Newton Center, Massachusetts Photograph Acc. 47.1966	1960	Gelatin silver print	9 3/4 × 6 1/4" (24.8 × 15.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Fungus, Ipswich, Massachusetts Photograph Acc. 452.1973	1962	Gelatin silver print	13 × 10" (33.0 × 25.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Brewster Woods, New York Photograph Acc. 450.1973	1963	Gelatin silver print	8 1/4 × 10 3/4" (21.0 × 27.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Feathers Photograph Acc. 378.1997	1964	Gelatin silver print	9 5/16 × 6 7/8" (23.6 × 17.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Bequest of Grace M. Mayer
Four Apples, New York Photograph Acc. 451.1973	1964	Gelatin silver print	5 3/4 × 8 1/2" (14.6 × 21.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 834.1965	1964	Gelatin silver print	6 1/4 × 8 1/4" (15.9 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Ardara Dolmen, County Donegal, Ireland Photograph Acc. 378.1968	1967	Gelatin silver print	8 × 9 7/8" (20.3 × 25.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Mr. and Mrs. John Spencer Fund
Ardara Dolmen, County Donegal, Ireland Photograph Acc. 449.1973	1967	Gelatin silver print	8 × 9 3/4" (20.2 × 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Avebury Stone Circle, Avebury, Wiltshire, England Photograph Acc. 380.1968	1967	Gelatin silver print	7 3/8 × 10 1/2" (18.7 × 26.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Mr. and Mrs. John Spencer Fund
Avebury Stone Circle, Avebury, Wiltshire, England Photograph Acc. 381.1968	1967	Gelatin silver print	10 3/8 × 7 1/2" (26.4 × 19.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Mr. and Mrs. John Spencer Fund
Stonehenge Photograph Acc. 79.1987	c. 1967-72	Gelatin silver print	19 1/16 × 13 5/8" (48.4 × 34.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Arthur M. Bullowa
Stonehenge Photograph Acc. 80.1987	c. 1967-72	Gelatin silver print	18 5/8 × 13 1/8" (47.5 × 33.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Arthur M. Bullowa
Stonehenge Photograph Acc. 81.1987	c. 1967-72	Gelatin silver print	13 9/16 × 19 5/16" (34.5 × 49 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Arthur M. Bullowa
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England Photograph Acc. 379.1968	1967	Gelatin silver print	12 1/2 × 19 1/2" (31.7 × 49.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Mr. and Mrs. John Spencer Fund
Redding Woods, Connecticut Photograph Acc. 72.1970	1968	Gelatin silver print	8 5/8 × 12 5/8" (21.9 × 32.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	David H. McAlpin Fund
Redding Woods, Connecticut Photograph Acc. 453.1973	1968	Gelatin silver print	7 5/8 × 10 3/8" (9.3 × 26.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase