Artist Monograph

Richard Benson, American

American, 1943–2017

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Drawing	15	42.9%
Printmaking	15	42.9%
Lithography	3	8.6%
Photography	1	2.9%
Acrylic Painting	1	2.9%

Production by Decade

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	8	22.9%
Medium (30–100 cm)	27	77.1%

Range: 23.4 cm → 46.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1974	1
1976	2
1978	1
1979	1
1982	2
1986	3
1989	1
1991	1
2008	18
2009	1
2010	2
2016	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 35 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Common Burying Ground, Newport, RI Photograph Acc. 394.2016	late 1970s	Palladium print	7 1/2 × 9 7/16" (19 × 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
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial by Augustus Sain Gaudens, No. 6 Photograph Acc. 602.1976	c. 1973	Palladium print	12 6/16 × 9 3/4" (31.4 × 24.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial by Augustus Saint Gaudens Photograph Acc. 603.1976	c. 1973	Palladium print	10 1/16 × 12 5/16" (25.7 × 31.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial by Augustus Saint-Gaudens Photograph Acc. 1907.2008	c. 1973	Palladium print	12 5/16 × 9 13/16" (31.2 × 25 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Beaver Tail Lighthouse, Jamestown, Rhode Island Photograph Acc. 1340.1974	1974	Platinum print	7 7/16 × 9 3/16" (18.9 × 23.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Monroe Wheeler
Henry Ward Beecher Photograph Acc. 344.2010	c. 1974	Inkjet print (matte), printed 2009	13 5/8 × 17 1/4" (34.6 × 43.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Henry Ward Beecher Photograph Acc. 345.2010	c. 1974	Inkjet print (glossy), printed 2009	13 11/16 × 17 3/16" (34.8 × 43.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Gravestone, Newport, Rhode Island Photograph Acc. 317.1978	1977-78	Palladium print	7 3/8 × 9 3/8" (18.7 × 23.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired with matching funds from Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller and the National Endowment for the Arts
Untitled Photograph Acc. 348.1986	1977	Offset photolithograph print	16 1/4 × 12 3/4" (41.2 × 32.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Abandoned Porch, Naguabo, Puerto Rico Photograph Acc. 393.2016	1978	Palladium print	9 1/2 × 7 5/8" (24.2 × 19.3 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
Fall River Boiler Photograph Acc. 1908.2008	1978	Photo offset multiple-impression print, printed 1985	16 7/16 × 13 1/16" (41.7 × 33.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Newport, Rhode Island Photograph Acc. 184.1979	1978	Palladium print	7 7/16 × 9 7/16" (19.0 × 24.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase, 1979
Sugar Mill at Aguirre, Puerto Rico Photograph Acc. 1909.2008	1978	Photo offset multiple-impression print, printed 1985	12 3/16 × 15 3/8" (31 × 39 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Sugar Mill at Arroyo, Puerto Rico Photograph Acc. 1910.2008	1978	Platinum/palladium print	7 5/8 × 9 5/8" (19.3 × 24.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Brooklyn Bridge Photograph Acc. 47.1982	1980	Platinum/palladium print	10 1/8 × 17 3/16" (25.8 × 43.7 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
White Skiff Photograph Acc. 46.1982	1981	Offset print	9 1/2 × 12" (24.1 × 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Parkinson III Fund
Fall River Boiler Photograph Acc. 1159.2009	1982	Platinum print	9 5/8 × 7 11/16" (24.4 × 19.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Richard Benson
Cannon, Vicksburg Photograph Acc. 338.1989	1986	Photograph in acrylic paint on aluminum	14 1/2 × 18 1/4" (36.8 × 46.4 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
Joshua Newman Photograph Acc. 1911.2008	1986	Color instant print (Polaroid)	9 1/2 × 7 1/2" (24.1 × 19 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. 350.1986	1986	Offset photolithograph print	16 1/4 × 12 7/8" (41.2 × 32.7 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. 349.1986	1986	Offset photolithograph print	12 3/4 × 16 1/4" (32.5 × 41.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Bandstand at Le Puy, France Photograph Acc. 295.1991	1991	Acrylic on aluminum	12 3/8 × 15 3/4" (31.5 × 40 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	E.T. Harmax Foundation Fund
California Photograph Acc. 1912.2008	2006	Inkjet print	11 5/8 × 17 3/8" (29.5 × 44.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Geraldine J. Murphy Fund
Cap-des-Rosiers, Gaspe Photograph Acc. 1913.2008	2006	Inkjet print	11 5/8 × 17 3/8" (29.5 × 44.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Geraldine J. Murphy Fund
Texas Panhandle Photograph Acc. 1914.2008	2006	Inkjet print	11 5/8 × 17 3/8" (29.5 × 44.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Geraldine J. Murphy Fund
Apples Photograph Acc. 1915.2008	2007	Inkjet print	11 5/8 × 17 3/8" (29.5 × 44.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Kentucky Photograph Acc. 1916.2008	2007	Inkjet print	11 5/8 × 17 3/8" (29.5 × 44.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Geraldine J. Murphy Fund
Okeechobee, Florida Photograph Acc. 1917.2008	2007	Inkjet print	11 5/8 × 17 3/8" (29.5 × 44.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Geraldine J. Murphy Fund
Selma, Alabama Photograph Acc. 1918.2008	2007	Inkjet print	11 5/8 × 17 3/8" (29.5 × 44.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Geraldine J. Murphy Fund
California Photograph Acc. 1919.2008	2008	Inkjet print	11 5/8 × 17 3/8" (29.5 × 44.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Arthur M. Bullowa Fund
California Photograph Acc. 1920.2008	2008	Inkjet print	11 5/8 × 17 3/8" (29.5 × 44.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Arthur M. Bullowa Fund
Newfoundland Photograph Acc. 1921.2008	2008	Inkjet print	11 5/8 × 17 3/8" (29.5 × 44.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Arthur M. Bullowa Fund
Newport, Rhode Island Photograph Acc. 1922.2008	2008	Inkjet print	11 5/8 × 17 3/8" (29.5 × 44.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Arthur M. Bullowa Fund
Sacramento, California Photograph Acc. 1923.2008	2008	Inkjet print	11 5/8 × 17 3/8" (29.5 × 44.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Arthur M. Bullowa Fund
Stockton, California Photograph Acc. 1924.2008	2008	Inkjet print	11 5/8 × 17 3/8" (29.5 × 44.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Arthur M. Bullowa Fund