Artist Monograph

Roy DeCarava, American

American, 1919–2009

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	14	70%
Screenprint	6	30%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Photography	14	70%
Drawings & Prints	6	30%

Production by Decade

1940s

1950s

1960s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	15%
Medium (30–100 cm)	17	85%

Range: 26.7 cm → 50.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1959	4
1960	2
1961	2
1973	1
1994	1
1996	1
1997	1
1998	1
2006	5
2016	1
2022	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 1, 1 North" — 1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 20 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Jake, Age Seven Print Acc. 824.2006	1946	Screenprint	composition: 14 5/16 x 9 3/16" (36.3 x 23.4 cm); sheet: 17 13/16 x 11 7/8" (45.3 x 30.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Anne Kurakin
No Work Today Print Acc. 825.2006	1946	Screenprint	composition: 13 13/16 x 10 1/8" (35.1 x 25.7 cm); sheet: 16 13/16 x 13 7/8" (42.7 x 35.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Anne Kurakin
Palma Print Acc. 827.2006	1947	Screenprint	composition: 10 13/16 x 9 1/2" (27.4 x 24.1 cm); sheet: 14 5/8 x 10 11/16" (37.2 x 27.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Anne Kurakin
Close up Print Acc. 826.2006	1949–50	Screenprint	composition: 9 1/2 x 11 9/16" (24.1 x 29.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 12 5/8 x 18 3/16" (32 x 46.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Anne Kurakin
Graduation Photograph Acc. 288.2016	1949	Gelatin silver print	12 3/4 × 19 1/8" (32.4 × 48.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Edna Smith, Bassist Photograph Acc. 311.1959	1950	Gelatin silver print	18 5/8 × 12 9/16" (47.3 × 31.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Self-Portrait Print Acc. 823.2006	1950	Screenprint	composition: 10 1/2 x 8 1/4" (26.7 x 21 cm); sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 5/16" (29.2 x 23.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Anne Kurakin
Strikers Print Acc. 18.1996	c. 1951	Screenprint	composition: 12 1/2 x 9 13/16" (31.7 x 25cm); sheet: 13 3/4 x 11" (35 x 27.9cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Ralph E. Shikes Fund and funds given by Dave Williams
Boy, Woman's Hand on Shoulder Photograph Acc. 127.1960	1952	Gelatin silver print	13 3/8 × 10 1/8" (34 × 25.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Walter A. Weiss
Child Playing at Curb, Eighth Avenue Photograph Acc. 189.1994	1952	Gelatin silver print	8 9/16 × 13 1/2" (21.7 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	John Parkinson III Fund
Man Coming Up Subway Stairs Photograph Acc. 273.1959	1952	Gelatin silver print	19 × 13 1/4" (48.2 × 33.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Shirley Embracing Sam Photograph Acc. 363.1998	1952	Gelatin silver print	13 3/8 × 10 3/8" (34 × 26.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Courtesy of the artist through Family of Man submission
Sun and Shade Photograph Acc. 89.1959	1952	Gelatin silver print	13 9/16 × 9 3/16" (34.4 × 23.3 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. 145.1959	c. 1955	Gelatin silver print	13 1/16 × 9 1/8" (33.2 × 23.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Self-Portrait Photograph Acc. 365.1961	1956	Gelatin silver print	10 1/8 × 13 11/16" (25.7 × 34.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Mahalia Jackson, Singing Photograph Acc. 455.1960	1957	Gelatin silver print	13 1/2 × 9 1/2" (34.2 × 24.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Man with Portfolio Photograph Acc. 39.1973	1959	Gelatin silver print	9 × 13 1/16" (22.9 × 33.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Bed Photograph Acc. 364.1961	1960	Gelatin silver print	9 5/8 × 13 5/16" (24.4 × 33.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Edward Steichen Photograph Acc. 380.1997	1961	Gelatin silver print	13 × 10" (33.1 × 25.4 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
David Photograph Acc. 1.2022.2	1964	Gelatin silver print	14 × 11" (35.6 × 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase