Artist Monograph

Simpson Kalisher, American

American, 1926–2023

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	12	54.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)	10	45.5%

Range: 19.2 cm → 41.9 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1965	7
1968	2
1998	13

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 22 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
A Brakeman Rides a String of Cars Down the Hump. (man lifting metal grille) Photograph Acc. 371.1998.2	1955	Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1961	4 15/16 × 8 3/4" (12.6 × 22.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Gloria Richards
A Night Scene in the Yards. (train tracks and silhouetted trains) Photograph Acc. 371.1998.12	1955	Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1961	4 9/16 × 8" (11.6 × 20.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Gloria Richards
A Railroad Crossing Photograph Acc. 371.1998.7	1955	Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1961	4 1/2 × 9 1/16" (11.5 × 23 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Gloria Richards
A Railroader Waiting to Dead-Head Home. (man standing on platform with flashlight) Photograph Acc. 371.1998.5	1955	Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1961	8 5/16 × 5 11/16" (21.1 × 14.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Gloria Richards
A Yard Crew at the End of Their Shift. (men walking along tracks) Photograph Acc. 371.1998.1	1955	Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1961	5 11/16 × 8 5/16" (14.5 × 21.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Gloria Richards
A Yard Crew Keeps Warm and Waits Between Jobs in a Converted Car in the Yards. (crew sitting by stove) Photograph Acc. 371.1998.6	1955	Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1961	6 1/8 × 8 5/16" (15.5 × 21.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Gloria Richards
In a Yard Diner. (two men in diner) Photograph Acc. 371.1998.10	1955	Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1961	5 11/16 × 8 1/4" (14.5 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Gloria Richards
Portrait in the Caboose. (man inside train) Photograph Acc. 371.1998.3	1955	Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1961	5 3/4 × 8 1/4" (14.6 × 21 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Gloria Richards
Railroad Men Photograph Acc. 371.1998.1-12	1955	Twelve gelatin silver prints, printed c. 1961	Size of box 16 1/2 × 15 5/8" (41.9 × 39.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Gloria Richards
Repairmen. (two men repairing train) Photograph Acc. 371.1998.9	1955	Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1961	7 3/16 × 7 9/16" (18.2 × 19.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Gloria Richards
Senior Railroad Man. (seated man in hat and coat) Photograph Acc. 371.1998.11	1955	Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1961	8 5/16 × 5" (21.1 × 12.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Gloria Richards
Shelby, Indiana, (men outside Shelby depot) Photograph Acc. 371.1998.8	1955	Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1961	5 11/16 × 8 5/16" (14.5 × 21.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Gloria Richards
Yard Scene. (two men standing on tracks next to freight train) Photograph Acc. 371.1998.4	1955	Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1961	5 3/8 × 8 1/4" (13.7 × 20.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Gloria Richards
(Paraders in New York) Photograph Acc. 866.1965	1958	Gelatin silver print	13 9/16 × 10 9/16" (34.5 × 26.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
(Highway, New York) Photograph Acc. 865.1965	1960	Gelatin silver print	13 3/8 × 8 15/16" (34 × 22.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
(Bus group, New York) Photograph Acc. 864.1965	1961	Gelatin silver print	9 1/4 × 13 1/4" (23.5 × 33.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
(Woman on street, New York) Photograph Acc. 861.1965	1961	Gelatin silver print	13 7/16 × 9 3/16" (34.2 × 23.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Pittsburgh Photograph Acc. 860.1965	1961	Gelatin silver print	13 3/8 × 9 1/8" (33.9 × 23.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 862.1965	1961	Gelatin silver print	8 7/8 × 13 1/2" (22.6 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 863.1965	1961	Gelatin silver print	9 3/16 × 13 7/16" (23.3 × 34.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
UNTITLED (Automobile on suburban highway) Photograph Acc. 2695.1967	1962	Gelatin silver print	9 1/4 × 13 1/2" (23.5 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Ben Schultz Memorial Collection. Gift of the artist
UNTITLED (Veteran holding up child) Photograph Acc. 2696.1967	1963	Gelatin silver print	13 1/2 × 9" (34.3 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Ben Schultz Memorial Collection. Gift of the artist