Artist Monograph

Stuart Klipper, American

American, born 1941

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Printmaking	17	65.4%
Photography	9	34.6%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	26	100%

Range: 34.9 cm → 96.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1981	8
1985	12
1988	2
1991	3
2002	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 26 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Ancient Volcanic Vent at Bifrust, Iceland Photograph Acc. 294.2002	1976	Gelatin silver print, printed 1993	9 5/16 × 13 15/16" (23.6 × 35.4 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 Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder and the National Endowment for the Arts
ERODED ICEBERG, ERIKSFJORD, GREENLAND Photograph Acc. 198.1981	1976	Gelatin silver print, printed 1976-78	10 13/16 × 13 3/4" (27.5 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Fjordice in Eriksfjord, Greenland Photograph Acc. 194.1981	1976	Gelatin silver print, printed 1976-78	10 13/16 × 13 3/4" (27.5 × 34.9 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 Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder and the National Endowment for the Arts
GODAFOSS, ICELAND Photograph Acc. 202.1981	1976	Gelatin silver print, printed 1976-78	10 13/16 × 13 3/4" (27.5 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
HERDYBREIN AT DAWN LOOKING ACROSS ODADA HRAUN LAVA FIELD, ICELAND Photograph Acc. 199.1981	1976	Gelatin silver print, printed 1976-78	10 13/16 × 13 3/4" (27.5 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Interior and Rim of Huerfjall Ash Crater, Iceland Photograph Acc. 196.1981	1976	Gelatin silver print, printed 1976-78	10 13/16 × 13 3/4" (27.5 × 34.9 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 Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder and the National Endowment for the Arts
QORUP SERMIA (GLACIER) AND MELLEMLANDET, GREENLAND (1) Photograph Acc. 200.1981	1976	Gelatin silver print, printed 1976-78	10 13/16 × 13 3/4" (27.5 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
QORUP SERMIA (GLACIER) AND MELLEMLANDET, GREENLAND (2) Photograph Acc. 201.1981	1976	Gelatin silver print, printed 1976-78	10 13/16 × 13 3/4" (27.5 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
SANDSTORM IN SPRENGISANDUR, ICELAND Photograph Acc. 197.1981	1976	Gelatin silver print, printed 1976-78	10 13/16 × 13 3/4" (27.5 × 34.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
BEACH, ADALVIK, ICELAND Photograph Acc. 191.1985	1981	Chromogenic print	11 7/8 × 38 1/8" (30.3 × 96.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
BJØRNØYA, BARENTS SEA Photograph Acc. 212.1985	1981	Chromogenic print	11 7/8 × 38 1/8" (30.3 × 96.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
BRASH ICE, FOG BANK, GREENLAND SEA Photograph Acc. 192.1985	1981	Chromogenic print	11 7/8 × 38 1/8" (30.3 × 96.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
FOG AND ICE BLINK, ARTIC OCEAN, NEAR EAST GREENLAND ICE PACK Photograph Acc. 193.1985	1981	Chromogenic print	11 7/8 × 38 1/8" (30.3 × 96.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
HEADLANDS, MAGDELENFJORD, SPITSBERGEN-SVALBARD Photograph Acc. 194.1985	1981	Chromogenic print	11 7/8 × 38 1/8" (30.3 × 96.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
HEIMEY, VESTAMANØYER, NORTH ATLANTIC, ICELAND Photograph Acc. 195.1985	1981	Chromogenic print	11 7/8 × 38 1/8" (30.3 × 96.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
ICEBOW, GREENLAND SEA Photograph Acc. 196.1985	1981	Chromogenic print	11 7/8 × 38 1/8" (30.3 × 96.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
LAVA FLOW, HARBOR CHANNEL, HEIMEY, VESTAMANØYER, ICELAND Photograph Acc. 197.1985	1981	Chromogenic print	11 7/8 × 38 1/8" (30.3 × 96.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Midnight Sun, Barents Sea, between Bjørnøya and Svalbard Photograph Acc. 198.1985	1981	Chromogenic print	11 7/8 × 38 1/8" (30.3 × 96.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
POLAR ICE PACK, ARTIC OCEAN, NORTH OF SPITSBERGEN-SVALBARD Photograph Acc. 199.1985	1981	Chromogenic print	11 7/8 × 38 1/8" (30.3 × 96.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
SURTSEY, VESTAMANØYER, ICELAND Photograph Acc. 200.1985	1981	Chromogenic print	11 7/8 × 38 1/8" (30.3 × 96.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
WAGGONWAYBREEN GLACIER, SPITSBERGEN-SVALBARD Photograph Acc. 201.1985	1981	Chromogenic print	11 7/8 × 38 1/8" (30.3 × 96.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Caribou Lake, Cook County, Minnesota Photograph Acc. 196.1991	1986	Chromogenic print	37 15/16 × 11 13/16" (96.3 × 30 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist in honor of John Szarkowski
SMALL ICEBERGS ENTERING THE GERLACHE STRAIT, BETWEEN BRABANT ISLAND AND THE ANTARCTIC PENNINSULA Photograph Acc. 275.1988.x1-x2	1987	Chromogenic print	11 15/16 × 38 1/8" (30.3 × 96.8 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
Swell, S.E. Pacific Ocean, off Tierra del Fuego Photograph Acc. 274.1988.x1-x2	1987	Chromogenic print	11 15/16 × 38 1/8" (30.3 × 96.8 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
No. 1190. Floes at the Edge of the Fact Ice, About 7 Miles from Leningradskaya Station (USSR), off the Oates Coast (Shot from USCG "Polar Sea") Photograph Acc. 323.1991.x1-x2	1989	Chromogenic print	11 7/8 × 38 1/16" (30.1 × 96.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Fellows of Photography Fund
No. 1229. Tabular Bergs from the Astolabe Glacier, Near Durmont D'Urville Station (France), Durmont D'Urville Sea, Near the Magnetic South Pole (Shot from USCG "Polar Sea") Photograph Acc. 324.1991.x1-x2	1989	Chromogenic print	11 7/8 × 38" (30.2 × 96.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	The Fellows of Photography Fund