Artist Monograph

Sylvia Plachy, American

American, born Hungary 1943

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Production by Decade

1

1960s

1

1970s

7

1980s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	9	100%

Range: 37.5 cm → 57.0 cm (largest side)

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 9 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
The Confrontation Photograph Acc. 880.1965	1965	Gelatin silver print	21 1/16 × 17 5/16" (53.5 × 44 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Benjamin Zeller Memorial Fund
Mary Overlie Photograph Acc. 638.2022	1978	Gelatin silver print	14 3/4 × 10" (37.5 × 25.4 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
Burning Bread at Passover, Brooklyn Photograph Acc. 639.2022	1981	Gelatin silver print	15 × 22 7/16" (38.1 × 57 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
Dancer and Her Former Self Photograph Acc. 640.2022	1982	Gelatin silver print	18 7/8 × 12 15/16" (47.9 × 32.9 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
After a heart attack, Booth Memorial Hospital, New York Photograph Acc. 641.2022	1983	Gelatin silver print	12 7/8 × 18 3/4" (32.7 × 47.6 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
Twins, Broadway Photograph Acc. 645.2022	1985	Gelatin silver print	15 1/2 × 15 3/8" (39.4 × 39.1 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
Lifeguard Photograph Acc. 642.2022	1986	Gelatin silver print	19 × 12 3/16" (48.3 × 31 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
14th Street, Meat Market Photograph Acc. 643.2022	1987	Gelatin silver print	12 3/4 × 18 15/16" (32.4 × 48.1 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
Graffiti Under the Williamsburg Bridge Photograph Acc. 644.2022	1987	Gelatin silver print	15 × 15" (38.1 × 38.1 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