Artist Monograph

W. Eugene Smith, American

American, 1918–1978

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	44	97.8%
Lithography	1	2.2%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Photography	44	97.8%
Architecture & Design	1	2.2%

Production by Decade

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	3	6.8%
Medium (30–100 cm)	41	93.2%

Range: 19.1 cm → 43.7 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1954	1
1959	30
1963	5
1966	3
1987	1
1997	2
2014	1
2016	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 45 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
A Hospital in a Philippine Cathedral (Island of Leyte) Photograph Acc. 529.1959	1944	Gelatin silver print	13 1/2 × 14 3/8" (34.3 × 36.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
A Hospital in a Philippine Cathedral (Island of Leyte) Photograph Acc. 584.1953	1944	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 7 1/2" (19.1 × 19.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Time, Inc.
Saipan Photograph Acc. 357.1959	1944	Gelatin silver print	13 1/4 × 10 3/16" (33.5 × 25.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Given anonymously
Saipan civilian smoked out of cave Photograph Acc. 530.1959	1944	Gelatin silver print	17 3/16 × 15 13/16" (43.7 × 40.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
The Walk to Paradise Garden Photograph Acc. 522.1959	1946	Gelatin silver print	Approx. 12 5/16 × 10 1/2" (31.3 × 26.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Dr. Ceriani Photograph Acc. 219.1966	1948	Gelatin silver print	13 3/8 × 10 3/16" (34 × 25.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Dr. Albert Schweitzer Photograph Acc. 355.1959	1949	Gelatin silver print	10 3/16 × 13 3/16" (25.8 × 33.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Great Britain, (Houses and laundry) Photograph Acc. 528.1959	1950	Gelatin silver print	sight 7 1/2 × 13 5/16" (19 × 33.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Three generations of Welsh miners Photograph Acc. 510.1959	1950	Gelatin silver print	10 1/2 × 12 7/8" (26.7 × 32.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled from "Spanish Villiage" Photograph Acc. 353.1959	1950	Gelatin silver print	sight 13 1/2 × 9 1/2" (34.3 × 24.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled from "Spanish Villiage" Photograph Acc. 221.1966	1950	Gelatin silver print	13 1/8 × 9 1/8" (33.3 × 23.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled from "Spanish Villiage" Photograph Acc. 513.1959	1950	Gelatin silver print	Approx. 8 7/8 × 13 7/16" (22.5 × 34.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Newborn Baby in Makeshift Crib near Cold Stove Photograph Acc. 526.1959	1951	Gelatin silver print	sight 13 3/16 × 10" (33.6 × 26 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Nurse Midwife Maude Callen Delivers a Baby, Pineville, South Carolina Photograph Acc. 531.1959	1951	Gelatin silver print	sight 13 7/16 × 10 1/8" (34.1 × 25.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Three Spanish Soldiers Photograph Acc. 351.1959	1951	Gelatin silver print	10 5/16 × 13 3/8" (26.2 × 34 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled from the series "Ku Klux Klan" Photograph Acc. 522.2016	1951	Gelatin silver print	12 13/16 × 10 1/4" (32.5 × 26 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
Juanita Photograph Acc. 509.1959	c. 1953	Gelatin silver print	sight 8 13/16 × 11 7/8" (22.4 × 30.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Juanita Photograph Acc. 356.1959	1953	Gelatin silver print	sight 6 1/2 × 14 1/2" (16.5 × 36.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Migrant Workers Photograph Acc. 527.1959	1953	Gelatin silver print	sight 13 3/8 × 9 13/16" (34 × 25 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 523.1959	c. 1953	Gelatin silver print	sight 13 7/16 × 8 3/4" (34.2 × 22.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 525.1959	1953	Gelatin silver print	sight 9 7/16 × 13 1/2" (24 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Dr. Albert Schweitzer Photograph Acc. 321.1963	1954	Gelatin silver print	9 1/8 × 13 1/2" (23.2 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Dr. Albert Schweitzer Photograph Acc. 322.1963	1954	Gelatin silver print	13 7/16 × 10 3/8" (34.1 × 26.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Insane Stockade, at Dr. Schweitzer's Photograph Acc. 352.1959	1954	Gelatin silver print	9 × 13 7/16" (22.9 × 34.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Leper Patient and Religious Medal at Dr. Albert Schweitzer's Photograph Acc. 515.1959	1954	Gelatin silver print	9 5/16 × 13 3/16" (23.6 × 33.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled from "A Man of Mercy" Photograph Acc. 521.1959	1954	Gelatin silver print	10 7/16 × 13 7/16" (26.5 × 34.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Home Plate Café and Hot Dog Stand near Forbes Field Photograph Acc. 520.1959	1955-56	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 13 9/16" (24.2 × 34.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Pittsburgh Photograph Acc. 512.1959	1955-56	Gelatin silver print	13 7/16 × 9" (34.1 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Smoky City (Pittsburgh) Photograph Acc. 325.1963	1955	Gelatin silver print	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Steelworker with Goggles, Pittsburgh Photograph Acc. 518.1959	1955	Gelatin silver print	8 3/4 × 12 3/8" (22.2 × 31.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 524.1959	1955-56	Gelatin silver print	13 1/16 × 9" (33.2 × 22.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 323.1963	c. 1955	Gelatin silver print	13 3/8 × 9" (34 × 22.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 511.1959	1955-56	Gelatin silver print	13 3/8 × 8 5/8" (34.0 × 22.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 516.1959	1955-56	Gelatin silver print	9 11/16 × 13 1/2" (24.6 × 34.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled Photograph Acc. 519.1959	1955-56	Gelatin silver print	8 7/8 × 13 5/16" (22.6 × 33.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled from "Pittsburgh" Photograph Acc. 354.1959	1955-56	Gelatin silver print	13 3/8 × 8 15/16" (34.0 × 22.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled from "Pittsburgh" Photograph Acc. 514.1959	1955-56	Gelatin silver print	13 7/16 × 8 15/16" (34.1 × 22.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Untitled from "Pittsburgh" Photograph Acc. 517.1959	1955-56	Gelatin silver print	9 5/8 × 13 3/8" (24.0 × 34.0 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Mad Eyes Photograph Acc. 411.1997	1958	Gelatin silver print	9 5/16 × 13 3/8" (23.7 × 34 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
Street Scene, "White Rose" sign Photograph Acc. 324.1963	1958	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 13 1/2" (24.1 × 34.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
In Japan Photograph Acc. 220.1966	1961 or 1962	Gelatin silver print	7 9/16 × 11 5/8" (19.2 × 29.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Cover for self-titled album Monk Design Acc. 843.2014	1964	Lithograph	12 x 12" (30.5 x 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Architecture & Design	Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Rahsaan Roland Kirk Photograph Acc. 58.1987	1964	Gelatin silver print	11 1/2 × 7 1/4" (29.2 × 18.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Richard L. Sandor
Hospital for Special Surgery Photograph Acc. 410.1997	1969	Gelatin silver print	8 7/16 × 12 3/8" (21.5 × 31.5 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
Tomoko Uemura in Her Bath Photograph Acc. 523.2016	1972	Gelatin silver print	8 1/4 × 13 7/16" (20.9 × 34.1 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