Artist Monograph

William A. Garnett, American

American, 1916–2006

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Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	28.6%
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	71.4%

Range: 19.6 cm → 68.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1959	2
1965	1
1966	2
1967	1
1968	1
1973	1
1974	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 9 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Sand Dune and Plant, Palm Desert, California Photograph Acc. 1756.1968	1936	Gelatin silver print	17 13/16 × 14 7/16" (45.2 × 36.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of David H. McAlpin
Alto Cumulus Cloud Over Tehachapi Mountains, California Photograph Acc. 64.1973	1951	Gelatin silver print	15 1/4 × 19 1/4" (38.8 × 48.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Erosion and Strip Farms Photograph Acc. 52.1966	1951	Gelatin silver print	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Alluvium, Artist's Drive Number 1, Death Valley, California Photograph Acc. 170.1959	1953	Gelatin silver print	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Snow Geese in Flight with Reflection of the Sun over Buena Vista Lake, California Photograph Acc. 145.1967	1953	Gelatin silver print	19 1/2 × 15 5/8" (49.5 × 39.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Death Valley Photograph Acc. 170.1974	April 15, 1954	Gelatin silver print	8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Monument Valley, Utah Photograph Acc. 53.1966	1954	Gelatin silver print	15 3/8 × 20" (39.1 × 50.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist
Sand Dune Number 1, Death Valley, California Photograph Acc. 171.1959	1954	Gelatin silver print	5 11/16 × 7 3/4" (14.5 × 19.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Purchase
Dry Wash with Alluvium, Death Valley, California Photograph Acc. 857.1965	1957	Gelatin silver print	19 1/2 × 15 1/2" (49.5 × 39.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of the artist