The collection

Arizona

Aaron Siskind · 1949

Gelatin silver print

Chicago 17

Aaron Siskind · 1949, printed 1956

Gelatin silver print

Chicago 1

Aaron Siskind · 1949, printed 1957

Gelatin silver print

Chicago 15C

Aaron Siskind · 1949

Gelatin silver print

Tombstone 3

Aaron Siskind · 1949

Gelatin silver print

Battered Man

Gordon Parks · 1948

Gelatin silver print

Joan Miró on His House Roof, Montroig, Spain

Irving Penn · 1948, printed July 2002

Gelatin silver print

Contact Sheet, from the series "Harlem is Nowhere"

Ralph Ellison · 1948

Gelatin silver print

Off on My Own (Harlem, New York), from the series "Harlem is Nowhere"

Gordon Parks · 1948

Gelatin silver print

Iron Work, NYC 3

Aaron Siskind · 1947

Gelatin silver print

Martha's Vineyard 11

Aaron Siskind · 1947

Gelatin silver print

Gloucester 2

Aaron Siskind · 1944, printed 1977/79

Gelatin silver print

Eiffel Tower from VVV Portfolio

Marc Chagall · 1942, published 1943

Etching from a portfolio of five etchings (one with aquatint), three duplicated drawings (two watercolor on paper and one crayon on paper), one collage, one engraving, and one gelatin silver print

Phantom of the Past from VVV Portfolio

Kurt Seligmann · 1942, published 1943

Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of five etchings (one with aquatint), three duplicated drawings (two watercolor on paper and one crayon on paper), one collage, one engraving, and one gelatin silver print

The Fruits of the Abyss (Les Fruits de l'abîme) from VVV Portfolio

André Masson · 1942, published 1943

Etching from a portfolio of five etchings (one with aquatint), three duplicated drawings (two watercolor on paper and one crayon on paper), one collage, one engraving, and one gelatin silver print

<I>Washington, D.C. Government Charwoman (American Gothic)</I>

Gordon Parks · 1942; printed 1990s

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper; H x W: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)

Public domain

Poème-Objet from VVV Portfolio

André Breton · 1942, published 1943

Postcard, thread, sequins, and ink on paper from a portfolio of five etchings (one with aquatint), three duplicated drawings (two watercolor on paper and one crayon on paper), one collage, one engraving, and one gelatin silver print

Score for Ballet 0-100 from VVV Portfolio

Alexander Calder · 1942, published 1943

Etching from a portfolio of five etchings (one with aquatint), three duplicated drawings (two watercolor on paper and one crayon on paper), one collage, one engraving, and one gelatin silver print

Untitled (The Bird People) from VVV Portfolio

Max Ernst · 1942, published 1943

Crayon on paper from a portfolio of five etchings (one with aquatint), three duplicated drawings (two watercolor on paper and one crayon on paper), one collage, one engraving, and one gelatin silver print

Untitled from VVV Portfolio

Robert Motherwell · 1942, published 1943

Watercolor with ink from a portfolio of five etchings (one with aquatint), three duplicated drawings (two watercolor on paper and one crayon on paper), one collage, one engraving, and one gelatin silver print

Untitled from VVV Portfolio

Roberto Matta · 1942, published 1943

Watercolor and pencil from a portfolio of five etchings (one with aquatint), three duplicated drawings (two watercolor on paper and one crayon on paper), one collage, one engraving, and one gelatin silver print

Untitled from VVV Portfolio

David Hare · c. 1941, published 1943

Gelatin silver print on paper from a portfolio of five etchings (one with aquatint), three duplicated drawings (two watercolor on paper and one crayon on paper), one collage, one engraving, and one gelatin silver print

Untitled

László Moholy-Nagy · 1941

Gelatin silver photogram

Untitled

1940/60

Gelatin silver print