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A work made of gelatin silver print.

Gelatin Photograph 72, from the series "Gelatin Photographs", 1984

James Welling

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Berlin Radio Tower, 1928

László Moholy-Nagy

A work made of gelatin silver print.

New York, 1950

Aaron Siskind

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Untitled (One Day This Kid...), 1990/91

David Wojnarowicz

Black-and-white horizontal photograph of people in a temporary encampment, ruins in the background.

Refugee Camp, Ruins in Background, San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, April 1906, printed 1956

Arnold Genthe

Black-and-white photograph of broken brick pillars, stone wall panels with pointed arches, and a prominent belltower.

Ruins of Church Looking North-East or East; Yerba Buena Island in far Right Distance) San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, April 1906, printed 1956

Arnold Genthe

A work made of sixteen gelatin silver prints.

The Alcoholic, 1978

Gilbert & George

Black-and-white photograph of identical light-skinned, dark-haired girls. They stand shoulder-to-shoulder facing the viewer, wearing identical black dresses with white collars, white tights, and white headbands. The girl on the right smiles with closed lips, while the other does not.

Identical Twins, Roselle, N.J., 1966

Diane Arbus

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Main Staircase for the Arts Club Chicago,1948-51 Steel, travertine marble 359.4 x 458.8 x 609.3 cm; 141 1/2 x 180 5/8 x 239 7/8 inches Arts Club commission 1948–1951 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 109 East Ontario Street, Chicago, Illinois, 1951–1995 Repositioned by John Vinci 210 East Ontario Street, Chicao, Illinois, October 1, 1998, 1998

Christopher Williams

Black-and-white photograph of a light-haired woman with a bouffant hair style, taken from behind and showing the obscured reflection of her face in a mirror.

Untitled Film Still #56, 1980

Cindy Sherman

Black-and-white photograph taken outdoors of a naked girl being held out by a man in jeans and a long-sleeved shirt. The child, whose platinum-blond hair is unkempt, stares directly at the viewer.

Untitled, 1982

Jock Sturges

Black-and-white photograph of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo Rivera looking into the distance with a half-smile. She is topless, but as she leans forward holding a cigarette, elbow on her knee and chin in her hand, her breasts are obscured. She wears jewelry and a large white flower in her hair.

Frida Kahlo Rivera, c. 1935

Julien Levy

A black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned child with short, light hair looking up at the camera with a scrunched face and holding a rag doll.

A child from the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia plays with a homemade doll. Her family, temporarily housed in the ruins of a military barracks, were among thousands of displaced persons in the region, Vienna, Austria, 1948

David Seymour

A work made of gelatin silver print.

A Family One Evening In A Nudist Camp, Pennsylvania, 1965

Diane Arbus

A work made of gelatin silver print.

The Painter Otto Dix and His Wife, Martha, 1925/26, printed 1950/64

August Sander

Black-and-white view down a steeply sloping street lined by pedestrians and crumbling buildings. Thick smoke billows in the distance.

The Burning City, San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, April 1906, printed 1956

Arnold Genthe

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Model: 1964 Renault Dauphine-Four, R-1095. Body Type & Seating; 4-dr sedan-4 to 5 persons Engine Type: 14/52 Weight: 1397 lbs. Price: $1495, 00 USD (original) ENGINE DATA: Base Four: inline, overhead-valve four-cylinder. Cast iron block and aluminum head W/removable cylinder sleeves. Displacement: 51.5 cu. in. (845 oc.) Bore and Stroke: 2.28 x 3.15 in. (58 x 80 mm). Compression ration: 7.25:1 Brake Horsepower: 32 (SAE) at 4200 rpm. Torque: 50 lbs. at 2000 rpm. Three main bearings. Solid valve lifters. Single downdraft carburetor. CHASSIS DATA: Wheelbase: 89 in. Overall length: 155 in. Height: 57 in. Width: 60 in. Front thread: 49 in. Rear thread: 48 in. Standard Tires: 5.50 x 15 TECHNICAL: Layout: rear engine, rear drive. Transmission: four speed manual. Steering: rack and pinion. Suspension (front): independent coil springs. Suspension (back); independent with swing axles and coil springs. Brakes: front/rear disc. Body construction: steel unibody. PRODUCTION DATA: Sales: 18,432 sold in U.S. in 1964 (all types). Manufacturer: Regie Nationale des Usines Renault; Billancourt, France. Distributor: Renault Inc., New York, NY., U.S.A. Serial number: R-10950059799 Engine Number: Type 670–05 # 191563 California License Plate number: UOU 087 Vehicle ID number: 0059799 (For R.R.V.) Los Angeles, California January 15, 2000 (Nr. 6), 2000

Christopher Williams

Black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned woman's face in profile, looking down, her dark hair in loose curls.

Flavia Flavin, 1945

Johan Hagemeyer

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Cooking on the street, San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, April 1906, printed 1956

Arnold Genthe

A work made of gelatin silver print.

The Hand of Miles Davis, New York, 1986, printed 1992

Irving Penn

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