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A work made of nine gelatin silver prints, with chalk.

Estimations, 1970/87

Vito Acconci

A light-skinned woman, Pat Nixon, in an ornate room with dandelion-colored walls. Her skirt matches the wall color. She stands in front of the fireplace, smiling at the camera. Above the fireplace is a large black-and-white photo of a young woman curled in pain.

First Lady (Pat Nixon), from series House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home, 1967–72

Martha Rosler

Black-and-white photograph of four brown-skinned figures. A woman in a white wedding dress and veil is seated in the center, holding a bouquet of flowers. She is flanked by two standing men wearing tuxedos, and one standing woman who wears an elaborate dress and holding flowers. The painted backdrop is a faux classical scene, with an arch and a fake window.

Wedding Party of Four, 1927

James VanDerZee

A work made of platinum-palladium print.

Naomi Campbell, New York, July 13, 1994, printed April/May 1996

Irving Penn

A work made of book with photogravures.

Písmo a fotografie v reklame (Lettering and Photography in Advertising), 1938

Zdenek Rossman

A work made of album of collages of watercolor, ink, and albumen prints.

The Madame B Album, 1870s

Marie-Blanche Hennelle Fournier

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Blind boy who lost his arms during the war has learned to read with his lips, Rome, c. 1948

David Seymour

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Rebecca Salsbury Strand, 1922

Alfred Stieglitz

A work made of gelatin silver print, no. 8 from "portfolio three: yosemite valley" (1959).

Water and Foam, c. 1955, printed 1959

Ansel Adams

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Little Girl Holding Cup, 1931/56

David Seymour

Monochrome photograph of a seated woman holding a baby in her lap. The woman's brow is furrowed as she looks into the distance, and her cardigan and checked shirt are worn and tattered. Two young children lean on her shoulders, facing away from the camera.

Migrant Mother, Nipoma, California, 1936, printed later

Dorothea Lange

A work made of chromogenic print.

Abstraction on Concrete, 1940/62

Howard Dearstyne

Color photograph of a well-lit living room with plushy sequined chairs, shag carpet, a glass table, balloons in the corner, and stairs leading out of the room. On the stairs, the photographic image of a medium-skinned Asian woman holding a baby has been superimposed. They look fearful.

Balloons, from the series House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home, 1967–72

Martha Rosler

Black-and-white photograph of a seated black man who is receiving medical care from two other individuals. The man has an anguished expression, with his mouth open in pain, and he wears a button-up shirt that is spattered with blood. The brown-skinned person on the man's right, whose back is to the camera, tends to the man's right eye. On the left a white-skinned person reaches into the frame, and holds the man's head steady.

Battered Man, 1948

Gordon Parks

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Nude No. 100, New York, 1949/50, printed 1949/50

Irving Penn

Photograph of two people washing a red and blue rug on a large rock formation surrounding water. One person stands knee deep in the water, and flings a bucket of water onto the rug.

Iran: Washing and Scrubbing a Rug, 1943/64

Inge Morath

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Nude No. 57, New York, 1949/50, printed 1949/50

Irving Penn

A full-body, photograph of a nude, female figure in profile. She sits on a pallet of blankets in front of a fireplace, and in the background is an ascending staircase.

Nude, 1925

James VanDerZee

A work made of gelatin silver print.

The Flatiron, 1903, printed 1920/39

Alfred Stieglitz

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Rose and Driftwood, San Francisco, California, c. 1932

Ansel Adams

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