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Artists›Emmet Gowin

Emmet Gowin

1941

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Photography

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ5373484

MoMA

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Emmet Gowin

Pace Gallery

2026

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1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

Pace-Galleryhttps://www.pacegallery.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2273
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Emmet Gowin photographs family portraits and aerial landscapes marked by human intervention, from pivot irrigation scars to military installations and mining sites. His often black-and-white images render the altered earth as abstract, pockmarked terrain without moral editorializing. A student of Harry Callahan at RISD, his approach to intimate and large-scale subjects shares a formal rigor rooted in that mentorship.

Source: Pace Gallery · Trust score: 100% · Updated 2mo ago

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Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (22)

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Edith, Newton, Pennsylvania

1999 · gelatin silver print

Image: 12.9 x 12.8 cm (5 1/16 x 5 1/16 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Natural Drainages Outlined by Cultivation, Dry Land Wheat Farming, near Hermiston, Oregon

1991 · gelatin silver print, toned

Image: 24.5 x 24.3 cm (9 5/8 x 9 9/16 in.); Paper: 35.4 x 27.7 cm (13 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pivot Agriculture, Dry Sea Bed Near Monte Vista, Colorado

1989 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 23.9 × 25.6 cm (9 7/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.7 × 35.4 cm (10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pivot Agriculture in Missouri River Valley Near Great Falls, Montana

1988 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.7 × 25 cm (9 3/4 × 9 7/8 in.); Paper: 28.5 × 34.5 cm (11 1/4 × 13 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Agricultural Pivot, Near the Grand Coulee Dam

1987 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 23.7 × 24.2 cm (9 3/8 × 9 9/16 in.); Paper: 27.7 × 35.6 cm (10 15/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Üçhisar, Turkey

1985 · gelatin silver print, sepia toned

Image: 23.3 x 23.7 cm (9 3/16 x 9 5/16 in.); Paper: 35.4 x 27.7 cm (13 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Tomb Fragments, The Outer Siq, Petra, Jordan

1983 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 19 × 24.2 cm (7 1/2 × 9 9/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mt. St. Helens, Washington

1982 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.7 × 24.9 cm (9 3/4 × 9 13/16 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

#29, Garden, Sienna, Italy

1978 · Platinum print

Image/paper: 19.3 × 24.5 cm (7 5/8 × 9 11/16 in.); Mount: 35.4 × 39.2 cm (13 15/16 × 15 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Deer Scene, Buckingham Co., Virginia, 1974

1974 · Chromogenic print

Image: 19.4 × 21 cm (7 11/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Baldwin Street, Danville, Virginia

1973 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 20.2 × 25.2 cm (8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Rennie Booher in her coffin

1972 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Edith, Danville, Virginia

1972 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm) Image: 6 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (15.9 × 15.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Edith, Danville, Virginia

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Edith, Christmas Morning, Danville, Virginia

1971 · gelatin silver print

Image: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled

1969 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 11.2 × 14.8 cm (4 7/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Paper: 11.9 × 15.4 cm (4 11/16 × 6 1/8 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 27.9 cm (14 1/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Nancy, Danville, Virginia

1969 · gelatin silver print

Image: 14 x 18 cm (5 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.); Paper: 20 x 25.3 cm (7 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Edith, Danville, Virginia

1967 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 14.8 × 14.9 cm (5 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.); Paper: 25.2 × 20.3 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.); Mount: 37.9 × 30.5 cm (14 15/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Paper Arrangement, Dayton, Ohio

1967 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 15.3 × 15.3 cm (6 1/16 × 6 1/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 × 25.3 cm (8 × 10 in.); Mount: 36.9 × 30.4 cm (14 9/16 × 12 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Edith, Danville, Virginia

1967 · gelatin silver print

Image: 15.9 x 16 cm (6 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Danville, Virginia

1966 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Photographs: Rhode Island School Design, 1966-67"

Image/paper: 10.9 × 13.8 cm (4 5/16 × 5 7/16 in.); Mount: 32.9 × 25.4 cm (13 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Nancy, Danville, Virginia

1963 · gelatin silver print

Image: 20.2 x 30.5 cm (7 15/16 x 12 in.); Paper: 27.7 x 35.4 cm (10 7/8 x 13 15/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

22 published of 46 catalogued · 33 with image

Art Institute Chicago
12 published12 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published
Whitney
3 published
+ 1 more source · 24 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Nancy, Danville, Virginia
1963 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Nancy, Danville, Virginia
1969 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Edith, Christmas Morning, Danville, Virginia
1971 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Natural Drainages Outlined by Cultivation, Dry Land Wheat Farming, near Hermiston, Oregon
1991 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Edith, Newton, Pennsylvania
1999 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Üçhisar, Turkey
1985 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Edith, Danville, Virginia
1967 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art Pace Gallery

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Pace Gallery

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Whitney Museum of American Art

Background

Education

Virginia Commonwealth University

Visual Arts

Rhode Island School of Design

Visual Arts

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Solo Exhibition Emmet Gowin

2026

Exhibition Emmet Gowin Pace Gallery

2026

Exhibition Emmet Gowin Pace Gallery