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Artists›Jim Bengston

Jim Bengston

Artist

WA-00026176

Photography

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None documented

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Authority Records (1)

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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0 cross-verified · 1 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/473
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (11)

WattsOS

Number 18, from the series "Empty Landscape"

1992 · Chromogenic print

15 15/16 × 21" (40.6 × 53.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ringebu Mountains, Norway

1982 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 19 × 23.9 cm (7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 30.4 × 40.2 cm (12 × 15 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ringebu Mountains, Norway

1982 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 19.1 × 23.9 cm (7 9/16 × 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 30.4 × 40.4 cm (12 × 15 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ringebu Mountains, Norway

1982 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 19.1 × 23.9 cm (7 9/16 × 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 30.4 × 40.3 cm (12 × 15 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ringebu Mountains, Norway

1982 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 19.1 × 23.9 cm (7 9/16 × 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 30.4 × 40.4 cm (12 × 15 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Untitled

1982 · Gelatin silver print

15 7/8 × 23" (40.3 × 58.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Landscape with large stone, lichens)

1980 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1981

7 15/16 × 9 13/16" (20.1 × 24.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1980 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1981

7 15/16 × 9 3/4" (20.0 × 24.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (My Son Marius Hitting a Tennis Ball on a Tether)

1977 · Color instant print (Polaroid 190 camera/665 film; negative enlarged with Simmon Omega enlarger on Brovira paper)

11 1/2 × 14 1/2" (29.3 × 36.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (My Nephew Robert Diving into the Oslo Fjord-Legs from Side, Toes Wrapped)

1977 · Color instant print (Polaroid 190 camera/665 film; negative enlarged with Simmon Omega enlarger on Brovira paper)

11 × 14" (28.0 × 35.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1977 · Gelatin silver print

12 1/2 × 9 5/8" (31.5 × 24.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

11 published of 18 catalogued · 14 with image

MoMA
7 publishedof 14 catalogued10 img
Art Institute Chicago
4 published4 img

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960

New York · 1978