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Dan Budnik

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WA-00026433

PhotographyPhotography

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WikidataQ5213204 ULAN500349012

MoMA

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Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/851
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Dan Budnik was an American photographer known for his unflinching documentary work in civil rights, labor, and social justice movements from the 1950s onward. Working primarily in black and white, he captured pivotal moments of American political struggle with an insider's access and formal precision. His archive, held at the Library of Congress, documents the breadth of postwar activist photography and remains a vital historical record of the era's most consequential social upheavals.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (7)

René d'Harnoncourt

1968 · Dye transfer print

13 1/2 × 9 1/8" (34.3 × 23.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)

1967 · gelatin silver print

Image: 33.2 x 22.8 cm (13 1/16 x 9 in.); Paper: 44 x 34 cm (17 5/16 x 13 3/8 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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10 x 10

1967 · portfolio of 10 gelatin silver prints

Cleveland Museum of Art

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David Smith at Bolton Landing

1963 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 11 1/16 × 13 15/16 in. (28.1 × 35.4 cm) Image: 8 1/16 × 12 1/16 in. (20.5 × 30.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

David Smith with Upmann Cigar, Terminal Iron Works, Bolton Landing, New York

1962 · Gelatin silver print, printed 2012

11 15/16 × 8 1/16" (30.4 × 20.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Willem de Kooning, 831 Broadway, New York

1962 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1996

11 7/8 × 7 15/16" (30.2 × 20.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

David Smith Arc Welding Primo Piano III in his Studio, Terminal Iron Works, Bolton Landing, New York

1962 · Dye transfer print

16 5/8 × 10 3/4" (42.2 × 27.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Artwork sources (3)

7 published of 11 catalogued · 8 with image

MoMA
4 publishedof 8 catalogued8 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published
Whitney
1 published

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2 entries · 1 sources

10 x 10
1967 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997)
1967 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Whitney Museum of American Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Whitney Museum of American Art

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New York · 1977