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Artists›Joe Deal

Joe Deal

Artist

WA-00026806

PhotographyContemporary

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None documented

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ6209452 ULAN500037034

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Photography: Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1458
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Movement

Contemporary

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Photography

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Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (26)

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Edger, Country Village, California

1984 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 13 15/16 × 17 in. (35.4 × 43.2 cm) Image: 11 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (28.6 × 36.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Home Site #2, Phillips Ranch, California

1984 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm) Image: 11 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (28.6 × 36.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Mountain Cropping, Phillips Ranch, California

1984 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm) Image: 11 3/16 × 14 1/4 in. (28.4 × 36.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Shopping Center Site, Chino Hills, California

1984 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm) Image: 11 3/16 × 14 1/4 in. (28.4 × 36.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Road Cut (Homage to Roger Fenton), Diamond Bar, California

1984 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm) Image: 11 3/16 × 14 1/4 in. (28.4 × 36.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Property Line #1, Rancho Cucaronga, California

1984 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm) Image: 11 3/16 × 14 1/4 in. (28.4 × 36.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Shopping Center, Anaheim Hills, California

1984 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm) Image: 13 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (33.7 × 36.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Phillips Ranch, California

1984 · Gelatin silver print

11 1/8 × 14 1/8" (28.4 × 36.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Property Line, Rancho Cucamonga, California

1984 · Gelatin silver print

11 1/8 × 14 1/8" (28.2 × 36.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Diamond Bar, California

1984 · Gelatin silver print

11 1/8 × 14 1/4" (28.4 × 36.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Backyard, Yorba Linda, California

1984 · Gelatin silver print

11 1/8 × 14 1/8" (28.3 × 36 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Model Home, Phillips Ranch, California

1984 · Gelatin silver print

11 1/8 × 14 1/8" (28.4 × 36 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Home Site, Philips Ranch, California

1983 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm) Image: 11 3/16 × 14 1/4 in. (28.4 × 36.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Backyard, Diamond Bar, California

1980 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 28.5 × 28.5 cm (11 1/4 × 11 1/4 in.); Paper: 34.9 × 35 cm (13 3/4 × 13 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Near Beaumont, California

1979 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in. (34.9 × 34.9 cm) Image: 11 1/4 × 11 1/4 in. (28.6 × 28.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Monrovia, California

1979 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in. (34.9 × 34.9 cm) Image: 11 1/4 × 11 1/4 in. (28.6 × 28.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Inglewood, California

1979 · Gelatin silver print

11 1/4 × 11 1/4" (28.6 × 28.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Brea, California

1979 · Gelatin silver print

11 1/4 × 11 3/16" (28.3 × 28.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Monrovia, California

1979 · Gelatin silver print

11 3/16 × 11 3/16" (28.4 × 28.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Inglewood, California

1979 · Gelatin silver print

11 1/4 × 11 3/16" (28.6 × 28.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Colton, California

1978 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in. (34.9 × 34.9 cm) Image: 11 1/4 × 11 1/4 in. (28.6 × 28.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Fontana, California

1978 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 in. (34.9 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 11 1/4 × 11 1/4 in. (28.6 × 28.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Malibu Beach, California

1978 · gelatin silver print

Image: 28.5 x 28.8 cm (11 1/4 x 11 5/16 in.); Paper: 34.8 x 34.8 cm (13 11/16 x 13 11/16 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 55.9 cm (18 x 22 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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View, Riverside, California

1976 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 13 7/8 × 13 15/16 in. (35.2 × 35.4 cm) Image: 12 3/4 × 12 7/8 in. (32.4 × 32.7 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artwork sources (4)

26 published of 35 catalogued · 20 with image

Whitney
14 published
MoMA
9 publishedof 18 catalogued18 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Malibu Beach, California
1978 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

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Movements1

Contemporary

Collections3

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Whitney Museum of American Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Photography: Recent Acquisitions

New York · 1987