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Howard Dearstyne

Howard Dearstyne

Artist

WA-00026808

PhotographyGeometric Abstraction

Representation

None documented

7

Institutional Exhibitions

20

Works in Collection

23

Assets Indexed

0

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ18625761 ULAN500034415

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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50 Photographs by 50 Photographers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1962

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30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959

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Photographs from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1958–1959

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Christmas Photographs

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1951–1952

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Abstraction in Photography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1951

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Color Photography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1950

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New Photographers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1946

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1460
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Geometric Abstraction

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (20)

Untitled

1958 · Chromogenic print, printed 1958

13 1/8 × 10 1/16" (33.3 × 25.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Bottles in Wooden Crates)

Untitled (Bottles in Wooden Crates)

1957 · Chromogenic print

Image: 23.8 × 34.8 cm (9 3/8 × 13 3/4 in.); Paper: 27.7 × 35.4 cm (10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Mount: 31.5 × 39.2 cm (12 7/16 × 15 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

April Reflection

April Reflection

1953 · Chromogenic print

Image: 34.8 × 23.8 cm (13 3/4 × 9 3/8 in.); Paper: 35.6 × 27.8 cm (14 1/16 × 11 in.); Mount: 37.7 × 28.2 cm (14 7/8 × 11 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Stalks in Icy Water)

Untitled (Stalks in Icy Water)

1952 · Chromogenic print

Image: 23.7 × 34.3 cm (9 3/8 × 13 9/16 in.); Paper: 25.7 × 35.3 cm (10 1/8 × 13 15/16 in.); Mount: 35.4 × 43.1 cm (13 15/16 × 17 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Plants Against Blue Water)

Untitled (Plants Against Blue Water)

1952 · Chromogenic print

Image: 23.7 × 34.2 cm (9 3/8 × 13 1/2 in.); Paper: 25.4 × 35.3 cm (10 × 13 15/16 in.); Mount: 35.4 × 43.1 cm (13 15/16 × 17 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1952 · Chromogenic print

Image: 23.7 × 34.4 cm (9 3/8 × 13 9/16 in.); Paper: 25.4 × 35.3 cm (10 × 13 15/16 in.); Mount: 35.4 × 43.1 cm (13 15/16 × 17 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sandpiper's Mud Lark

Sandpiper's Mud Lark

1950 · Chromogenic print

Image: 23.7 × 34.8 cm (9 3/8 × 13 3/4 in.); Paper: 27.5 × 35.6 cm (10 7/8 × 14 1/16 in.); Mount: 28.2 × 38.1 cm (11 1/8 × 15 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Primordial Pool

Primordial Pool

1940 · Chromogenic print

Image/paper: 24 × 34.8 cm (9 1/2 × 13 3/4 in.); Mount: 24.7 × 35.6 cm (9 3/4 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rock Bed of Yellow Creek Between Tapoco and Santeelah Lake, N.C.

Rock Bed of Yellow Creek Between Tapoco and Santeelah Lake, N.C.

1940 · Chromogenic print

Image: 26.9 × 34.5 cm (10 5/8 × 13 5/8 in.); Paper: 27.6 × 35.2 cm (10 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Abstraction of Leaves)

Untitled (Abstraction of Leaves)

1940 · Chromogenic print

Image: 24.3 × 34.9 cm (9 5/8 × 13 3/4 in.); Paper: 28.1 × 35.4 cm (11 1/8 × 13 15/16 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 50.9 cm (16 × 20 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Leaves and Stone in Water)

Untitled (Leaves and Stone in Water)

1940 · Chromogenic print

Image: 23.7 × 34.4 cm (9 3/8 × 13 9/16 in.); Paper: 25.5 × 35.3 cm (10 1/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Mount: 35.4 × 43.1 cm (13 15/16 × 17 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Abstraction on Concrete

Abstraction on Concrete

1940 · Chromogenic print

Image/paper: 24.1 × 35 cm (9 1/2 × 13 13/16 in.); Mount: 24.3 × 35.4 cm (9 5/8 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Panzer collage

1940 · Chromogenic print

Image/paper: 24.1 × 34.9 cm (9 1/2 × 13 3/4 in.); Mount: 24.7 × 35.5 cm (9 3/4 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled [Broken Glass]

Untitled [Broken Glass]

1940 · Chromogenic print

Image: 34.4 × 23.6 cm (13 9/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Paper: 35.3 × 25.4 cm (13 15/16 × 10 in.); Mount: 43.1 × 35.4 cm (17 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Bare Trees Against the Sky)

Untitled (Bare Trees Against the Sky)

1940 · Chromogenic print

Image: 23.6 × 34.2 cm (9 5/16 × 13 1/2 in.); Paper: 25.5 × 35.3 cm (10 1/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Mount: 32.3 × 39.6 cm (12 3/4 × 15 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Prow of a Boat)

Untitled (Prow of a Boat)

1940 · Chromogenic print

Image: 24.1 × 34.8 cm (9 1/2 × 13 3/4 in.); Paper: 28 × 35.3 cm (11 1/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 50.9 cm (16 × 20 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Packages Wrapped in Brown Paper)

Untitled (Packages Wrapped in Brown Paper)

1940 · Chromogenic print

Image: 23.8 × 34.3 cm (9 3/8 × 13 9/16 in.); Paper: 25.1 × 35.3 cm (9 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Mount: 35.4 × 43.1 cm (13 15/16 × 17 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Wooden Horses)

Untitled (Wooden Horses)

1940 · Chromogenic print

Image: 23.8 × 34.2 cm (9 3/8 × 13 1/2 in.); Paper: 25.6 × 35.3 cm (10 1/8 × 13 15/16 in.); Mount: 35.5 × 43.1 cm (14 × 17 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled [Paper Bag in Puddle of Water]

Untitled [Paper Bag in Puddle of Water]

1940 · Chromogenic print

Image: 23.7 × 34 cm (9 3/8 × 13 7/16 in.); Paper: 25.4 × 35.3 cm (10 × 13 15/16 in.); Mount: 35.4 × 43.1 cm (13 15/16 × 17 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled [Pebbles on Sand]

Untitled [Pebbles on Sand]

1940 · Chromogenic print

Image: 23.5 × 34 cm (9 5/16 × 13 7/16 in.); Paper: 25.5 × 35.3 cm (10 1/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Mount: 35.5 × 43.1 cm (14 × 17 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (2)

20 published of 21 catalogued · 21 with image

Art Institute Chicago
19 published19 img
MoMA
1 publishedof 2 catalogued2 img

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Primordial Pool (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

3

Movements1

Geometric Abstraction

Collections2

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago