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Artists›Mitch Epstein

Mitch Epstein

American, 1952

WA-00026993

Holyoke, MA, USA

PhotographyConceptual ArtPhotographyContemporary

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None documented

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ1939454

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Photography: Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

No image

Color Photographs: Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

No image

New York/New York

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

Field Verification (4 fields)

4 cross-verified · 0 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
Birth yearMoMA· 93%✓
LocationMoMA· 93%✓
NationalityMoMA· 93%✓

Source Registry (2)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/mitch-epstein
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1742
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Movement

Conceptual Art

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Victoria and Albert Museum Tate Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (35)

Tree-Sits, Camp White Pine, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

2017 · Chromogenic print

89 7/8 x 71 in. (228.3 x 180.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

American Elm, Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn

2012 · Photograph

Victoria and Albert Museum

Biloxi, Mississippi 2005

2005 · Photograph, colour, Chromogenic print, on paper mounted onto aluminium

unconfirmed: 1143 x 1419 mm

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Untitled, New York

1998 · Chromogenic print

57.2 x 70.5 cm (22 1/2 x 27 3/4 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

1998 · Chromogenic print

59 × 72.8 cm (23 1/4 × 28 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Untitled, New York

1997 · Chromogenic print

57.2 x 70.5 cm (22 1/2 x 27 3/4 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

1997 · Chromogenic print

58.7 × 71.3 cm (23 1/8 × 28 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Buena Vista, Colorado 1988

1988 · Dye transfer print

Sheet: 15 7/8 × 20 in. (40.3 × 50.8 cm) Image: 12 × 17 3/4 in. (30.5 × 45.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Cedar Key II, Florida 1986

1986 · Dye transfer print

Sheet: 15 7/8 × 20 in. (40.3 × 50.8 cm) Image: 12 × 17 3/4 in. (30.5 × 45.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Bridge City, Louisiana 1984

1984 · Dye transfer print

Overall: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Cross Creek, Florida 1983

1983 · Dye transfer print

Sheet: 15 7/8 × 20 in. (40.3 × 50.8 cm) Image: 12 × 17 3/4 in. (30.5 × 45.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Ybor City, Florida, 1983

1983 · Dye transfer print

Sheet: 15 7/8 × 20 in. (40.3 × 50.8 cm) Image: 12 × 17 3/4 in. (30.5 × 45.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Cocoa Beach I, Florida, 1983

1983 · Dye transfer print

Sheet: 15 7/8 × 20 in. (40.3 × 50.8 cm) Image: 12 × 17 3/4 in. (30.5 × 45.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Ybor City, Florida

1983 · Chromogenic print

14 3/4 × 21 7/8" (37.4 × 55.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hadrian's Villa, Italy

1982 · Chromogenic print

12 15/16 × 19 1/4" (33.0 × 48.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Menemsha, Martha's Vineyard

1982 · Chromogenic print

14 3/4 × 21 7/8" (37.5 × 55.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Central Park IV, New York City, 1977

1977 · Dye transfer print

Sheet: 15 7/8 × 20 in. (40.3 × 50.8 cm) Image: 12 × 17 3/4 in. (30.5 × 45.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Chalmette Battlefield, Louisiana 1976

1976 · Dye transfer print

Sheet (sight): 12 1/4 × 18 1/4 in. (31.1 × 46.4 cm) Image (sight): 12 × 17 3/4 in. (30.5 × 45.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, 1976

1976 · Dye transfer print

Sheet: 15 7/8 × 20 in. (40.3 × 50.8 cm) Image: 12 × 17 3/4 in. (30.5 × 45.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Mardi Gras I, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1975

1975 · Dye transfer print

Sheet: 15 7/8 × 20 in. (40.3 × 50.8 cm) Image: 12 × 17 3/4 in. (30.5 × 45.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Houston, Texas, 1974

1974 · Dye transfer print

Sheet: 15 7/8 × 20 in. (40.3 × 50.8 cm) Image: 12 × 17 3/4 in. (30.5 × 45.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Los Angeles II, California, 1974

1974 · Dye transfer print

Sheet: 15 7/8 × 20 in. (40.3 × 50.8 cm) Image: 12 × 17 3/4 in. (30.5 × 45.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Long Beach, California, 1974

1974 · Dye transfer print

Sheet: 15 7/8 × 20 in. (40.3 × 50.8 cm) Image: 12 × 17 3/4 in. (30.5 × 45.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Los Angeles I, California, 1974

1974 · Dye transfer print

Sheet: 15 7/8 × 20 in. (40.3 × 50.8 cm) Image: 12 × 17 3/4 in. (30.5 × 45.1 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artwork sources (6)

35 published of 39 catalogued · 8 with image

Whitney
25 published
MoMA
4 publishedof 8 catalogued4 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
The Met
2 published
Tate
1 published1 img
Victoria & Albert
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Biloxi, Mississippi 2005
2005 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

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Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements3

Conceptual Art Photography Contemporary

Collections6

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Victoria and Albert Museum Tate Whitney Museum of American Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Victoria and Albert Museum

In collection

Tate

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Photography: Recent Acquisitions

New York · 1987

Group Exhibition Color Photographs: Recent Acquisitions

New York · 1984

Group Exhibition New York/New York

New York · 1978