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Larry Fink

Larry Fink

American, 1941

WA-00027082

PhotographySocial Practice

Representation

None documented

8

Institutional Exhibitions

122

Works in Collection

156

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ6490307 ULAN500059582

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Self Portrait: The Photographer's Persona, 1840�1985

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

No image

NEA Twentieth Anniversary

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

No image

Reinstallation of the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

No image

Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

No image

People Watching

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

No image

Larry Fink

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

No image

Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

No image

Photography: New Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1970

Field Verification (3 fields)

3 cross-verified · 0 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%✓

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1877
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Larry Fink was an American photographer known for black-and-white images of working-class life, urban streets, and social gatherings captured with a decisive, unflinching eye. His grainy, high-contrast prints from the 1960s onward documented everyday moments infused with psychological tension and formal precision. Fink's practice eschewed the aestheticized documentary mode of his era in favor of raw, immediate observation. His work has been held in major American collections and shaped subsequent generations of socially engaged photographers.

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

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Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (122)

Mother and Maggie Kuhn

Mother and Maggie Kuhn

1991 · Gelatin silver print

14 3/8 × 14 1/2" (36.5 × 36.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, PA

Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, PA

1991 · Gelatin silver print

14 3/4 × 14 1/2" (37.5 × 36.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1991 · Gelatin silver print

14 3/16 × 14 1/2" (36.1 × 36.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Don King, Las Vegas

Don King, Las Vegas

1991 · Gelatin silver print

14 7/16 × 14 7/16" (36.7 × 36.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Giselle, Nice, France

Giselle, Nice, France

1988 · Gelatin silver print

14 1/4 × 14 3/4" (36.2 × 37.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pearls, New York City

Pearls, New York City

1986 · Gelatin silver print

14 3/8 × 14 5/8" (36.5 × 37.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Jean Sabatine and Molly

Jean Sabatine and Molly

1983 · Gelatin silver print

14 3/4 × 14 1/2" (37.5 × 36.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Jack, Martin's Creek, Pa.

Jack, Martin's Creek, Pa.

1982 · Gelatin silver print mounted on fiber board

Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (50.5 × 40.3 cm) Image: 13 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (35.4 × 35.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Ella and J.J., Martin's Creek, Pa.

Ella and J.J., Martin's Creek, Pa.

1982 · Gelatin silver print mounted on fiber board

Mount: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm) Sheet: 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.5 × 50.5 cm) Image: 11 7/8 × 17 7/8 in. (30.2 × 45.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Pat Sabatine's Twelfth Birthday Party

Pat Sabatine's Twelfth Birthday Party

1981 · Gelatin silver print mounted on fiber board

Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (50.5 × 40.3 cm) Image: 13 3/4 × 14 1/16 in. (34.9 × 35.7 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Pat Sabatine's Twelfth Birthday Party

Pat Sabatine's Twelfth Birthday Party

1981 · Gelatin silver print mounted on fiber board

Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Sheet: 19 13/16 × 15 7/8 in. (50.3 × 40.3 cm) Image: 13 5/8 × 13 15/16 in. (34.6 × 35.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Pat Sabatine's Twelfth Birthday Party

Pat Sabatine's Twelfth Birthday Party

1981 · Gelatin silver print mounted on fiber board

Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in. (50.5 × 40.5 cm) Image: 13 15/16 × 14 in. (35.4 × 35.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Sabatine's Birthday Party

Sabatine's Birthday Party

1981 · Gelatin silver print mounted on fiber board

Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Sheet: 19 13/16 × 15 7/8 in. (50.3 × 40.3 cm) Image: 13 3/4 × 14 in. (34.9 × 35.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Julie, Bangor, Pa.

Julie, Bangor, Pa.

1981 · Gelatin silver print mounted on fiber board

Mount: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm) Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 7/8 in. (40.3 × 50.5 cm) Image: 11 3/4 × 16 15/16 in. (29.9 × 43 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Bangor American Legion

Bangor American Legion

1980 · Gelatin silver print mounted on fiber board

Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Sheet: 19 13/16 × 15 7/8 in. (50.3 × 40.3 cm) Image: 13 13/16 × 14 1/8 in. (35.1 × 35.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Pat Sabatine's Eleventh Birthday Party

Pat Sabatine's Eleventh Birthday Party

1980 · Gelatin silver print mounted on fiber board

Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (50.5 × 40.3 cm) Image: 17 5/8 × 11 13/16 in. (44.8 × 30 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

John Sabatine & Molly at Pat Sabatine's Eleventh Birthday Party

John Sabatine & Molly at Pat Sabatine's Eleventh Birthday Party

1980 · Gelatin silver print mounted on fiber board

Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Sheet: 19 13/16 × 15 7/8 in. (50.3 × 40.3 cm) Image: 13 11/16 × 13 15/16 in. (34.8 × 35.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Pat Sabatine's Eleventh Birthday Party

Pat Sabatine's Eleventh Birthday Party

1980 · Gelatin silver print mounted on fiber board

Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Sheet: 19 13/16 × 15 7/8 in. (50.3 × 40.3 cm) Image: 13 11/16 × 13 15/16 in. (34.8 × 35.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Skating Rink

1980 · Gelatin silver print mounted on fiber board

Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (50.5 × 40.3 cm) Image: 13 13/16 × 14 3/16 in. (35.1 × 36 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Pat Sabatine's Eleventh Birthday Party

Pat Sabatine's Eleventh Birthday Party

1980 · Gelatin silver print mounted on fiber board

Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (50.5 × 40.3 cm) Image: 13 5/8 × 13 15/16 in. (34.6 × 35.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Bangor American Legion

Bangor American Legion

1980 · Gelatin silver print mounted on fiber board

Mount: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm) Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 7/8 in. (40.3 × 50.5 cm) Image: 11 3/4 × 17 7/8 in. (29.9 × 45.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Allentown Fair

1980 · Gelatin silver print mounted on fiber board

Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm) Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (50.5 × 40.3 cm) Image: 13 3/4 × 14 1/16 in. (34.9 × 35.7 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

John Sabatine and Molly at Pat Sabatine’s Eleventh Birthday Party, April 1980

1980 · gelatin silver print

Image: 24.8 x 24.4 cm (9 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.); Paper: 35.4 x 27.6 cm (13 15/16 x 10 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pat Sabatine's Eleventh Birthday Party, April, 1980

Pat Sabatine's Eleventh Birthday Party, April, 1980

1980 · Gelatin silver print

13 15/16 × 13 3/4" (35.4 × 35 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (5)

122 published of 153 catalogued · 149 with image

Whitney
82 published82 img
MoMA
31 publishedof 62 catalogued62 img
Art Institute Chicago
5 published5 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published
The Met
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

John Sabatine and Molly at Pat Sabatine’s Eleventh Birthday Party, April 1980
1980 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Hungarian Debutante Ball, New York City
1977 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Pat Sabatine’s Eighth Birthday Party, April 1977
1977 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Pat Sabatine's Eighth Birthday Party, Martins Creek, PA (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pat Sabatine's Eighth Birthday Party, Martins Creek, PA (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

6

Movements1

Social Practice

Collections5

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art 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

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art