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Artists›Louis Stettner

Louis Stettner

American, 1922

WA-00029612

PhotographyPhotography

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ3263136

MoMA

Field Verification (3 fields)

2 cross-verified · 1 single-source

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

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5658
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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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 (23)

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Times Square, NYC

2011 · Silver dye bleach print

Image: 33 x 49.6 cm (13 x 19 1/2 in.) Sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Rainy Day on Wall Street, Constitutional Hall

1987 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 10 1/2 × 13 5/8 in. (26.7 × 34.6 cm) Image: 8 1/16 × 12 1/16 in. (20.5 × 30.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Janet, Gaspé

1984 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 23.8 x 16.6 cm (9 3/8 x 6 9/16 in.) Sheet: 30.4 x 21 cm (11 15/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Rodeo Cowboy, Rockefeller Center

1972 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 16 × 11 5/16 in. (40.6 × 28.7 cm) Image: 13 1/2 × 8 7/8 in. (34.3 × 22.5 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Untitled

1971 · Gelatin silver print

7 × 11" (17.8 × 28.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Under the Stairway

1961 · Gelatin silver print

7 1/2 × 11" (19.0 × 28.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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On the Dutch Ferry

1959 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet (sight): 8 3/4 × 13 3/16 in. (22.2 × 33.5 cm) Image (sight): 8 1/2 × 13 in. (21.6 × 33 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Penn Station, 1958 circa (six windows)

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 11 × 15 7/8 in. (27.9 × 40.3 cm) Image: 8 3/4 × 13 3/4 in. (22.2 × 34.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Penn Station, 1958 circa

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 15 3/16 × 13 3/16 in. (38.6 × 33.5 cm) Image: 11 1/4 × 8 13/16 in. (28.6 × 22.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Sailor on Train, Penn. Station

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet (sight): 13 3/4 × 9 1/4 in. (34.9 × 23.5 cm) Image (sight): 13 3/8 × 9 in. (34 × 22.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Odd Man in Penn Station

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 45.4 x 30.6 cm (17 7/8 x 12 1/16 in.) Sheet: 50.7 x 37.9 cm (19 15/16 x 14 15/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

On a Dutch ferry

1958 · Gelatin silver print

7 3/8 × 11" (18.8 × 28.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Windshield, Saratoga Springs

1957 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 27.5 × 41.3 cm (10 7/8 × 16 5/16 in.); Mount: 40.7 × 51 cm (16 1/16 × 20 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Windshield, Saratoga Springs, New York

1957 · Gelatin silver print

16 1/16 × 18 1/8" (40.8 × 46 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Street Signs, Saratoga Springs

1956 · Gelatin silver print

10 3/4 × 7" (27.5 × 17.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Promenade, Brooklyn

1954 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 30.1 x 45.4 cm (11 7/8 x 17 7/8 in.) Sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Pennsylvania Station (Interior of Empty Train Car)

1953 · gelatin silver print

Image: 34.3 x 22.9 cm (13 1/2 x 9 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Woman Elbowing an Out of Town Newsstand

1952 · Gelatin silver print

Sheet (sight): 9 1/8 × 13 5/8 in. (23.2 × 34.6 cm) Image (sight): 9 13/16 × 13 1/2 in. (24.9 × 34.3 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

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Concentric Circles, NYC

1951 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 29.1 x 43.5 cm (11 7/16 x 17 1/8 in.) Sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Near Pont Neuf Paris

1950 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 35.3 x 34 cm (13 7/8 x 13 3/8 in.) Sheet: 48.9 x 40.5 cm (19 1/4 x 15 15/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cafe, Place Blanche Paris

1950 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 33.4 x 33.1 cm (13 1/8 x 13 1/16 in.) Sheet: 48.8 x 40.5 cm (19 3/16 x 15 15/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Family Walking, 14th arrondissement (Manège) Paris

1949 · Gelatin silver print

14 15/16 × 13 3/16" (38 × 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Near Malaga, Spain

1945 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper/mount: 34.2 × 23.3 cm (13 1/2 × 9 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (5)

23 published of 29 catalogued · 14 with image

The Met
7 published
Whitney
7 published
MoMA
6 publishedof 12 catalogued12 img
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Pennsylvania Station (Interior of Empty Train Car)
1953 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Art Institute of Chicago

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

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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

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