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Artists›Stephen Shames

Stephen Shames

American, 1947

WA-00035819

Cambridge, MA, USA

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None documented

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50%

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Authority Records (1)

MoMA

Field Verification (4 fields)

3 cross-verified · 1 single-source

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

Source Registry (2)

Kavi-Guptahttps://www.artsy.net/artist/stephen-shames
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/69877
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (5)

WattsOS

The Moon Belongs to the People

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 12 13/16 × 18 11/16 in. (32.5 × 47.5 cm) Sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black Panther children in a classroom at the Intercommunal Youth Institute, the Black Panther school, Oakland, California

1971 · Gelatin silver print, printed 2006

12 5/8 × 18 1/2" (32 × 47 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Children at a Free Huey, Free Bobby rally in front of the Federal Building, San Francisco, California

1970 · Gelatin silver print, printed 2016

12 × 17 15/16" (30.5 × 45.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Black Panthers hold Free Huey signs at a rally at the Alameda County Courthouse where Black Panther Minister of Defense, Huey P. Newton, is on trial for killing an Oakland policeman, Oakland, California

1968 · Gelatin silver print, printed 2006

12 3/8 × 18 1/2" (31.5 × 47 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The window of Black Panther Party National Headquarters at Grove and Forty-fifth Streets in Oakland after shots were fired by police following Huey P. Newton’s murder trial verdict, Oakland, California

1968 · Gelatin silver print, printed 2016

17 15/16 × 12" (45.5 × 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Artwork sources (2)

5 published of 9 catalogued · 8 with image

MoMA
4 publishedof 8 catalogued8 img
The Met
1 published

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Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

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Collections2

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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