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William Clift

William Clift

1944

WA-00026603

Photography

Representation

None documented

6

Institutional Exhibitions

21

Works in Collection

195

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

70%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ42313294

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Contemporary Photography Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

No image

American Landscapes

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981

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

Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

No image

Courthouse

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (2)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/william-clift
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1152
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Movement

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Medium

Photography

Related Artists

6 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (21)

2002 · Digital inkjet print, Epsom

Image: 19.4 x 25.1 cm (7 5/8 x 9 7/8 in.); Paper: 25.7 x 33 cm (10 1/8 x 13 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Stenciled Passage, Framingham, Massachusetts

1984 · platinum/palladium print

Image: 12.8 x 9.8 cm (5 1/16 x 3 7/8 in.); Paper: 13.2 x 10.2 cm (5 3/16 x 4 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

ALBANY CITY HALL SEEN FROM THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL, THE EASTERN APPROACH

1984 · Gelatin silver print

13 3/16 × 16 13/16" (33.5 × 42.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mont St. Michel

1982 · Digital inkjet print, Epsom

Image: 19.4 x 25.1 cm (7 5/8 x 9 7/8 in.); Paper: 25.7 x 33 cm (10 1/8 x 13 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Tide Pool, Mont Saint-Michel, France

1982 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 16.4 x 22.8 cm (6 7/16 x 9 in.); Paper: 17.5 x 24 cm (6 7/8 x 9 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Vaulted Ceiling, Mont-Saint-Michel, France

1982 · platinum/palladium print

Image: 12.1 x 9.5 cm (4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.); Paper: 14.8 x 11.4 cm (5 13/16 x 4 1/2 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

LANDSCAPE # 2, NEW MEXICO

1978 · Gelatin silver print

13 3/8 × 19" (34 × 48.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

MONT ST. MICHEL

1976 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 13 3/4 × 19 3/16" (34.9 × 48.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

White House Ruin, Canyon de Cherry, Arizona

1975 · Gelatin silver print

6 11/16 × 9 9/16" (17 × 24.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Factory Butte, Utah

1975 · Gelatin silver print

13 3/8 × 18 7/8" (33.9 × 48 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Enchanted Mesa, New Mexico

The Enchanted Mesa, New Mexico

1975 · Gelatin silver print

13 1/4 × 19" (33.7 × 48.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

1975 · Gelatin silver print

9 1/2 × 7 1/2" (24.2 × 19.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

SAINT LOUIS COUNTY, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI

1975 · Gelatin silver print

13 1/16 × 15 9/16" (33.1 × 40.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WARREN COUNTY, WARRENTON, MISSOURI

1975 · Gelatin silver print

9 7/16 × 7 5/8" (24.0 × 19.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

MIAMI COUNTY, TROY, OHIO

1975 · Gelatin silver print

9 1/2 × 7 9/16" (24.2 × 19.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, NEW PHILADELPHIA, OHIO

1975 · Gelatin silver print

9 7/16 × 7 7/16" (24.0 × 18.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fence, Snow, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Fence, Snow, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1974 · Gelatin silver print

8 × 10" (20.2 × 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fence, Orchard, Ditch, Velarde, New Mexico

1973 · gelatin silver print

Image: 17 x 24.2 cm (6 11/16 x 9 1/2 in.); Paper: 18.4 x 25.2 cm (7 1/4 x 9 15/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Swing, Tesuque, New Mexico

Swing, Tesuque, New Mexico

1973 · Gelatin silver print

9 5/8 × 6 3/4" (24.5 × 17.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Landscape from La Bahada Mesa, New Mexico

Landscape from La Bahada Mesa, New Mexico

1973 · Gelatin silver print

10 7/8 × 16 1/8" (27.6 × 41.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Road, La Cienega, New Mexico

Road, La Cienega, New Mexico

1973 · Gelatin silver print

7 1/4 × 10 1/2" (18.3 × 26.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

21 published of 189 catalogued · 161 with image

MoMA
15 publishedof 30 catalogued10 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
6 published
+ 1 more source · 153 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

A Stenciled Passage, Framingham, Massachusetts
1984 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Shiprock
2002 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Mont St. Michel
1982 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Vaulted Ceiling, Mont-Saint-Michel, France
1982 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Fence, Orchard, Ditch, Velarde, New Mexico
1973 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Tide Pool, Mont Saint-Michel, France
1982 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

A Desert View, Shiprock, New Mexico (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Artsy artist portrait

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Relationships

2

Collections2

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US