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George A. Tice

George A. Tice

Artist

WA-00029759

PhotographyPhotography

Representation

None documented

8

Institutional Exhibitions

47

Works in Collection

61

Assets Indexed

0

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0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ5545230 ULAN500037072

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Inside Spaces

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981

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Views over America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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Dream/Reality/Dream

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Rooms

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976–1977

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Photography: Recent Acquisitions, 1974�1976

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Photography for Collectors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Steichen Gallery Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5873
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

George A. Tice was an American photographer working in large-format black-and-white, documenting rural vernacular architecture and landscape across the Eastern seaboard with an 8x10 camera. His meticulously composed images emphasized subtle tonal gradations and geometric precision, particularly in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Tice's practice emerged from mid-century traditions of straightforward, contemplative landscape photography, treating ordinary structures and terrain as subjects worthy of sustained formal attention.

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

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (47)

Watertower, Rahway, New Jersey

Watertower, Rahway, New Jersey

1994 · Gelatin silver print

19 7/16 × 15 1/8" (49.4 × 38.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Coy Winslow, Winslow Farm, Fairmount, Indiana

Coy Winslow, Winslow Farm, Fairmount, Indiana

1985 · Gelatin silver print

13 1/8 × 10 7/16" (33.4 × 26.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

First Street, Dixon, Illinois

First Street, Dixon, Illinois

1985 · Gelatin silver print

10 1/2 × 13 1/4" (26.6 × 33.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

South Main Street, Hannibal, Missouri

South Main Street, Hannibal, Missouri

1985 · Gelatin silver print

10 5/8 × 13 1/4" (26.9 × 33.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Alex and Jodie, Fairmount, Indiana

Alex and Jodie, Fairmount, Indiana

1985 · Gelatin silver print

10 3/8 × 13 1/16" (26.4 × 33.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home

Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home

1984 · Gelatin silver print

10 9/16 × 13 1/4" (26.8 × 33.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tallinn, Estonia

Tallinn, Estonia

1983 · Gelatin silver print

9 × 13 3/8" (22.9 × 34 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Charlie and Violet on Their Houseboat, Jersey City, New Jersey

Charlie and Violet on Their Houseboat, Jersey City, New Jersey

1979 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1979

15 5/16 × 19 3/8" (38.9 × 49.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Petit's Mobil Station and Watertower, Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Petit's Mobil Station and Watertower, Cherry Hill, New Jersey

1974 · Gelatin silver print

15 × 19" (38.0 × 58.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

White Castle, Route #1, Rahway, New Jersey

White Castle, Route #1, Rahway, New Jersey

1973 · Gelatin silver print

15 1/4 × 19 3/16" (38.8 × 49.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Mount Desert Island, Maine

Mount Desert Island, Maine

1970 · Gelatin silver print

19.2 × 24.3 cm (image); 22.5 × 30 (paper)

Art Institute of Chicago

Oak Tree, New Jersey

Oak Tree, New Jersey

1970 · Platinum print

Image/paper: 19.2 × 24.1 cm (7 9/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 43.3 cm (14 1/16 × 17 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woods, Cushing, Maine

Woods, Cushing, Maine

1970 · Platinum print

Image/paper: 19.2 × 24.2 cm (7 9/16 × 9 9/16 in.); Mount: 35.5 × 43.3 cm (14 × 17 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Oak Tree, New Jersey

Oak Tree, New Jersey

1970 · Gelatin silver print

15 1/2 × 19 1/4" (39.4 × 49.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Aspen Grove

1969 · Platinum print

7 5/8 × 9 1/2" (19.4 × 24.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Buggy and Cats, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Buggy and Cats, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

1967 · Platinum print

Image/paper: 10.8 × 16.4 cm (4 5/16 × 6 1/2 in.); Mount: 27.9 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Aquatic Plants, #7, New Jersey

Aquatic Plants, #7, New Jersey

1967 · Modern platinum print

Image/paper: 24.1 × 19.1 cm (9 1/2 × 7 9/16 in.); Mount: 43.3 × 34.9 cm (17 1/16 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ice #13 N.J.

1966 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 9.3 × 12 cm (3 11/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 28 cm (14 1/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Buggies, Sunday Meeting

Buggies, Sunday Meeting

1966 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "The Amish Portfolio" (1968)

Image/paper: 14.4 × 11.3 cm (5 11/16 × 4 1/2 in.); Mount: 35.4 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Old Amish Men

1966 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "The Amish Portfolio" (1968)

Image/paper: 11.3 × 15.3 cm (4 1/2 × 6 1/16 in.); Mount: 35.4 × 27.9 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Farm, Madison Township, New Jersey.

Farm, Madison Township, New Jersey.

1966 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 18.8 × 23.9 cm (7 7/16 × 9 7/16 in.); Mount: 35.4 × 43.1 cm (13 15/16 × 17 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Amish Boy with Straw Hat, Lancaster, PA

Amish Boy with Straw Hat, Lancaster, PA

1965 · Gelatin silver print

26.4 × 34.2 cm (image/paper); 35.6 × 43.1 (mount)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cain House and Methodist church, from the portfolio "Bodie" (1971), number 7 (or 1)

Cain House and Methodist church, from the portfolio "Bodie" (1971), number 7 (or 1)

1965 · Gelatin silver print

11.3 × 16.3 cm (image/paper); 35.6 × 28 (mount)

Art Institute of Chicago

Church Steps and Blacksmith Shop

Church Steps and Blacksmith Shop

1965 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Bodie" (1971), number 7 (or 1)

Image/paper: 11.8 × 11.3 cm (4 11/16 × 4 1/2 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 28 cm (14 1/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (2)

47 published of 60 catalogued · 60 with image

Art Institute Chicago
34 published34 img
MoMA
13 publishedof 26 catalogued26 img

Record

Images

Amish Boy with Straw Hat (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago