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George P. Critcherson

Artist

WA-00026710

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Institutional Exhibitions

142

Works in Collection

284

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60%

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WikidataQ53499535

MoMA

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Birth yearWikidata· 92%
Death yearWikidata· 92%
NationalityWikidata· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1310
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/saam_1994.91.46
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (142)

"Scene in Melville Bay, ice pack in August"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 15/16 × 4 1/8" (7.4 × 10.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Devil's Thumb, as seen when we were coming round Wilcox Point

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 1/2 × 4 15/16" (8.9 × 12.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"View of Upernavik, the most northern settlement on the globe"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

5 13/16 × 8 13/16" (14.7 × 22.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"This Iceberg, from its great beauty, we named the "Glory of Baffin's Bay." There was an openi ng in it above water which the steamer could have sailed through."

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 5/8 × 4 5/8" (6.8 × 11.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Scene on our way to Upernavik"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 15/16 × 4 1/4" (7.5 × 10.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Icebergs Seen Near the Coast"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 7/8 × 4 5/16" (7.3 × 11.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"The "Panther" moored to the heavy hummock ice"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 15/16 × 4 7/8" (7.4 × 12.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"In an open lead between the floe and iceberg"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 11/16 × 4 3/4" (9.3 × 12.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Cape Desolation"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 1/2 × 5 1/8" (6.4 × 13.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Scene from Baffin Islands, with icebergs in the distance"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 15/16 × 4 3/8" (7.5 × 11.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"The pack separating"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 1/2 × 4 15/16" (8.9 × 12.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Open lead in the pack on the 4th of August"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 1/2 × 5" (8.9 × 12.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Some of the intelligent inhabitants, man, boy, and girl"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 5/16 × 2 5/16" (8.5 × 5.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Instantaneous view of iceberg"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

5 1/2 × 5 1/8" (14.0 × 12.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

'After the hunt"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 1/2 × 4 15/16" (8.9 × 12.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Moored alongside the hummock ice, near a grounded berg, taking in fresh water"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 × 4 1/16" (7.7 × 10.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Nearer view of the polar bears"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

5 3/8 × 7 11/16" (13.7 × 19.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Hunting by steam in Melville Bay, the party after a day's sport killing sixpolar bears withi n the twenty-four hours."

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

10 15/16 × 15 3/8" (27.8 × 39.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Steaming to the northward on the 7th of August, through a lead in the floe and among the icebergs",

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 15/16 × 4 9/16" (7.4 × 11.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"View of the house nearest the north pole under the midnight sun"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 1/16 × 4 13/16" (7.8 × 12.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"The "Panther" trying to force a passage through the floe"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

4 15/16 × 3 5/8" (12.5 × 9.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Bergs passed on our way north to Tessiusak"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 15/16 × 4 3/16" (7.4 × 10.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"The 'Gorilla Iceberg', showing the remarkable action of the water, producing a perfect profile of a gorilla's face."

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

3 × 4 5/16" (7.6 × 11.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"The middle pack of Melville Bay, with a group of stranded bergs"

1869 · Albumen silver print from a glass negative

2 7/8 × 4 3/16" (7.3 × 10.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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142 published of 284 catalogued · 283 with image

MoMA
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Museum of Modern Art

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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