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Marion Post Wolcott

Marion Post Wolcott

American, 1910

WA-00030112

Photography

Representation

None documented

6

Institutional Exhibitions

35

Works in Collection

50

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ436687 ULAN500002522

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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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

The Photographer's Eye

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

No image

The Bitter Years: 1935�1941

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1962

No image

The Exact Instant

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

No image

Road to Victory

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1942

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/6426
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Medium

Photography

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (35)

Winter Visitors Picnicking near Trailer Park, Sarasota, Florida

Winter Visitors Picnicking near Trailer Park, Sarasota, Florida

1941 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.2 × 30.4 cm (8 3/4 × 12 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sunset village, an FSA defense housing project, Radford, Virginia

Sunset village, an FSA defense housing project, Radford, Virginia

1941 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20.7 × 28.7 cm (8 3/16 × 11 5/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Post Office in Blizzard, Aspen, Colorado

Post Office in Blizzard, Aspen, Colorado

1941 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.2 × 30.2 cm (8 3/4 × 11 15/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Service Station, Used Cars for Sale, Alexandria, Louisiana

Service Station, Used Cars for Sale, Alexandria, Louisiana

1941 · Gelatin silver print

7 1/4 × 9 1/2" (18.4 × 24.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Winter Visitors from Nearby Trailer Park, Picnicking Beside Car on Beach, Near Sarasota, Florida

Winter Visitors from Nearby Trailer Park, Picnicking Beside Car on Beach, Near Sarasota, Florida

1941 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1981

8 3/4 × 11 3/4" (22.3 × 29.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Post Office, Aspen, Colorado

Post Office, Aspen, Colorado

1941 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1978

8 9/16 × 11 1/4" (21.8 × 28.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Snowy Night, Woodstock, Vermont

1940 · gelatin silver print

Image: 18.4 x 24 cm (7 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 27.1 x 35.6 cm (10 11/16 x 14 in.); Matted: 50.6 x 40.5 cm (19 15/16 x 15 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Midway and Carnival Shelby County Fair and Horse Show, Shelbyville, KY

Midway and Carnival Shelby County Fair and Horse Show, Shelbyville, KY

1940 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 16.2 × 24.7 cm (6 7/16 × 9 3/4 in.); Paper: 20.2 × 25.8 cm (8 × 10 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Taking a rest from hoeing cotton, on the Allen Plantation, Natchitoches, Louisiana; An FSA Co-op

Taking a rest from hoeing cotton, on the Allen Plantation, Natchitoches, Louisiana; An FSA Co-op

1940 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20.1 × 20.6 cm (7 15/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Paper: 35.5 × 27.8 cm (14 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

One Room School House, Breathitt County, Kentucky

One Room School House, Breathitt County, Kentucky

1940 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.7 × 30.6 cm (8 15/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mr. R.B. Whitley in his general store, Wendell, North Carolina. (He also owns a cotton exchange, real estate and is president of the bank)

Mr. R.B. Whitley in his general store, Wendell, North Carolina. (He also owns a cotton exchange, real estate and is president of the bank)

1940 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.6 × 30.3 cm (8 15/16 × 11 15/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Baptism of members of Primitive Baptist Church, in Triplett Creek, Rowan County, near Morehead, Kentucky

Baptism of members of Primitive Baptist Church, in Triplett Creek, Rowan County, near Morehead, Kentucky

1940 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 21.4 × 29.4 cm (8 7/16 × 11 5/8 in.); Paper: 27.7 × 35.5 cm (10 15/16 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Town Meeting, Vermont

Town Meeting, Vermont

1940 · Gelatin silver print

9 13/16 × 13" (24.9 × 33 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Working Men Lunches" Café Where Construction Workers Eat in Pineville, Louisiana, on Highway to Camp Livingston

"Working Men Lunches" Café Where Construction Workers Eat in Pineville, Louisiana, on Highway to Camp Livingston

1940 · Gelatin silver print

6 7/8 × 9 5/16" (17.4 × 23.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Winter Tourists

Winter Tourists

1940 · Gelatin silver print

8 5/16 × 10 9/16" (21.1 × 26.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Center of Town after Blizzard, Woodstock, Vermont

Center of Town after Blizzard, Woodstock, Vermont

1940 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1978

9 1/4 × 12 13/16" (23.6 × 32.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Baptism in Triplett Creek, Rowan County, Kentucky

Baptism in Triplett Creek, Rowan County, Kentucky

1940 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1981

8 7/16 × 11 1/2" (21.4 × 29.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

[Haircutting in Front of General Store and Post Office on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi]

[Haircutting in Front of General Store and Post Office on Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi]

1939 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 9 13/16 × 12 11/16 in. (25 × 32.2 cm) Mount: 12 3/4 in. × 15 3/4 in. (32.4 × 40 cm) Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm) Frame: 18 × 20 in. (45.7 × 50.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Waiting to be Paid Off for Picking Cotton, Plantation Store, Mileston, Miss.

1939 · Gelatin silver print

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sign Along Road to Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi

1939 · gelatin silver print

Image: 16.6 x 24.5 cm (6 9/16 x 9 5/8 in.); Paper: 20.6 x 25.4 cm (8 1/8 x 10 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Negro Day Laborers, Marcella Plantation, Milestone, Mississippi Delta

Negro Day Laborers, Marcella Plantation, Milestone, Mississippi Delta

1939 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 18.1 × 24.3 cm (7 3/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Paper: 20.6 × 25.5 cm (8 1/8 × 10 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Making Biscuits for Dinner on Corn Husking Day, the Fred Wilkens Farm, near Tallyho, North Carolina

Making Biscuits for Dinner on Corn Husking Day, the Fred Wilkens Farm, near Tallyho, North Carolina

1939 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.6 × 30.6 cm (8 15/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Union Members Waiting for the Strike-Breaking Scabs to Come out of the Copper Mines, Ducktown, Tennessee

Union Members Waiting for the Strike-Breaking Scabs to Come out of the Copper Mines, Ducktown, Tennessee

1939 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.4 × 30.5 cm (8 7/8 × 12 1/16 in.); Paper: 27.7 × 35.4 cm (10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Negro man entering a movie theatre by outside stairway "For Colored Only" in the Delta area, Belzoni, Mississippi

Negro man entering a movie theatre by outside stairway "For Colored Only" in the Delta area, Belzoni, Mississippi

1939 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 21.1 × 30.7 cm (8 5/16 × 12 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

35 published of 47 catalogued · 44 with image

Art Institute Chicago
19 published19 img
MoMA
12 publishedof 24 catalogued24 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published
The Met
2 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Sign Along Road to Marcella Plantation, Mileston, Mississippi Delta, Mississippi
1939 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Snowy Night, Woodstock, Vermont
1940 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

<I>Negroes fishing in creek near cotton plantations outside Belzoni Miss. Delta, October 1939</I> (1939; printed 1968)

Smithsonian Institution

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

One Room School House, Breathitt County, Kentucky (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

2

Collections2

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