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Pirkle Jones

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WA-00027779

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ2105219 ULAN500037107

MoMA

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Courthouse

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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The Photo Essay

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1965

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2936
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/pirkle-jones
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

About

Why this artist matters now

Pirkle Jones was an American photographer whose work documents postwar American life with a focus on rural communities, labor, and social conditions. Active from the 1940s onward, his black-and-white photographs combine documentary rigor with a humanistic sensibility. Jones worked in the tradition of social documentary photography, capturing everyday scenes and portraiture that reveal the textures of American working life during and after World War II.

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

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Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (15)

Untitled

1976 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.2 × 33.8 cm (8 3/4 × 13 5/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.); Frame: 27.8 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

San Joaquin County, Stockton, California

1975 · Gelatin silver print

8 3/16 × 11 13/16" (20.9 × 30.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Storey County Court House, Virginia City, Nevada

1969 · Gelatin silver print

23.8 × 33.4 cm (image); 27.8 × 35.3 (paper)

Art Institute of Chicago

Worker, Saratoga, California

1958 · Gelatin silver print, from "Portfolio Two: Twelve Photographs by Prikle Jones" (1968)

Image/paper: 33.3 × 26.3 cm (13 1/8 × 10 3/8 in.); Mount: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cowboy, Arizona

1957 · Gelatin silver print, from "Portfolio Two: Twelve Photographs by Prikle Jones" (1968)

Image/paper: 26 × 33.9 cm (10 1/4 × 13 3/8 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 1/16 × 18 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Grape Picker, Berryessa, California

1956 · Gelatin silver print, from "Portfolio Two: Twelve Photographs by Prikle Jones" (1968)

Image/paper: 34.6 × 26.5 cm (13 5/8 × 10 7/16 in.); Mount: 45.8 × 35.6 cm (18 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman with Umbrella, San Francisco, from "Portfolio Two: Twelve Photographs by Prikle Jones" (1968)

1955 · Gelatin silver print

34.4 × 24.2 cm (image/paper); 45.8 × 35.6 (mount)

Art Institute of Chicago

Figures in the Rain

1955 · Gelatin silver print, from "Portfolio Two: Twelve Photographs by Prikle Jones" (1968)

Image/paper: 25.5 × 34.2 cm (10 1/16 × 13 1/2 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 45.8 cm (14 1/16 × 18 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Oak Tree and Rock, Black Hawk Ranch, California

1954 · Gelatin silver print, from "Portfolio Two: Twelve Photographs by Prikle Jones" (1968)

Image/paper: 23.9 × 33.9 cm (9 7/16 × 13 3/8 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 45.8 cm (14 1/16 × 18 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Breaking Wave

1952 · Gelatin silver print, from "Portfolio Two: Twelve Photographs by Prikle Jones" (1968)

Image/paper: 23.5 × 33.6 cm (9 5/16 × 13 1/4 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 1/16 × 18 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of San Francisco in the Rain

1952 · Gelatin silver print, from "Portfolio Two: Twelve Photographs by Prikle Jones" (1968)

Image/paper: 23.5 × 34 cm (9 5/16 × 13 7/16 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 1/16 × 18 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Log and Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

1952 · Gelatin silver print, from "Portfolio Two: Twelve Photographs by Prikle Jones" (1968)

Image/paper: 24.1 × 33.8 cm (9 1/2 × 13 5/16 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 1/16 × 18 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sunset District and Pacific Ocean, San Fransisco

1951 · Gelatin silver print, from "Portfolio Two: Twelve Photographs by Prikle Jones" (1968)

Image/paper: 24.2 × 30.9 cm (9 9/16 × 12 3/16 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 1/16 × 18 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape, Jackson, California

1948 · Gelatin silver print, from "Portfolio Two: Twelve Photographs by Prikle Jones" (1968)

Image/paper: 22.6 × 34.1 cm (8 15/16 × 13 7/16 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 45.8 cm (14 1/16 × 18 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Garden Detail, San Francisco

1947 · Gelatin silver print, from "Portfolio Two: Twelve Photographs by Prikle Jones" (1968)

Image/paper: 17.3 × 21.4 cm (6 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 1/16 × 18 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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15 published of 16 catalogued · 16 with image

Art Institute Chicago
14 published14 img
MoMA
1 publishedof 2 catalogued2 img

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Courthouse

New York · 1977

Group Exhibition The Photo Essay

New York · 1965