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Johan Hagemeyer

Johan Hagemeyer

Artist

WA-00032008

PrintmakingPhotography

Representation

None documented

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Institutional Exhibitions

65

Works in Collection

70

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ6215104

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/24591
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Johan Hagemeyer was an American photographer active in early twentieth-century California whose work in portraiture and still life engaged with modernist formal principles of light and composition. Working primarily in black-and-white photography, he developed a precise approach to tonal rendering and geometric arrangement that aligned with progressive photographic practice of the period. His archive remains a significant document of California's intellectual and artistic circles during the interwar years.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 28d ago

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Printmaking

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (65)

Leon Golding, Artist

Leon Golding, Artist

1955 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 20.9 × 16.5 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.); Hinged matte: 45.6 × 35.4 cm (18 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1949 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 15.3 × 11.8 cm (6 1/16 × 4 11/16 in.); First mount: 15.6 × 12 cm (6 3/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Second mount: 30.5 × 24.2 cm (12 1/16 × 9 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View of the Golden Gate Bridge, with Houses in Foreground

View of the Golden Gate Bridge, with Houses in Foreground

1948 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 11.6 × 15.1 cm (4 5/8 × 6 in.); Hinged matte: 45.6 × 35.5 cm (18 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1948 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 12 × 9.3 cm (4 3/4 × 3 11/16 in.); Hinged matte: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

From My Studio Window in San Francisco

From My Studio Window in San Francisco

1948 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 15.6 × 12 cm (6 3/16 × 4 3/4 in.); Hinged matte: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View from my Studio

View from my Studio

1948 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 11.2 × 14.4 cm (4 7/16 × 5 11/16 in.); Hinged matte: 45.7 × 35.7 cm (18 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1948 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 4 13/16 in. × 6 in. (12.2 × 15.2 cm) Sheet: 4 13/16 in. × 6 in. (12.2 × 15.2 cm) Primary Mount: 4 13/16 in. × 6 in. (12.3 × 15.3 cm) Secondary Mount: 18 × 14 in. (45.7 × 35.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Highway and Small Town

1947 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 5 11/16 × 5 7/16 in. (14.5 × 13.8 cm) Sheet: 5 11/16 × 5 7/16 in. (14.5 × 13.8 cm) Primary Mount: 5 3/4 in. × 5 1/2 in. (14.6 × 13.9 cm) Secondary Mount: 17 15/16 in. × 13 15/16 in. (45.6 × 35.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Henry Miller

1946 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 22.5 × 17.4 cm (8 7/8 × 6 7/8 in.); Hinged matte: 45.5 × 35.4 cm (17 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bears

1945 · Gelatin silver print

Art Institute of Chicago

Flavia Flavin

1945 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 23.4 × 18.6 cm (9 1/4 × 7 3/8 in.); Hinged matte: 45.7 × 35.5 cm (18 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Salvador Dali

1944 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 18.5 × 23.8 cm (7 5/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Hined matte: 45.6 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hands of Salvador Dali

Hands of Salvador Dali

1944 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 23.3 × 18.5 cm (9 3/16 × 7 5/16 in.); Hinged matte: 45.8 × 35.5 cm (18 1/16 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Seashore with Rocks after Tide has Receded)

Untitled (Seashore with Rocks after Tide has Receded)

1942 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 9.2 × 11.8 cm (3 5/8 × 4 11/16 in.); Hinged matte: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Window with Porcelain Cat, Table and Potted Plant)

Untitled (Window with Porcelain Cat, Table and Potted Plant)

1942 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 23.8 × 19.2 cm (9 3/8 × 7 9/16 in.); Hinged matte: 45.8 × 35.6 cm (18 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bach statue

1942 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 24.7 × 19.9 cm (9 3/4 × 7 7/8 in.); Hinged matte: 45.8 × 35.6 cm (18 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Oriental Poppy

1942 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 9.2 × 11.8 cm (3 5/8 × 4 11/16 in.); Hinged matte: 45.8 × 35.6 cm (18 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sheep at watering cross

Sheep at watering cross

1940 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 23 × 18.8 cm (9 1/16 × 7 7/16 in.); Hinged matte: 45.6 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Death Valley

1940 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 18.7 × 23.4 cm (7 3/8 × 9 1/4 in.); Hinged matte: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Volcanic Drive, Death Valley

Volcanic Drive, Death Valley

1940 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 19.3 × 23.4 cm (7 5/8 × 9 1/4 in.); Hinged matte: 45.7 × 35.4 cm (18 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1940 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 19.2 × 24.4 cm (7 9/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Oriental Poppy

1939 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 18.5 × 23.3 cm (7 5/16 × 9 3/16 in.); Hinged matte: 45.8 × 35.6 cm (18 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Barn and Rail Fence

Barn and Rail Fence

1939 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 18.4 × 23.6 cm (7 1/4 × 9 5/16 in.); Hinged matte: 38.8 × 35.6 cm (15 5/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Antoinette Detcheva, pianist

Antoinette Detcheva, pianist

1938 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 18 × 23 cm (7 1/8 × 9 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

65 published of 66 catalogued · 59 with image

Art Institute Chicago
57 published57 img
The Met
7 published
MoMA
1 publishedof 2 catalogued2 img

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Images

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Flavia Flavin (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

6

Movements1

Collections5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art Phillips Rago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Auction sale history

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Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Rago	Feb 2026	$8,000 – $12,000	Unsold

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