Watertower, Rahway, New Jersey
1994 · Gelatin silver print
19 7/16 × 15 1/8" (49.4 × 38.4 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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George A. Tice
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PhotographyPhotography
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8
Institutional Exhibitions
47
Works in Collection
61
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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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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 25d ago
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