
Solstice
Catalogue
- Year
- 1942
- Dimensions
- 15 11/16 × 10 11/16" (39.8 × 27.2 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Barbara Morgan
Artist

Photography
Barbara Morgan was an American photographer and printmaker whose work bridged modernism and documentary practice across seven decades. She pioneered light-abstraction photography in the 1930s and 1940s, creating dynamic compositions through multiple exposures and experimental darkroom techniques. Her photographs of Martha Graham's dance performances rank among the most significant visual records of modern dance. Morgan's practice also encompassed lithography, drawing, and photomontage, often addressing themes of human movement, labor, and social transformation.
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Artificial Life from the Laboratory
1967 · Gelatin silver print
Fossils in Formation
1965 · Gelatin silver print
Stump
1945 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1971
Corn Stalks Growing
1945 · Gelatin silver print
Corn Leaf Rhythm
1945 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1971
Willard's Foot
1945 · Gelatin silver print, printed 1971
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Barbara Morgan
- Year
- 1942
- Dimensions
- 15 11/16 × 10 11/16" (39.8 × 27.2 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1942-M045485
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





