Fred W. McDarrah
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Fred W. McDarrah #16,753

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personAmerican, 1926–2007
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Selected Works69

Museum Acquisitions

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Portrait of Robert Mapplethorpe in His Studio at 24 Bond Street
Portrait of Robert Mapplethorpe in His Studio at 24 Bond Street, 1979
Acquired 2025
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Super Band, Kenny's Castaways, New York, October, 1973
Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Super Band, Kenny's Castaways, New York, October, 1973, 1973
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Super Band, Kenny's Castaways, New York, October, 1973
Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Super Band, Kenny's Castaways, New York, October, 1973, 1973
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Shadow Painting, performed during 8th Annual New York Avant Garde-Festival, 69th Regiment Armory, New York, November 19, 1971
Shadow Painting, performed during 8th Annual New York Avant Garde-Festival, 69th Regiment Armory, New York, November 19, 1971, 1971
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Shadow Painting, performed during 8th Annual New York Avant Garde-Festival, 69th Regiment Armory, New York, November 19, 1971
Shadow Painting, performed during 8th Annual New York Avant Garde-Festival, 69th Regiment Armory, New York, November 19, 1971, 1971
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Shadow Painting, performed during 8th Annual New York Avant Garde-Festival, 69th Regiment Armory, New York, November 19, 1971
Shadow Painting, performed during 8th Annual New York Avant Garde-Festival, 69th Regiment Armory, New York, November 19, 1971, 1971
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Shadow Painting, performed during 8th Annual New York Avant Garde-Festival, 69th Regiment Armory, New York, November 19, 1971
Shadow Painting, performed during 8th Annual New York Avant Garde-Festival, 69th Regiment Armory, New York, November 19, 1971, 1971
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Shadow Painting, performed during 8th Annual New York Avant Garde-Festival, 69th Regiment Armory, New York, November 19, 1971
Shadow Painting, performed during 8th Annual New York Avant Garde-Festival, 69th Regiment Armory, New York, November 19, 1971, 1971
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Cut Piece, performed during Fourth Avant Garde Festival, Central Park, New York, September 9, 1966
Cut Piece, performed during Fourth Avant Garde Festival, Central Park, New York, September 9, 1966, 1966
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Cut Piece, performed during Fourth Avant Garde Festival, Central Park, New York, September 9, 1966
Cut Piece, performed during Fourth Avant Garde Festival, Central Park, New York, September 9, 1966, 1966
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Cut Piece, performed during Fourth Avant Garde Festival, Central Park, New York, September 9, 1966
Cut Piece, performed during Fourth Avant Garde Festival, Central Park, New York, September 9, 1966, 1966
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Cut Piece, performed during Fourth Avant Garde Festival, Central Park, New York, September 9, 1966
Cut Piece, performed during Fourth Avant Garde Festival, Central Park, New York, September 9, 1966, 1966
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Sunrise Event, performed during Fourth Avant Garde Festival, Central Park, New York, September 9, 1966
Sunrise Event, performed during Fourth Avant Garde Festival, Central Park, New York, September 9, 1966, 1966
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Sunrise Event, performed during Fourth Avant Garde Festival, Central Park, New York, September 9, 1966
Sunrise Event, performed during Fourth Avant Garde Festival, Central Park, New York, September 9, 1966, 1966
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Eye Bags in The Stone, installation at Judson Gallery, March, 1966
Eye Bags in The Stone, installation at Judson Gallery, March, 1966, 1966
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Eye Bags in The Stone, installation at Judson Gallery, March, 1966
Eye Bags in The Stone, installation at Judson Gallery, March, 1966, 1966
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Eye Bags in The Stone, installation at Judson Gallery, March, 1966
Eye Bags in The Stone, installation at Judson Gallery, March, 1966, 1966
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Paper airplane performance during Fluxorchestra at Carnegie Recital Hall, September 25, 1965
Paper airplane performance during Fluxorchestra at Carnegie Recital Hall, September 25, 1965, 1965
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Paper airplane performance during Fluxorchestra at Carnegie Recital Hall, September 25, 1965
Paper airplane performance during Fluxorchestra at Carnegie Recital Hall, September 25, 1965, 1965
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Audience including John Cage at Fluxorchestra at Carnegie Recital Hall, September 25, 1965
Audience including John Cage at Fluxorchestra at Carnegie Recital Hall, September 25, 1965, 1965
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Audience including John Cage at Fluxorchestra at Carnegie Recital Hall, September 25, 1965
Audience including John Cage at Fluxorchestra at Carnegie Recital Hall, September 25, 1965, 1965
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Audience including John Cage at Fluxorchestra at Carnegie Recital Hall, September 25, 1965
Audience including John Cage at Fluxorchestra at Carnegie Recital Hall, September 25, 1965, 1965
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Sky Piece for Jesus Christ, performed during Fluxorchestra at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, September 25, 1965
Sky Piece for Jesus Christ, performed during Fluxorchestra at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, September 25, 1965, 1965
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Sky Piece for Jesus Christ, performed during Fluxorchestra at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, September 25, 1965
Sky Piece for Jesus Christ, performed during Fluxorchestra at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, September 25, 1965, 1965
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Sky Piece for Jesus Christ, performed during Fluxorchestra at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, September 25, 1965
Sky Piece for Jesus Christ, performed during Fluxorchestra at Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, September 25, 1965, 1965
Acquired 2015
Gelatin silver print

Previous Sales

Heritage Auctions · Artsy
Hoffman, Dellinger, Rubin, Lefcourt, Federal Courthouse March 22nd
Hoffman, Dellinger, Rubin, Lefcourt, Federal Courthouse March 22nd, 1969
Bidding closed
Glatin silver, printed later
Heritage Auctions · Artsy
Malcom X on Lenox Ave., September 7th,
Malcom X on Lenox Ave., September 7th,, 1963
Bidding closed
Gelatin silver, printed later
Heritage Auctions · Artsy
Robert F. Kennedy in Suffolk Street Slum Railroad Flat
Robert F. Kennedy in Suffolk Street Slum Railroad Flat, 1967
Bidding closed
Gelatin silver, 1996
Heritage Auctions · Artsy
Welfare Mother Attacks Security Guard in Broadway Central Hotel
Welfare Mother Attacks Security Guard in Broadway Central Hotel, 1970
Bidding closed
Gelatin silver
Rago/Wright/LAMA/Toomey & Co. · Artsy
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg, 1966
Bidding closed
Gelatin silver print

For Sale

Lions Gallery · Artsy
Lawrence Alloway Museum Director
Lawrence Alloway Museum Director, 1964
US$1,800
Silver Gelatin
Lions Gallery · Artsy
Gillian Bradshaw Smith in Studio
Gillian Bradshaw Smith in Studio, 1972
US$1,200
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Lions Gallery · Artsy
Burt Lancaster, Vintage 1973 Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph
Burt Lancaster, Vintage 1973 Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph, 1970
US$650
Silver Gelatin Print
Lions Gallery · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 1977
US$1,200
Silver Gelatin Print
Lions Gallery · Artsy
Large Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Terminal Patient Bird Cover
Large Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Terminal Patient Bird Cover
Sold
Black-and-white Print, Silver Gelatin Print
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Portrait of Robert Mapplethorpe in His Studio at 24 Bond Street
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2025.738 · Gelatin silver print
Gift of David Burwell Price
Untitled (Democratic National Convention), Chicago, Illinois, August 28, 1968
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2024 · Accession 2023.3346 · Gelatin silver print
Gift of the Goldman Sonnenfeldt Family
Hard Hats, New York, New York, May 20, 1970
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2024 · Accession 2023.3345 · Gelatin silver print
Gift of the Goldman Sonnenfeldt Family
Untitled (Grant Park Demonstration, Democratic National Convention), Chicago, Illinois, August 27, 1968
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2024 · Accession 2023.3341 · Gelatin silver print
Gift of the Goldman Sonnenfeldt Family
Riding Shotgun along Springfield Avenue, Newark, NJ, during height of riots, July 14, 1967
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2024 · Accession 2023.3338 · Gelatin silver print
Gift of the Goldman Sonnenfeldt Family
Untitled (Anti-war rally), New York, New York, March 21, 1970
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2024 · Accession 2023.3339 · Gelatin silver print
Gift of the Goldman Sonnenfeldt Family
Chicago Democratic Convention (Pigasus), Chicago, Illinois, August 23, 1968
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2024 · Accession 2023.3336 · Gelatin silver print
Gift of the Goldman Sonnenfeldt Family
Chicago Riots, August 25, 1968
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2024 · Accession 2023.3337 · Gelatin silver print
Gift of the Goldman Sonnenfeldt Family
Untitled (Cafe Wha?), New York, New York, May 22, 1966
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2024 · Accession 2023.3340 · Gelatin silver print
Gift of the Goldman Sonnenfeldt Family
Drag Queen Beauty Contest, New York, NY
J. Paul Getty Museum · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.67.2 · Photographs
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Act-Up Poster Announces Frequency of AIDS Deaths, New York, NY
J. Paul Getty Museum · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.67.3 · Photographs
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Mattachine Society “Sip-In” Julius’ Bar, New York, NY
J. Paul Getty Museum · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.67.1 · Photographs
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
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$927 – $1.1K
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$1.0K
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$1.0K
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Dec 2016
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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Shoot the Shit With Jack Kerouac
An exhibition at the Grolier Club in New York City, titled "Running Through Heaven: Visions of Jack Kerouac," presents over 60 pieces of ephemera and …
exhibitionsMay 6, 2026
11 Must-See Museum Exhibitions This Summer
This article highlights 11 must-see museum exhibitions for summer 2025, curated by Monica Jae Yeon Moon. Key shows include Melissa Joseph's site-speci…
exhibitionsJun 3, 2025
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Past Exhibitions0

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No past exhibitions on record.