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Gordon Coster #58,776

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personAmerican, 1906–1988
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Selected Works22

Museum Acquisitions

Art Institute of Chicago
Fashion photograph: Woman in White Gloves Descending Stairs with One Hand in Pocket
Fashion photograph: Woman in White Gloves Descending Stairs with One Hand in Pocket, 1930
Acquired 2023
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago
Audience in Theater
Audience in Theater, 1930
Acquired 2023
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago
Fashion photograph: Metallic Evening Clutch with Couple’s Reflection in Mirror
Fashion photograph: Metallic Evening Clutch with Couple’s Reflection in Mirror, 1930
Acquired 2023
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago
Inside James Steel Mill, Chicago
Inside James Steel Mill, Chicago, 1938
Acquired 2019
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago
Little Girl and Woman in Formal Gowns, Looking up Staircase
Little Girl and Woman in Formal Gowns, Looking up Staircase, 1936
Acquired 2016
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago
Communist Rally: Free Earl Browder
Communist Rally: Free Earl Browder, 1942
Acquired 2016
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago
Untitled
Untitled, 1930
Acquired 2004
Gelatin silver print
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago Motor Club
Chicago Motor Club, 1950
Acquired 2002
Gelatin silver print
LACMA
[Meat Packers]
[Meat Packers], 1942
Acquired 1996
Gelatin-silver print
LACMA
[Triptych for Bissell Weisert Co.]
[Triptych for Bissell Weisert Co.], 1940
Acquired 1996
(3) gelatin-silver prints
LACMA
[Obstacle Course]
[Obstacle Course], 1942
Acquired 1996
Gelatin-silver print
LACMA
[Meat Packers with Pig's Head]
[Meat Packers with Pig's Head], 1942
Acquired 1996
Gelatin-silver print
LACMA
Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait, 1942
Acquired 1992
Gelatin silver print
MoMA
Street Fair
Street Fair, 1940
Acquired 1991
Gelatin silver print
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Chicago
Chicago, 1940
Acquired 1990
Gelatin silver print
LACMA
The Spigot and the Shadows
The Spigot and the Shadows, 1927
Acquired 1928
Gelatin silver print
LACMA
Composition in Shadows
Composition in Shadows, 1927
Acquired 1928
Gelatin silver print
SFMOMA
Chicago
Chicago, 1938
In museum collection
gelatin silver print

Previous Sales

Swann Auction Galleries
Rock Island Railroad Essay for Life magazine. Early 1940s.
Rock Island Railroad Essay for Life magazine. Early 1940s.
Sold
Apr 2026
Swann Auction Galleries
Grand Central Station
Grand Central Station
$4,000
Feb 2024
Swann Auction Galleries
Steel and Steam
Steel and Steam
$1,875
Feb 2024
Christie's
Fashion for Marshall Field, c. 1934
Fashion for Marshall Field, c. 1934
£1,375 ($2k USD)
Oct 2015
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Fashion photograph: Woman in White Gloves Descending Stairs with One Hand in Pocket
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2022.1691 · Gelatin silver print
Gift of Steven and Claudia Schwartz
Audience in Theater
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2022.1692 · Gelatin silver print
Gift of Steven and Claudia Schwartz
Fashion photograph: Metallic Evening Clutch with Couple’s Reflection in Mirror
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2022.1690 · Gelatin silver print
Gift of Steven and Claudia Schwartz
Inside James Steel Mill, Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2019 · Accession 2018.637 · Gelatin silver print
Gift of Steven and Claudia Schwartz
Fashion Photograph: Woman in Cloche Speaking to a Judge
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2018 · Accession 2018.347 · gelatin silver print
Gift of George Stephanopoulos
Little Girl and Woman in Formal Gowns, Looking up Staircase
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2016 · Accession 2015.673 · Gelatin silver print
Gift of Steven and Claudia Schwartz
Communist Rally: Free Earl Browder
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2016 · Accession 2015.672 · Gelatin silver print
Gift of Steven and Claudia Schwartz
[Nurse in Distress]
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.308.3 · Gelatin silver print
Gift of Keith de Lellis, 2012
[State Street at Madison, Looking South, Xmas Shoppers]
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.308.2 · Gelatin silver print
Gift of Keith de Lellis, 2012
[Mental Institution Patient]
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.308.1 · Gelatin silver print
Gift of Keith de Lellis, 2012
Westside Highway Construction
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2008 · Accession M.2008.40.568 · Gelatin silver print
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Untitled
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2004 · Accession 2003.515 · Gelatin silver print
Gift of Darcy and Louissa Chanin
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Recent Activity2

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event
death
Gordon Coster dies
Jan 1, 1988
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birth
Gordon Coster born
Jan 1, 1906