Picture Puzzles

Summary information

Date

Tue Aug 12 1975 until Sun Nov 16 1975

Location

MoMA ^{type:exhibition building spaces}
11 West 53rd St. ^{type:thoroughfare names}

Carried out by

The Museum of Modern Art

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Concurrent exhibitions

Exhibitions that overlap with this exhibition, in this dataset. Double-click an item in the timeline to view the corresponding exhibition page.

1975

1976

May 1975

June 1975

July 1975

August 1975

September 1975

October 1975

November 1975

December 1975

January 1976

February 1976

Picture Puzzles

From the D.W. Griffith Collection

Prints by Sculptors

Milton Glaser

Tinguely: La Vittoria

A Jacques Villon Centennial

Projects: Video V

Modern Masters: Manet to Matisse

Drawings: Recent Gifts

76 Jefferson

Projects: Walter Pichler

Printsequence

The Architecture of the École des Beaux-Arts

Projects: Video VI

New Prints: Robert Ryman and Richard Smith

Jared Bark: "Lights: On/Off" and "The Neutron Readings"

Dale Henry: Workspace

New Urban Landscapes

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

#	Start	End	Title
1	1975-05	1975-09	From the D.W. Griffith Collection
2	1975-05	1975-09	Prints by Sculptors
3	1975-06	1975-10	Milton Glaser
4	1975-06	1975-09	Tinguely: La Vittoria
5	1975-07	1975-09	A Jacques Villon Centennial
6	1975-08	1975-09	Projects: Video V
7	1975-08	1975-09	Modern Masters: Manet to Matisse
8	1975-09	1975-11	Drawings: Recent Gifts
9	1975-09	1975-12	76 Jefferson
10	1975-09	1975-11	Projects: Walter Pichler
11	1975-10	1976-01	Printsequence
12	1975-10	1976-01	The Architecture of the École des Beaux-Arts
13	1975-11	1976-01	Projects: Video VI
14	1975-11	1975-11	New Prints: Robert Ryman and Richard Smith

#	Start	End	Title
1	1975-10	1975-10	Jared Bark: "Lights: On/Off" and "The Neutron Readings"

#	Start	End	Title
1	1975-08	1975-09	Dale Henry: Workspace

#	Start	End	Title
1	1975-10	1977-01	New Urban Landscapes

Artists

There were 4 persons who influenced this exhibition.

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Robert Cumming

Biographical statement American, born 1943

Born 1943 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Robert Cumming

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Robert Cumming was involved in 18 exhibitions across 4 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s,1980s with 6 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1990s,2000s with 3 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1975-08	1975-11	MoMA	Picture Puzzles
2	1976-03	1976-06	MoMA	Photography for Collectors
3	1976-09		MoMA	Los Angeles: Selections from the ALS
4	1976-09	1976-11	MoMA	Los Angeles: Selections from the Art Lending Service
5	1978-07	1978-10	MoMA	Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960
6	1979-04	1979-06	MoMA PS1	The Altered Photograph

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1985-12	1986-03	MoMA	Variants
2	1985-12	1986-05	MoMA	American Prints: 1900–1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books
3	1986-02	1986-07	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Contemporary Prints
4	1986-04	1986-06	MoMA	Contemporary Photography Reinstallation
5	1986-06		MoMA	Reinstallation of Contemporary Gallery
6	1988-11	1989-01	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1990-02	1990-05	MoMA	Photography Until Now
2	1993-07	1993-10	MoMA	Multiple Images: Photographs Since 1965 from the Collection
3	1998-03	1998-07	MoMA	The Clutter of Happenstance: Photographs by Robert Cumming

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2000-10	2001-03	MoMA	Sets and Situations
2	2006-03	2006-11	MoMA	Photography Collection: Rotation 3
3	2008-12	2009-02	MoMA	Artist's Choice: Vik Muniz, Rebus

Clarence John Laughlin

Biographical statement American, 1905–1985

Born 1905 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1985

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Clarence John Laughlin

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Clarence John Laughlin was involved in 10 exhibitions across 4 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1990s with 4 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1960s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1964-05	1964-08	MoMA	The Photographer's Eye

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1975-08	1975-11	MoMA	Picture Puzzles
2	1976-03	1976-06	MoMA	Photography for Collectors

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1991-02	1991-04	MoMA	Art of the Forties
2	1992-09	1993-02	MoMA	Selections from the Collection
3	1994-04	1994-07	MoMA	American Surrealist Photography from the Collection
4	1997-02	1997-10	MoMA	American Photography 1890–1965 from the Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2010-08	2010-11	MoMA	The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today
2	2011-05	2012-03	MoMA	Photography Collection: Rotation
3	2013-08	2014-01	MoMA	American Modern: Hopper to O'Keeffe

Man Ray

Frederick Sommer

Biographical statement American, born Italy. 1905–1999

Born 1905 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1999

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Frederick Sommer

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Frederick Sommer was involved in 31 exhibitions across 8 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1960s with 7 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 2010s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-10	1942-02	MoMA	Image of Freedom
2	1946-06	1946-09	MoMA	New Photographers
3	1949-07	1949-09	MoMA	Realism in Photography

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-08	1950-09	MoMA	Photographs by 51 Photographers
2	1951-05	1951-07	MoMA	Abstraction in Photography
3	1951-11	1952-01	MoMA	Christmas Photographs
4	1952-05	1952-09	MoMA	Diogenes with a Camera
5	1958-11	1959-01	MoMA	Photographs from the Museum Collection
6	1959-11	1959-11	MoMA	30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1960-12	1961-02	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions
2	1962-04	1962-05	MoMA	50 Photographs by 50 Photographers
3	1963-02		MoMA	Towards the "New" Museum of Modern Art: A Bid for Space IV
4	1964-05		MoMA	Edward Steichen Photography Center
5	1965-10	1966-01	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Photography
6	1967-10		MoMA	Steichen Gallery Reinstallation
7	1969-07	1969-09	MoMA	Portrait Photographs

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1973-07	1973-09	MoMA	Collage and the Photo-Image
2	1975-08	1975-11	MoMA	Picture Puzzles
3	1979-12		MoMA	Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1980-10		MoMA	Reinstallation of the Collection
2	1981-07	1981-10	MoMA	American Landscapes
3	1981-10	1982-01	MoMA	Still Life

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1991-02	1991-04	MoMA	Art of the Forties
2	1992-09	1993-02	MoMA	Selections from the Collection
3	1994-04	1994-07	MoMA	American Surrealist Photography from the Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2000-04	2000-09	MoMA	Seeing Double
2	2000-04	2000-09	MoMA	Anatomically Incorrect
3	2006-12	2007-07	MoMA	Photography Collection: Rotation 4
4	2009-08	2010-03	MoMA	Photography Collection: Rotation 6

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2010-10	2011-04	MoMA	Abstract Expressionist New York: The Big Picture
2	2011-05	2012-03	MoMA	Photography Collection: Rotation

Picture Puzzles

Summary information

Date

Location

Carried out by

Concurrent exhibitions

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

MoMA

The Idea Warehouse

Clocktower Gallery

Manhattan

Artists

C

Robert Cumming

Exhibitions

1970s (6)

1980s (6)

1990s (3)

2000s (3)

L

Clarence John Laughlin

Exhibitions

1960s (1)

1970s (2)

1990s (4)

2010s (3)

R

S

Frederick Sommer

Exhibitions

1940s (3)

1950s (6)

1960s (7)

1970s (3)

1980s (3)

1990s (3)

2000s (4)

2010s (2)

Acknowledgements