Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work
Summary information
Date
Thu Sep 10 1987 until Sun Nov 29 1987
Location
- MoMA type:exhibition building spaces
- 11 West 53rd St. type:thoroughfare names
Concurrent exhibitions
Exhibitions that overlap with this exhibition, in this dataset. Double-click an item in the timeline to view the corresponding exhibition page.
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work
Performance (Fall 1987): Kei Takei's Moving Earth: "Light: a Retrospective"
Allan Sekula: Geography Lesson: Canadian Notes
Alberto Montaño: "The Magic of Today"
Michael Tracy: Terminal Privileges/Privilegios Terminales
Video (Fall 1987): Jeanne C. Finley: Common Mistakes
Frank Moore and Jim Self: The Miller's Wife
Special Projects (Fall 1987)
Photography (Fall 1987): The Hallucination of Truth
Projects: Michael Young
Selections from the Video Study Collection: 1968–1987
Mario Bellini: Designer
Drawing since 1940
William Rau and the Railroad
Projects: Tom Otterness
Surrealist Prints from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
Projects: Louise Lawler
Frank Stella: Works from 1970 to 1987
New Photography 3: Paul Graham, Barbara Norfleet, and Thomas Roma
Bill Viola: Installations
European Drawing Between the Wars
For 25 Years: Crown Point Press
Master Prints from the Collection
Projects: Alison Wilding
The Pop Project, Part I: This is Tomorrow, Today: The Independent Group and British Pop Art
Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation
| # | Start | End | Title | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Performance (Fall 1987): Kei Takei's Moving Earth: "Light: a Retrospective" | ||
| 2 | Allan Sekula: Geography Lesson: Canadian Notes | ||
| 3 | Alberto Montaño: "The Magic of Today" | ||
| 4 | Michael Tracy: Terminal Privileges/Privilegios Terminales | ||
| 5 | Video (Fall 1987): Jeanne C. Finley: Common Mistakes | ||
| 6 | Frank Moore and Jim Self: The Miller's Wife | ||
| 7 | Special Projects (Fall 1987) | ||
| 8 | Photography (Fall 1987): The Hallucination of Truth | 
| # | Start | End | Title | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Projects: Michael Young | 
| # | Start | End | Title | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Selections from the Video Study Collection: 1968–1987 | ||
| 2 | Mario Bellini: Designer | ||
| 3 | Drawing since 1940 | ||
| 4 | William Rau and the Railroad | ||
| 5 | Projects: Tom Otterness | ||
| 6 | Surrealist Prints from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art | ||
| 7 | Projects: Louise Lawler | ||
| 8 | Frank Stella: Works from 1970 to 1987 | ||
| 9 | New Photography 3: Paul Graham, Barbara Norfleet, and Thomas Roma | ||
| 10 | Bill Viola: Installations | ||
| 11 | European Drawing Between the Wars | ||
| 12 | For 25 Years: Crown Point Press | ||
| 13 | Master Prints from the Collection | ||
| 14 | Projects: Alison Wilding | 
| # | Start | End | Title | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Pop Project, Part I: This is Tomorrow, Today: The Independent Group and British Pop Art | 
Artists
There were 1 persons who influenced this exhibition.
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
Biographical statement French, 1908–2004
Born 1908 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 2004
Nationality French
Gender Male
External information resources for Henri Cartier-Bresson
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Henri Cartier-Bresson was involved in 64 exhibitions across 9 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 2000s with 13 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s with 1 exhibitions.
| # | Start | End | Location | Title | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Photography 1839–1937 | 
| # | Start | End | Location | Title | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Esthetics | |||
| 2 | Action Photography | |||
| 3 | Portraits | |||
| 4 | Photography | |||
| 5 | The Museum Collection of Photographs | |||
| 6 | The Photographs of Henri Cartier Bresson | |||
| 7 | In and Out of Focus: A Survey of Today's Photography | |||
| 8 | 50 Photographs by 50 Photographers | 
| # | Start | End | Location | Title | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Color Photography | |||
| 2 | Abstraction in Photography | |||
| 3 | 12 Photographers | |||
| 4 | Memorable Life Photographs | |||
| 5 | Five French Photographers | |||
| 6 | Postwar European Photography | |||
| 7 | The Family of Man | |||
| 8 | Photographs from the Museum Collection | |||
| 9 | 30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum | 
| # | Start | End | Location | Title | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portraits from the Museum Collection | |||
| 2 | Photographs for Collectors | |||
| 3 | 50 Photographs by 50 Photographers | |||
| 4 | Towards the "New" Museum of Modern Art: A Bid for Space IV | |||
| 5 | The Photographer's Eye | |||
| 6 | Edward Steichen Photography Center | |||
| 7 | The Photo Essay | |||
| 8 | Steichen Gallery Reinstallation | |||
| 9 | Ben Schultz Memorial Exhibition | |||
| 10 | Cartier-Bresson | |||
| 11 | Portrait Photographs | 
| # | Start | End | Location | Title | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Photographs of Women | |||
| 2 | Public Landscapes | |||
| 3 | Artists by Artists | |||
| 4 | Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation | 
| # | Start | End | Location | Title | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reinstallation of the Collection | |||
| 2 | Still Life | |||
| 3 | Variants | |||
| 4 | Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work | 
| # | Start | End | Location | Title | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Photography Until Now | |||
| 2 | Art of the Forties | |||
| 3 | Dada and Surrealism: Selections from the Collection | |||
| 4 | Gesture and Pose: Twentieth-Century Photographs from the Collection | |||
| 5 | Recent Acquisitions: Photography | |||
| 6 | The Museum as Muse: Artists Reflect | |||
| 7 | Actors, Dancers, Bathers | |||
| 8 | Posed to unposed: Encounters with the Camera | 
| # | Start | End | Location | Title | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Raw and the Cooked | |||
| 2 | Seeing Double | |||
| 3 | The Rhetoric of Persuasion | |||
| 4 | The Observer: Cartier-Bresson After the War | |||
| 5 | The Path of Resistance | |||
| 6 | Life of the City | |||
| 7 | Photography: Inaugural Installation | |||
| 8 | Woman of Many Faces: Isabelle Huppert | |||
| 9 | Photography Collection: Rotation 3 | |||
| 10 | Photography Collection: Rotation 4 | |||
| 11 | The Printed Picture | |||
| 12 | Painting and Scultpure Changes 2009 | |||
| 13 | Photography Collection: Rotation 6 | 
| # | Start | End | Location | Title | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century | |||
| 2 | The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today | |||
| 3 | Painting and Sculpture Changes 2011 | |||
| 4 | Photography Collection: Rotation | |||
| 5 | The Shaping of New Visions: Photograph, Film, Photobook | |||
| 6 | Artist's Choice: Trisha Donnelly |