American Surrealist Photography from the Collection
Summary information
Date
Fri Apr 15 1994 until Wed Jul 06 1994
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.
Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation
# | Start | End | Title |
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1 | P.S. 1 Studio Artists, 1994 | ||
2 | Farewell to Bosnia: New Photographs by Gilles Peress |
# | Start | End | Title |
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1 | Tunnel of Art |
Artists
There were 7 persons who influenced this exhibition.
Persons are ordered alphabetically by surname. Select a letter in the concertina to continue. Click on the person's name to view further information.
Berenice Abbott
Biographical statement American, 1898–1991
Born 1898 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1991
Nationality American
Gender Female
External information resources for Berenice Abbott
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Berenice Abbott was involved in 65 exhibitions across 9 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 14 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1980s with 3 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Murals by American Painters and Photographers | |||
2 | New Horizons in American Art | |||
3 | Photography 1839–1937 | |||
4 | Three Centuries of American Art | |||
5 | Seven American Photographers |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Esthetics | |||
2 | American Photographs at $10 | |||
3 | New Acquisitions: Photographs | |||
4 | The Artists' New York | |||
5 | Twentieth Century Portraits | |||
6 | Portraits | |||
7 | Design for Use | |||
8 | Photography | |||
9 | The Museum Collection of Photographs | |||
10 | In and Out of Focus: A Survey of Today's Photography | |||
11 | 50 Photographs by 50 Photographers |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 12 Photographers | |||
2 | Christmas Photographs | |||
3 | 70 Photographers Look at New York | |||
4 | Photographs from the Museum Collection | |||
5 | 30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Towards the "New" Museum of Modern Art: A Bid for Space, Part II | |||
2 | Towards the "New" Museum of Modern Art: A Bid for Space IV | |||
3 | Photographs and Sculpture | |||
4 | The Photographer's Eye | |||
5 | Edward Steichen Photography Center | |||
6 | Once Invisible | |||
7 | Steichen Gallery Reinstallation |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Berenice Abbott | |||
2 | Photographs of Women | |||
3 | Public Landscapes | |||
4 | Photography for Collectors | |||
5 | Photography: Recent Acquisitions, 1974–1976 | |||
6 | Artists by Artists | |||
7 | Art for Corporations | |||
8 | NewYork/New York | |||
9 | New York/New York | |||
10 | Views over America | |||
11 | People Watching | |||
12 | Art of the Twenties | |||
13 | In the Twenties: Portraits from the Photography Collection | |||
14 | Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Reinstallation of the Collection | |||
2 | Still Life | |||
3 | Self Portrait: The Photographer's Persona, 1840–1985 |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Photography Until Now | |||
2 | Artist's Choice: Chuck Close, Head-On/The Modern Portrait | |||
3 | Selections from the Collection | |||
4 | American Surrealist Photography from the Collection | |||
5 | American Photography 1890–1965 from the Collection | |||
6 | Language of the Body |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Anatomically Incorrect | |||
2 | Bernice Abbott's New York | |||
3 | Life of the City | |||
4 | Photography: Inaugural Installation | |||
5 | New York at Night: Photographs from the Collection | |||
6 | Photography Collection: Rotation 4 | |||
7 | Edward Steichen Photography Collection Galleries: Rotation 5 | |||
8 | Artist's Choice: Vik Muniz, Rebus |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography (Part 2) | |||
2 | The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today | |||
3 | Photography Collection: Rotation | |||
4 | The Shaping of New Visions: Photograph, Film, Photobook | |||
5 | Artist's Choice: Trisha Donnelly | |||
6 | American Modern: Hopper to O'Keeffe |
Walker Evans
Biographical statement American, 1903–1975
Born 1903 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1975
Nationality American
Gender Male
External information resources for Walker Evans
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Walker Evans was involved in 76 exhibitions across 9 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s,2000s with 11 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1980s,2010s with 6 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Walker Evans: Photographs of Nineteenth-Century Houses | |||
2 | Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism | |||
3 | Photography 1839–1937 | |||
4 | Three Centuries of American Art | |||
5 | Walker Evans: American Photographs | |||
6 | Seven American Photographers |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Esthetics | |||
2 | American Photographs at $10 | |||
3 | New Acquisitions: Photographs | |||
4 | The Artists' New York | |||
5 | Twentieth Century Portraits | |||
6 | Portraits | |||
7 | Photography | |||
8 | The Museum Collection of Photographs | |||
9 | In and Out of Focus: A Survey of Today's Photography | |||
10 | 50 Photographs by 50 Photographers |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Color Photography | |||
2 | Abstraction in Photography | |||
3 | 12 Photographers | |||
4 | Then and Now | |||
5 | Diogenes with a Camera III | |||
6 | Photographs from the Museum Collection | |||
7 | 30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 50 Photographs by 50 Photographers | |||
2 | Walker Evans: American Photographs | |||
3 | The Bitter Years: 1935–1941 | |||
4 | The Photographer's Eye | |||
5 | Edward Steichen Photography Center | |||
6 | Walker Evans' Subway, 1938–1941 | |||
7 | Photographs for Collectors | |||
8 | Steichen Gallery Reinstallation | |||
9 | Ben Schultz Memorial Exhibition | |||
10 | Portrait Photographs |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Photo Eye of the 20s | |||
2 | Walker Evans | |||
3 | The Artist as Adversary | |||
4 | Public Landscapes | |||
5 | Walker Evans, 1903–1975 | |||
6 | Photography for Collectors | |||
7 | Rooms | |||
8 | New Standpoints: Photography, 1940–1955 | |||
9 | Views over America | |||
10 | Art of the Twenties | |||
11 | Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Reinstallation of the Collection | |||
2 | Still Life | |||
3 | From the Gilman Collection: Photographs Preserved in Ink | |||
4 | Self Portrait: The Photographer's Persona, 1840–1985 | |||
5 | Variants | |||
6 | Walker Evans: American Photographs |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Photography Until Now | |||
2 | Artist's Choice: Chuck Close, Head-On/The Modern Portrait | |||
3 | Recent Acquisitions | |||
4 | Art of the Forties | |||
5 | Mean Streets: American Photographs from the Collection, 1940s–1980s | |||
6 | American Surrealist Photography from the Collection | |||
7 | A Century of Artists Books | |||
8 | Deformations: Apects of the Modern Grotesque | |||
9 | American Photography 1890–1965 from the Collection |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Walker Evans and Company | |||
2 | Life of the City | |||
3 | Wide Open Spaces | |||
4 | Photography: Inaugural Installation | |||
5 | Photography Collection: Rotation 2 | |||
6 | Photography Collection: Rotation 3 | |||
7 | Artist's Choice: Herzog and De Meuron, Perception Restrained | |||
8 | Photography Collection: Rotation 4 | |||
9 | Painting and Sculpture Changes 2008 | |||
10 | The Printed Picture | |||
11 | Photography Collection: Rotation 6 |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today | |||
2 | Painting and Sculpture Changes 2011 | |||
3 | Photography Collection: Rotation | |||
4 | The Shaping of New Visions: Photograph, Film, Photobook | |||
5 | Walker Evans American Photographs | |||
6 | American Modern: Hopper to O'Keeffe |
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 | The Photographer's Eye |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Picture Puzzles | |||
2 | Photography for Collectors |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Art of the Forties | |||
2 | Selections from the Collection | |||
3 | American Surrealist Photography from the Collection | |||
4 | American Photography 1890–1965 from the Collection |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today | |||
2 | Photography Collection: Rotation | |||
3 | American Modern: Hopper to O'Keeffe |
Helen Levitt
Biographical statement American, 1913–2009
Born 1913 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 2009
Nationality American
Gender Female
External information resources for Helen Levitt
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Helen Levitt was involved in 48 exhibitions across 8 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 11 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1980s,2010s with 3 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Esthetics | |||
2 | American Photographs at $10 | |||
3 | Helen Levitt: Photographs of Children | |||
4 | Action Photography | |||
5 | Portraits | |||
6 | Photography | |||
7 | The Museum Collection of Photographs | |||
8 | In and Out of Focus: A Survey of Today's Photography | |||
9 | 50 Photographs by 50 Photographers | |||
10 | Photographs by Margaret Bourke-White, Helen Levitt, Dorothea Lange, Tana Hoban, Esther Bubley, and Hazel-Frieda Larsen | |||
11 | Polio Poster Competition |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christmas Photographs | |||
2 | Then and Now | |||
3 | The Family of Man | |||
4 | 70 Photographers Look at New York | |||
5 | Photographs from the Museum Collection | |||
6 | 30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Towards the "New" Museum of Modern Art: A Bid for Space, Part II | |||
2 | 50 Photographs by 50 Photographers | |||
3 | Edward Steichen Photography Center | |||
4 | Photographs for Collectors | |||
5 | Steichen Gallery Reinstallation | |||
6 | Ben Schultz Memorial Exhibition |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Photographs of Women | |||
2 | Projects: Helen Levitt in Color | |||
3 | New Standpoints: Photography, 1940–1955 | |||
4 | Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960 | |||
5 | Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Reinstallation of the Collection | |||
2 | Contemporary Photography Reinstallation | |||
3 | Reinstallation of Contemporary Gallery |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Photography Until Now | |||
2 | Art of the Forties | |||
3 | Mean Streets: American Photographs from the Collection, 1940s–1980s | |||
4 | Gesture and Pose: Twentieth-Century Photographs from the Collection | |||
5 | American Surrealist Photography from the Collection | |||
6 | American Photography 1890–1965 from the Collection | |||
7 | The Promise of Photograhy: Selections from the DG Bank Collection | |||
8 | Posed to unposed: Encounters with the Camera |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Raw and the Cooked | |||
2 | Life of the City | |||
3 | Photography: Inaugural Installation | |||
4 | Photography Collection: Rotation 3 | |||
5 | Photography Collection: Rotation 4 | |||
6 | The Printed Picture |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography (Part 2) | |||
2 | Photography Collection: Rotation | |||
3 | The Shaping of New Visions: Photograph, Film, Photobook |
Aaron Siskind
Biographical statement American, 1903–1991
Born 1903 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1991
Nationality American
Gender Male
External information resources for Aaron Siskind
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Aaron Siskind was involved in 38 exhibitions across 8 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1960s with 8 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1990s with 3 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Image of Freedom | |||
2 | New Photographers | |||
3 | In and Out of Focus: A Survey of Today's Photography |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Photographs by 51 Photographers | |||
2 | Abstraction in Photography | |||
3 | Christmas Photographs | |||
4 | Then and Now | |||
5 | Diogenes with a Camera II | |||
6 | Photographs from the Museum Collection | |||
7 | 30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Photographs for Collectors | |||
2 | 50 Photographs by 50 Photographers | |||
3 | The Photographer's Eye | |||
4 | Edward Steichen Photography Center | |||
5 | Siskind Recently | |||
6 | Photographs for Collectors | |||
7 | Steichen Gallery Reinstallation | |||
8 | Photography as Printmaking |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Photography: Recent Acquisitions | |||
2 | Public Landscapes | |||
3 | Photography for Collectors | |||
4 | Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Reinstallation of the Collection | |||
2 | Still Life | |||
3 | Variants | |||
4 | Siskind from the Collection |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Photography Until Now | |||
2 | Art of the Forties | |||
3 | American Surrealist Photography from the Collection |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Life of the City | |||
2 | Photography: Inaugural Installation | |||
3 | Photography Collection: Rotation 3 | |||
4 | Photography Collection: Rotation 4 | |||
5 | Photography Collection: Rotation 6 |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen | |||
2 | Abstract Expressionist New York: The Big Picture | |||
3 | Abstract Expressionist New York: Ideas Not Theories: Artists and the Club 1942–1962 | |||
4 | Photography Collection: Rotation |
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 | Image of Freedom | |||
2 | New Photographers | |||
3 | Realism in Photography |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Photographs by 51 Photographers | |||
2 | Abstraction in Photography | |||
3 | Christmas Photographs | |||
4 | Diogenes with a Camera | |||
5 | Photographs from the Museum Collection | |||
6 | 30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Recent Acquisitions | |||
2 | 50 Photographs by 50 Photographers | |||
3 | Towards the "New" Museum of Modern Art: A Bid for Space IV | |||
4 | Edward Steichen Photography Center | |||
5 | Recent Acquisitions: Photography | |||
6 | Steichen Gallery Reinstallation | |||
7 | Portrait Photographs |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Collage and the Photo-Image | |||
2 | Picture Puzzles | |||
3 | Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Reinstallation of the Collection | |||
2 | American Landscapes | |||
3 | Still Life |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Art of the Forties | |||
2 | Selections from the Collection | |||
3 | American Surrealist Photography from the Collection |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Seeing Double | |||
2 | Anatomically Incorrect | |||
3 | Photography Collection: Rotation 4 | |||
4 | Photography Collection: Rotation 6 |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Abstract Expressionist New York: The Big Picture | |||
2 | Photography Collection: Rotation |
Minor White
Biographical statement American, 1908–1976
Born 1908 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 1976
Nationality American
Gender Male
External information resources for Minor White
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Minor White was involved in 25 exhibitions across 8 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1960s with 9 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1970s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Image of Freedom |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Photographs from the Museum Collection | |||
2 | 30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Photographs for Collectors | |||
2 | Recent Acquisitions | |||
3 | Five Unrelated Photographers | |||
4 | The Photographer's Eye | |||
5 | Photographs for Collectors | |||
6 | Photography: Recent Acquisitions | |||
7 | Steichen Gallery Reinstallation | |||
8 | Photography as Printmaking | |||
9 | Portrait Photographs |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Reinstallation of the Collection | |||
2 | American Landscapes | |||
3 | Still Life | |||
4 | Minor White: The Eye That Shapes |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Photography Until Now | |||
2 | Mean Streets: American Photographs from the Collection, 1940s–1980s | |||
3 | American Surrealist Photography from the Collection |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Photography Collection: Rotation 4 | |||
2 | Into the Sunset: Photography's Image of the American West | |||
3 | Photography Collection: Rotation 6 |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Abstract Expressionist New York: The Big Picture | |||
2 | Photography Collection: Rotation |