Music and Musicians

Summary information

Date

Tue Dec 16 1947 until Mon Feb 23 1948

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

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1947

1948

October 1947

November 1947

December 1947

January 1948

February 1948

March 1948

April 1948

May 1948

Music and Musicians

Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection

Mies van der Rohe

100 Useful Objects of Fine Design (available under $100)

Ben Shahn

World of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design

Children's Holiday Fair of Modern Art

New Acquisitions

Stage Designs for the Ballet Society

Portraits of Gertrude Stein by Picasso

Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

#	Start	End	Title
1	1946-07	1954-09	Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection
2	1947-09	1948-01	Mies van der Rohe
3	1947-09	1948-01	100 Useful Objects of Fine Design (available under $100)
4	1947-09	1948-01	Ben Shahn
5	1947-10	1948-01	World of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design
6	1947-12	1948-01	Children's Holiday Fair of Modern Art
7	1948-01	1948-03	New Acquisitions
8	1948-01	1948-04	Stage Designs for the Ballet Society
9	1948-01	1948-03	Portraits of Gertrude Stein by Picasso
10	1948-02	1948-04	Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner

Artists

There were 6 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.

Philippe Halsman

Biographical statement American, born Latvia. 1906–1979

Born 1906 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1979

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Philippe Halsman

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Philippe Halsman was involved in 12 exhibitions across 6 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 4 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1960s,1970s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1943-11	1943-12	MoMA	Portraits
2	1947-12	1948-02	MoMA	Music and Musicians

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-05	1950-07	MoMA	Color Photography
2	1951-11	1951-12	MoMA	Memorable Life Photographs
3	1958-11	1959-01	MoMA	Photographs from the Museum Collection
4	1959-11	1959-11	MoMA	30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1960-10	1960-10	MoMA	Photographs for Collectors

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1977-04	1977-06	MoMA	Artists by Artists

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1991-02	1991-04	MoMA	Art of the Forties
2	1994-10	1995-01	MoMA	American Politicians: Photographs from 1843 to 1993

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2008-06	2008-09	MoMA	Dalí: Painting and Film
2	2009-08	2010-03	MoMA	Photography Collection: Rotation 6

Yousuf Karsh

Biographical statement Canadian, 1908–2002

Born 1908 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 2002

Nationality Canadian

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Yousuf Karsh was involved in 6 exhibitions across 5 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s,1960s,1990s,2000s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1947-12	1948-02	MoMA	Music and Musicians
2	1949-03	1949-04	MoMA	The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1958-11	1959-01	MoMA	Photographs from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1969-07	1969-09	MoMA	Portrait Photographs

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1991-02	1991-04	MoMA	Art of the Forties

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2008-10	2009-07	MoMA	The Printed Picture

Gjon Mili

Biographical statement American, born Albania. 1904–1984

Born 1904 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1984

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Gjon Mili

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Gjon Mili was involved in 19 exhibitions across 5 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 8 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1980s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1942-01	1942-04	MoMA	Dancers in Movement: Photographs by Gjon Mili
2	1947-12	1948-02	MoMA	Music and Musicians
3	1948-04	1948-07	MoMA	In and Out of Focus: A Survey of Today's Photography
4	1948-07	1948-09	MoMA	50 Photographs by 50 Photographers
5	1949-02	1949-05	MoMA	The Exact Instant

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-01	1950-03	MoMA	Photographs of Picasso by Gjon Mili and by Robert Capa
2	1950-05	1950-07	MoMA	Color Photography
3	1951-11	1951-12	MoMA	Memorable Life Photographs
4	1952-08	1952-08	MoMA	Then and Now
5	1955-01	1955-05	MoMA	The Family of Man
6	1957-11	1958-04	MoMA	70 Photographers Look at New York
7	1958-11	1959-01	MoMA	Photographs from the Museum Collection
8	1959-11	1959-11	MoMA	30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1960-11	1962-03	MoMA	Towards the "New" Museum of Modern Art: A Bid for Space, Part II
2	1964-05	1964-08	MoMA	The Photographer's Eye
3	1964-05		MoMA	Edward Steichen Photography Center
4	1965-03	1965-05	MoMA	The Photo Essay

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1988-01	1988-04	MoMA	Picturing "Greatness"

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1994-10	1995-01	MoMA	American Politicians: Photographs from 1843 to 1993

Fred Plaut

Biographical statement

Born 1907 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1985

Nationality

Gender

External information resources for Fred Plaut

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Fred Plaut was involved in 6 exhibitions across 3 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 3 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1947-12	1948-02	MoMA	Music and Musicians
2	1949-02	1949-05	MoMA	The Exact Instant

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-08	1950-09	MoMA	Photographs by 51 Photographers
2	1951-11	1952-01	MoMA	Christmas Photographs
3	1955-01	1955-05	MoMA	The Family of Man

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1976-05	1976-07	MoMA	Photography: Recent Acquisitions, 1974–1976

Adrian Siegel W. Eugene Smith

Adrian Siegel

Biographical statement American

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

Died

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Adrian Siegel

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Adrian Siegel was involved in 3 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1947-12	1948-02	MoMA	Music and Musicians
2	1949-03	1949-04	MoMA	The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1958-11	1959-01	MoMA	Photographs from the Museum Collection

W. Eugene Smith

Biographical statement American, 1918–1978

Born 1918 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1978

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for W. Eugene Smith

Exhibitions

In this dataset, W. Eugene Smith was involved in 30 exhibitions across 7 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1960s with 9 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1980s,2000s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1944-05	1944-06	MoMA	Pacific Report: Photos By Eugene Smith
2	1947-12	1948-02	MoMA	Music and Musicians
3	1948-07	1948-09	MoMA	50 Photographs by 50 Photographers
4	1949-02	1949-05	MoMA	The Exact Instant

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1951-11	1951-12	MoMA	Memorable Life Photographs
2	1952-05	1952-09	MoMA	Diogenes with a Camera
3	1955-01	1955-05	MoMA	The Family of Man
4	1957-11	1958-04	MoMA	70 Photographers Look at New York
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	1960-05	1960-09	MoMA	Portraits from the Museum Collection
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	1963-05		MoMA	Photographs and Sculpture
5	1964-05	1964-08	MoMA	The Photographer's Eye
6	1964-05		MoMA	Edward Steichen Photography Center
7	1965-03	1965-05	MoMA	The Photo Essay
8	1967-10		MoMA	Steichen Gallery Reinstallation
9	1969-07	1969-09	MoMA	Portrait Photographs

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-07	1971-09	MoMA	The Artist as Adversary
2	1974-09	1974-12	MoMA	Public Landscapes
3	1978-10	1979-01	MoMA	W. Eugene Smith Memorial
4	1979-12		MoMA	Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1980-10		MoMA	Reinstallation of the Collection
2	1985-11	1986-01	MoMA	Self Portrait: The Photographer's Persona, 1840–1985

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1990-02	1990-05	MoMA	Photography Until Now
2	1991-02	1991-04	MoMA	Art of the Forties
3	1994-10	1995-01	MoMA	American Politicians: Photographs from 1843 to 1993

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2004-11	2005-06	MoMA	Photography: Inaugural Installation
2	2006-12	2007-03	MoMA	New York at Night: Photographs from the Collection

Music and Musicians

Summary information

Date

Location

Carried out by

Concurrent exhibitions

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

MoMA

Artists

H

Philippe Halsman

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

1950s (4)

1960s (1)

1970s (1)

1990s (2)

2000s (2)

K

Yousuf Karsh

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

1950s (1)

1960s (1)

1990s (1)

2000s (1)

M

Gjon Mili

Exhibitions

1940s (5)

1950s (8)

1960s (4)

1980s (1)

1990s (1)

P

Fred Plaut

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

1950s (3)

1970s (1)

S

Adrian Siegel

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

1950s (1)

W. Eugene Smith

Exhibitions

1940s (4)

1950s (6)

1960s (9)

1970s (4)

1980s (2)

1990s (3)

2000s (2)

Acknowledgements