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Henri Le Secq

Henri Le Secq

French, 1818–1882

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Jean-Louis-Henri Le Secq des Tournelles was a French painter and photographer. After the French government made the daguerreotype open for public in 1839, Le Secq was one of the five photographers selected to carry out a photographic survey of architecture.

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Works in Collection

5 works
Portal Sculptures, Amiens Cathedral, France

Portal Sculptures, Amiens Cathedral, France

Henri Le Secq

1852

Portal of the Church of Neuviller (Alsace)

Portal of the Church of Neuviller (Alsace)

Henri Le Secq

1851

Still Life

Still Life

Henri Le Secq

c. 1852

Still Life

Still Life

Henri Le Secq

c. 1852

The Red Door, Northern Façade of the Church of Notre Dame

The Red Door, Northern Façade of the Church of Notre Dame

Henri Le Secq

c. 1851

Exhibitions

11 exhibitions

Mar 17, 1937 – Apr 18, 1937

Photography 1839–1937

243 artists · 1 curator

Dec 31, 1940 – Jan 12, 1941

Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Esthetics

30 artists · 2 curators

May 24, 1944 – Sep 17, 1944

Photography

63 artists · 1 curator

Feb 21, 1945 – May 30, 1945

French Photographs: Daguerre to Atget

23 artists · 2 curators

Aug 05, 1952 – Aug 18, 1952

Then and Now

54 artists · 1 curator

Nov 18, 1959 – Nov 29, 1959

30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum

140 artists

Apr 03, 1962 – May 15, 1962

50 Photographs by 50 Photographers

50 artists · 1 curator

May 27, 1964

Edward Steichen Photography Center

130 artists · 1 curator

Oct 25, 1967

Steichen Gallery Reinstallation

77 artists

May 07, 1979 – Jul 29, 1979

Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the Arnold H. Crane Collection

11 artists · 2 curators

May 06, 1981 – Jul 05, 1981

Before Photography: Painting and the Invention of Photography

54 artists · 1 curator