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Action Photography

August 18, 1943 – September 19, 1943 32 days 11 installation images
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1 Curator

Nancy Newhall
American, 1908–1974

44 Artists

Resonant Works

Artworks semantically connected to this exhibition's themes and artists

16 works
The Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art

Robert Frank

late 1950s

Most Art is Saved: Museum employees carry a painting out of The Museum of Modern Art

Most Art is Saved: Museum employees carry a painting out ...

The New York Times

April 15, 1958

Alfred Stieglitz, An American Place, New York

Alfred Stieglitz, An American Place, New York

Ansel Adams

1939

Opening, Alexander Calder Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Opening, Alexander Calder Exhibition, The Museum of Moder...

Garry Winogrand

1969

Alfred Stieglitz at his desk at An American Place

Alfred Stieglitz at his desk at An American Place

Ansel Adams

1938

Robert Frank, Photographer, New York City, Covering Opening Night, in 1953-54 Season, at the Old Metropolitan Opera, 39th Street and Broadway

Robert Frank, Photographer, New York City, Covering Openi...

Bedrich Grunzweig

c. 1953

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Lee Friedlander

1990

Museum Storeroom

Museum Storeroom

Ansel Adams

1933

Akeley Motion Picture Camera, New York City

Akeley Motion Picture Camera, New York City

Paul Strand

1923

Boston

Boston

Robert Frank

March 20, 1985

The Etchers (Meret Oppenheim and Louis Marcoussis)

The Etchers (Meret Oppenheim and Louis Marcoussis)

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)

1933

7 August 2001--7 June 2004 The Museum of Modern Art, New York

7 August 2001--7 June 2004 The Museum of Modern Art, New ...

Michael Wesely

2001-04

Untitled

Untitled

László Moholy-Nagy

1925

Met Temple

Met Temple

Bill Arnold

1976

9 August 2001--7 June 2004 The Museum of Modern Art, New York

9 August 2001--7 June 2004 The Museum of Modern Art, New ...

Michael Wesely

2001-04

Opening, "New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940- 1970", Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Opening, "New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940- 1970", M...

Garry Winogrand

1969

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