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Five French Photographers

December 18, 1951 – February 24, 1952 68 days 12 installation images
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1 Curator

Edward Steichen
American, born Luxembourg. 1879–1973

5 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

Pioniere der Photographie, Edward Steichen Charles Nègre

Pioniere der Photographie, Edward Steichen Charles Nègre

Jan Müller

1963

An Eye at The Museum of Modern Art, New York

An Eye at The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1947

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1964

Georges Braque in His Home in Paris

Georges Braque in His Home in Paris

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1944

Les Trois Grâces, Musée de Louvre

Les Trois Grâces, Musée de Louvre

Brassaï (Gyula Halász)

c. 1936

Picasso

Picasso

Robert Doisneau

c. 1950

Bernard M. Baruch

Bernard M. Baruch

Edward Steichen

1932

Picasso, Rue de la Boétie, Paris

Picasso, Rue de la Boétie, Paris

Brassaï (Gyula Halász)

1932

Poster for an exhibition of Cartier-Bresson photographs at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

Poster for an exhibition of Cartier-Bresson photographs a...

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1963

Alfred Stieglitz, New York

Alfred Stieglitz, New York

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1946

Henri Cartier-Bresson at the Natural History Museum, Paris

Henri Cartier-Bresson at the Natural History Museum, Paris

Martine Franck

c. 1992

Paris

Paris

Joel Meyerowitz

1967

Henri Matisse, Vence, France

Henri Matisse, Vence, France

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1944

Mabou

Mabou

Robert Frank

1981

The Etchers (Meret Oppenheim and Louis Marcoussis)

The Etchers (Meret Oppenheim and Louis Marcoussis)

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)

1933

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