Nancy Newhall
♀ American, 1908–1974
Nancy worked at MoMA from about 1941 to 1946 as Curator and Competition Judge , and she was head of the Department of Photography from 1942–1945 .
Six exhibitions
EXHIBITIONS BY YEAR
Image of Freedom
29 October 1941 to 1 February 1942
Charles Sheeler, Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Ansel Adams and Monroe Wheeler, among others, were involved.
Action Photography
18 August to 19 September 1943
László Moholy-Nagy, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, Marcel Duchamp and Alfred Stieglitz, among others, were involved.
Photography
24 May to 17 September 1944
Edward Steichen, Charles Sheeler, Man Ray and László Moholy-Nagy, among others, were involved.
21 February to 30 May 1945
Eugène Atget, Henri Le Secq, Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon) and Nancy Newhall, among others, were involved.
Paul Strand: Photographs 1915–1945
25 April to 10 June 1945
Paul Strand and Nancy Newhall were involved.
The Photographs of Edward Weston
13 February to 31 March 1946
Edward Weston and Nancy Newhall were involved.