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EXHIBITIONS BY YEAR

Abstraction in Photography

1 May to 4 July 1951

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MoMA Staff

Organizer
Edward Steichen  American, born Luxembourg. 1879–1973

Artists

Ansel Adams
American, 1902–1984
38 exhibitions
Allan Arbus
2 exhibitions
Diane Arbus
American, 1923–1971
15 exhibitions
Eugène Atget
French, 1857–1927
33 exhibitions
Ferenc Berko
3 exhibitions
Lee Blodget
2 exhibitions
Erwin Blumenfeld
German, 1897–1969
5 exhibitions
Mathew B. Brady
American, 1823–1896
21 exhibitions
Joseph Breitenbach
American, born Germany. 1896–1984
8 exhibitions
Alexey Brodovitch
American, born Russia. 1898–1971
9 exhibitions
Edward Brown
1 exhibition
Francis Bruguière
American, 1879–1945
11 exhibitions
Harry Callahan
American, 1912–1999
35 exhibitions
Henri Cartier-Bresson
French, 1908–2004
36 exhibitions
Alvin Langdon Coburn
American, 1882–1966
15 exhibitions
Marjory Collins
American, 1912–1985
2 exhibitions
Carlotta M. Corpron
2 exhibitions
Konrad Cramer
American, born Germany. 1888–1963
2 exhibitions
Ralston Crawford
American, born Canada. 1906–1978
12 exhibitions
Bernard Davis
2 exhibitions
James Edward Davis
American, 1901–1974
7 exhibitions
Howard Dearstyne
American, 1903–1978
7 exhibitions
The Dow Chemical Company, USA
American, founded 1897
2 exhibitions
Edward H. Dwight
1 exhibition
Phyllis Dyer
1 exhibition
Charles Eames
American, 1907–1978
25 exhibitions
Dr. Harold E. Edgerton
American, 1903–1990
17 exhibitions
Martin Elkort
1 exhibition
Walker Evans
American, 1903–1975
49 exhibitions
Thomaz Farkas
Brazilian, born Hungary. 1924–2011
2 exhibitions
Louis Faurer
American, 1916–2001
12 exhibitions
Robert Frank
American, born Switzerland 1924
27 exhibitions
A. Gattiker
1 exhibition
Charles Gellis
1 exhibition
Edward Gollob
1 exhibition
William Grigsby
American, born 1915
5 exhibitions
Thomas Guarino
1 exhibition
Patricia Harris
3 exhibitions
Fritz Henle
American, born German. 1909–1993
3 exhibitions
Herbert R. Isenburger
1 exhibition
Lotte Jacobi
American, born Germany. 1896–1990
12 exhibitions
Andrew Karabet
1 exhibition
Erich Kastan
2 exhibitions
György Kepes
American, born Hungary. 1906–2001
13 exhibitions
Jeannette Klute
3 exhibitions
John B. Kuiper
1 exhibition
Arthur Lavine
3 exhibitions
Gita Lenz
2 exhibitions
Richard Litwin
1 exhibition
R.C. Lucas
1 exhibition
George Platt Lynes
American, 1907–1955
11 exhibitions
Man Ray
American, 1890–1976
78 exhibitions
Jack Manning
American, born 1920
2 exhibitions
Étienne-Jules Marey
French, 1830–1904
4 exhibitions
W.M. Massey
1 exhibition
Leo C. Massopust
3 exhibitions
Sol Mednick
Nationality unknown
3 exhibitions
László Moholy-Nagy
American, born Hungary. 1895–1946
73 exhibitions
George Montgomery
1 exhibition
Barbara Morgan
American, 1900–1992
12 exhibitions
Fritz Neugass
2 exhibitions
Isamu Noguchi
American, 1904–1988
39 exhibitions
Alan Palmer
3 exhibitions
Sally Perls
1 exhibition
Eliot Porter
American, 1901–1990
21 exhibitions
Cecil Frank Powell
English, 1903–1969
1 exhibition
Wilson Powell
2 exhibitions
Robert Rauschenberg
American, 1925–2008
87 exhibitions
Ben Rose
American, 1916–1980
7 exhibitions
Arnold Sadow
3 exhibitions
Ralph Samuels
American
3 exhibitions
H. Sapiro
1 exhibition
Christian Schad
German, 1894–1982
10 exhibitions
Xanti Schawinsky
American, born Switzerland. 1904–1979
7 exhibitions
Harry Schulke
1 exhibition
Robert F. Sheehan, 3rd
American, 1922–1969
6 exhibitions
Charles Sheeler
American, 1883–1965
85 exhibitions
Irene Shwachman
2 exhibitions
Arthur Siegel
American, 1913–1978
6 exhibitions
Edward Silverman
1 exhibition
Stephen Singer
1 exhibition
Aaron Siskind
American, 1903–1991
25 exhibitions
Cyril S. Smith
1 exhibition
Henry Smith
2 exhibitions
Frederick Sommer
American, born Italy. 1905–1999
21 exhibitions
Edward Steichen
American, born Luxembourg. 1879–1973
88 exhibitions
Ralph Steiner
American, 1899–1986
21 exhibitions
Alfred Stieglitz
American, 1864–1946
44 exhibitions
Paul Strand
American, 1890–1976
33 exhibitions
Vladimir Telberg-von-Teleheim
American, 1910–1995
6 exhibitions
Roman Vishniac
American, born Russia. 1897–1990
9 exhibitions
Susan Weil
American, born 1930
3 exhibitions
Brett Weston
American, 1911–1993
20 exhibitions
Edward Weston
American, 1886–1958
50 exhibitions
J. Winkler
1 exhibition
William Witt
2 exhibitions
Rose Wolfe
2 exhibitions
Yerkes Observatory
2 exhibitions
Idaka Yuichi
1 exhibition

New York Times Review of the exhibition

PUBLISHED

29 April 1951

CAMERA NOTES; Five New Shows in May --Educational Films FILM FESTIVAL FOLLIES PHOTOGRAPHER TALKS BY VISHNIAC

FIVE new photographic shows are on the calendar for May. The Museum of Modern Art will exhibit "Abstraction in Photography," starting Wednesday and continuing through July 4. "Photography '51," a group show...

New York Times • page X12 • 285 words