2021


Julio Agostinelli. Circus (Circense). 1951. Gelatin silver print, 11 7/16 × 15" (29 × 38.1 cm). Acquired through the generosity of Richard O. Rieger

Julio Agostinelli. Circus (Circense). 1951. Gelatin silver print, 11 7/16 × 15" (29 × 38.1 cm). Acquired through the generosity of Richard O. Rieger

Ilse Bing. "It Was So Windy in the Eiffel Tower". 1931. Gelatin silver print, 8 11/16 × 11 1/16" (22.1 × 28.1 cm). Thomas Walther Collection. Bequest of Dorothy Norman, by exchange

Ilse Bing. "It Was So Windy in the Eiffel Tower". 1931. Gelatin silver print, 8 11/16 × 11 1/16" (22.1 × 28.1 cm). Thomas Walther Collection. Bequest of Dorothy Norman, by exchange

Masterworks of Modern Photography, 1900–1940: The Thomas Walther Collection at The Museum of Modern Art

Spring 2021
Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana (MASI), Lugano

Traveling to Jeu de Paume, Paris (Fall 2021) and Camera – Centro Italiano per la Fotografia, Turin (Spring 2022)

2020


Dorothea Lange. Kern County, California. November 1938. Gelatin silver print, 12 7/16 × 12 1/2" (31.6 × 31.7 cm). Purchase

Dorothea Lange. Kern County, California. November 1938. Gelatin silver print, 12 7/16 × 12 1/2" (31.6 × 31.7 cm). Purchase

Gordon Parks. Untitled, Chicago, Illinois. 1957. Pigmented inkjet print, 11 7/8 × 17 15/16" (30.1 × 45.6 cm). The Family of Man Fund

Gordon Parks. Untitled, Chicago, Illinois. 1957. Pigmented inkjet print, 11 7/8 × 17 15/16" (30.1 × 45.6 cm). The Family of Man Fund

Gordon Parks and “The Atmosphere of Crime”

(gallery installation)
Opened November 14, 2020
The Museum of Modern Art

Read the reviews in The New York Times,
The Atlantic, Brooklyn Rail, & Blind Magazine

2017


Gertrudes Altschul. Abstract Concrete (Concreto abstrato). c. 1952. Gelatin silver print, 8 3/8 × 11 3/8" (21.3 × 28.9 cm). Acquired through the generosity of Thomas and Susan Dunn

Gertrudes Altschul. Abstract Concrete (Concreto abstrato). c. 1952. Gelatin silver print, 8 3/8 × 11 3/8" (21.3 × 28.9 cm). Acquired through the generosity of Thomas and Susan Dunn

Making Spaces: Women Artists and
Postwar Abstraction

April 15 - August 13, 2017
The Museum of Modern Art
Co-curated with Starr Figura

Read the reviews in The New York Times
The New Yorker & Artforum

2016


Josef Albers. Eiffel Tower, Paris. 1929/1932. Gelatin silver prints mounted to board, overall 11 5/8 × 16 3/8" (29.5 × 41.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the generosity of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, and Jon L. Stryke…

Josef Albers. Eiffel Tower, Paris. 1929/1932. Gelatin silver prints mounted to board, overall 11 5/8 × 16 3/8" (29.5 × 41.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the generosity of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, and Jon L. Stryker. © 2017 The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

2015


Horacio Coppola. Bauhaus Study. 1932. Gelatin silver print, 3 3/8 x 4 1/2" (8.5 x 11.4 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther. © 2016 Galería Jorge Mara-La Ruche/ The Estate of Horacio Coppola

From Bauhaus to Buenos Aires:
Grete Stern and Horatio Coppola


May 7 - October 4, 2015
The Museum of Modern Art
Co-curated with Roxana Marcoci

Read the reviews  in The Boston Globe, PhotographArtforum & Aperture 

2014


Willi Ruge (German, 1882–1961). Seconds before Landing detail, from the series I Photograph Myself during a Parachute Jump. 1931. Gelatin silver print, 8 1/16 × 5 9/16″ (20.4 × 14.1 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther

Modern Photographs from the
Thomas Walther Collection, 1909–1949


December 13, 2014 - April 19, 2015
The Museum of Modern Art
Co-curated with Quentin Bajac

Read the review in The New York Times

 

 

Marcia Resnick (American, born 1950). "Not Wanting to be Publicly Kissed by a Boy, She Avoided Games of Spin-the-Bottle". 1978. Gelatin silver print, 5 1/4 x 7 3/4" (13.3 x 19.7 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the generosity of Roxann Taylor © 2016 Marcia Resnick

American Photography: Recent Acquisitions
from The Museum of Modern Art, New York

November 12 - 16, 2014
Grand Palais
Co-curated with Quentin Bajac

2013


Bill Brandt. Bombed Regency Staircase, Upper Brook Street, Mayfair detail. c. 1942. Gelatin silver print, 9 x 7 5/8" (22.8 x 19.4 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired through the generosity of Clarissa A. Bronfman. © 2015 Bill Brandt Archive

Unknown photographer. Brooklyn Bridge. c. 1914. Gelatin silver print, 7 5/8 x 9 9/16" (19.4 x 24.3 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The New York Times Collection

Picturing New York: Photographs from
The Museum of Modern Art


Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
January 26 - May 15, 2013

Previously shown at the
High Museum, Atlanta (2012),
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin,
Museo di arte moderna
e contemporanea di
Trento e Roverto, Italy,
and La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
(all 2009)

 

Walker Evans. Penny Picture Display, Savannah, Georgia detail. 1936. Gelatin silver print, 8 5/8 x 6 15/16″ (21.9 x 17.6 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Willard Van Dyke. © 2016 Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Walker Evans American Photographs,
Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Installation

July 19, 2013 - March 9, 2014
The Museum of Modern Art

Read the reviews in The New York Sun, Time & Lens Blog

Lynn Hershman Leeson. Roberta’s Construction Chart #2. 1976. Chromogenic color print, printed 2003, 22 15/16 x 29 5/8" (58.3 x 75.3 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Modern Women’s Fund. © 2016 Lynn Hershman Leeson

XL: 19 New Acquisitions in Photography

May 10, 2013 - January 6, 2014
The Museum of Modern Art
Co-curated with Roxana Marcoci
& Eva Respini

2012


Eugène Atget. Coin, Boulevard de la Chapelle et Rue Fleury 76, 18e. June 1921. Matte albumen silver print, 6 13/16 x 9" (17.3 x 22.9 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Abbott-Levy Collection. Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden

Eugène Atget: "Documents  pour artistes"

February 6 - April 9, 2014
The Museum of Modern Art

Read the reviews in Collector Daily,
Time,  The Wall Street Journal
& The Economist

2011


Harry Callahan. Collage, Chicago. 1957. Gelatin silver print, 7 5/8 x 9 5/8" (19.4 x 24.4 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Peter MacGill. © 2016 The Estate of Harry Callahan

Installation of the Museum Collection
Edward Steichen Photography Galleries

The Museum of Modern Art
May 13, 2011 - February 12, 2012

Read the review in Blouin Art Info 
& Collector Daily


2010


Isle Bing. Self-Portrait in Mirrors. 1931. Gelatin silver print, 10 1/2 x 12" (26.8 x 30.8 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Joseph G. Mayer Fund. © 2016 The Ilse Bing Estate / Courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery

Pictures by Women: A History of
Modern Photography


May 7, 2010 - April 8, 2011
The Museum of Modern Art
Co-curated with Roxana Marcoci
& Eva Respini

Read the reviews in The New York Times,
The New Yorker, Photographer's Forum
The Daily Beast

2009


H.H. Blakesly. Newton Pippin Apples. 1925. Gelatin silver print, 7 3/4 x 9 3/4" (19.7 x 24.8 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Jeffrey Fraenkel in memory of John Szarkowski

Installation of the Museum Collection
Edward Steichen Photography Galleries

August 7, 2009 - March 22, 2010
The Museum of Modern Art

Read the review in Art in America
New York Post

2006


Laurie Simmons. Blonde/Red Dress/Kitchen. 1978. Silver dye bleach print, 3 1/4 x 5" (8.3 x 12.7 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz Fund. © 2016 Laurie Simmons

Installation of the Museum Collection
 Edward Steichen Photography Galleries

December 15, 2006 - July 16, 2007
The Museum of Modern Art

Read the reviews in The New York Sun
The Wall Street Journal

 

2004


Michael Wesely. 9 August 2001 - 2 May 2003 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. 2001-03. Chromogenic color print, 40 3/16 x 55 1/8" (102 x 140 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, NY. Purchase. © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Michael Wesely: Open Shutter

October 20, 2004 - June 27, 2005
The Museum of Modern Art

Read the review in
The Wall Street Journal

2003


Sabine Hornig. Window III. 2001. Chromogenic color print, 4' 1" x 7' 2" (124.5 x 218.4 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Carol and Arthur Goldberg. © 2016 Sabine Hornig and VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Projects 78: Sabine Hornig

July 17 - September 8, 2003
MoMA QNS

2002


Rudy Burckhardt. Untitled. 1940. Gelatin silver print, Gelatin silver print. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of CameraWorks, Inc. and Purchase. © 2016 Rudy Burckhardt / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Ted Croner. Taxi – New York – Night. 1947-48. Gelatin silver print, 15 5/8 x 15 1/2" (39.7 x 39.4 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Family of Man Fund

Life of the City

February 28 - May 21, 2002
The Museum of Modern Art
Co-curated with Dalia Azim, 
Peter Galassi, Susan Kismaric, 
Elizabeth Mangini & Eva Respini
 

 

2000


Henri Cartier-Bresson. New York. 1960. Gelatin silver print, 15 5/16 x 22 7/8" (38.9 x 58.1 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the photographer. © 2016 Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos, courtesy Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris

The Observer:
Henri Cartier-Bresson After the War


April 30 - September 26, 2000
The Museum of Modern Art