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The Modern Eye: Photographs 1917 - 1939

Past exhibition
9 April - 16 May 2015
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  • Edward Weston Plaster Works, Los Angeles, 1925
    Edward Weston
    Plaster Works, Los Angeles, 1925
  • Man Ray Berenice Abbott, 1922
    Man Ray
    Berenice Abbott, 1922
  • Man Ray Composite Rayograph (Nude with Vapor), 1930
    Man Ray
    Composite Rayograph (Nude with Vapor), 1930
  • Eugène Atget, St. Cloud, June 1926
    Eugène Atget, St. Cloud, June 1926
  • Brassaï Nu 92, c. 1930-32
    Brassaï
    Nu 92, c. 1930-32
  • Ilse Bing photograph of Cancan Dancer twirling dress in Moulin-Rouge Paris
    Ilse Bing
    Cancan Dancer, Moulin-Rouge, Paris, 1933
  • André Kertész Mondrian’s Glasses and Pipe, Paris, 1926
    André Kertész
    Mondrian’s Glasses and Pipe, Paris, 1926
  • Brassaï Involuntary Sculpture: soap, 1932
    Brassaï
    Involuntary Sculpture: soap, 1932
  • Ralph Steiner Ford, 1929
    Ralph Steiner
    Ford, 1929
  • Ilse Bing photograph of dancer Willem Van Loop leaping into air in Paris
    Ilse Bing
    Dancer, Willem Van Loon, Paris, 1932
  • Man Ray Typewriter, c. 1925
    Man Ray
    Typewriter, c. 1925
  • Berenice Abbott photograph of Wall Street District from Roof of Irving Trust Co. Building, Manhattan
    Berenice Abbott
    Wall Street District from Roof of Irving Trust Co. Building, Manhattan, May 1938
  • Johan Hagemeyer Calla Lily close up flower
    Johan Hagemeyer
    Calla Lily, 1926
  • Man Ray Rayograph with lock of hair, 1922
    Man Ray
    Rayograph with lock of hair, 1922
  • Dora Maar Man looking inside a sidewalk inspection door, London, c. 1935
    Dora Maar
    Man looking inside a sidewalk inspection door, London, c. 1935
  • Imogen Cunningham Magnolia Blossom, 1925
    Imogen Cunningham
    Magnolia Blossom, 1925
  • Brett Weston Hand and Ear (Ramiel McGehee), 1930
    Brett Weston
    Hand and Ear (Ramiel McGehee), 1930
  • Brett Weston Ford Tri Motor Plane, 1944
    Brett Weston
    Ford Tri Motor Plane, 1944
  • László Moholy-Nagy From the Radio Tower, Berlin, 1928
    László Moholy-Nagy
    From the Radio Tower, Berlin, 1928
  • Maurice Tabard Self Portrait, 1930
    Maurice Tabard
    Self Portrait, 1930
  • Charles Sheeler Chartres - Flying Buttresses at the Crossing, 1929
    Charles Sheeler
    Chartres - Flying Buttresses at the Crossing, 1929
  • Man Ray Rayograph, 1922
    Man Ray
    Rayograph, 1922
  • Walker Evans 42nd Street, 1929
    Walker Evans
    42nd Street, 1929
  • Edward Weston Eggs and Slicer, 1930
    Edward Weston
    Eggs and Slicer, 1930
  • André Kertész Les Halles in Early Morning, 1927
    André Kertész
    Les Halles in Early Morning, 1927
  • František Drtikol Nude with vase, 1927
    František Drtikol
    Nude with vase, 1927
  • Man Ray Meret Oppenheim, 1935
    Man Ray
    Meret Oppenheim, 1935
  • Brett Weston Market Place (La Merced Market, Mexico City), 1925
    Brett Weston
    Market Place (La Merced Market, Mexico City), 1925
  • Eugene Atget black and white photograph of a window display of chair and shoes for giant and midget
    Eugène Atget
    Fête du Trone, 1925
  • Edward Weston Nude Study II (Anita Brenner), Mexico, 1925
    Edward Weston
    Nude Study II (Anita Brenner), Mexico, 1925
  • Paul Outerbridge Telephone, 1922
    Paul Outerbridge
    Telephone, 1922
  • Alfred Stieglitz Sunday Afternoon - From My Window, 1111 Madison Avenue, Looking South, 1901
    Alfred Stieglitz
    Sunday Afternoon - From My Window, 1111 Madison Avenue, Looking South, 1901
  • Edward Steichen Triumph of the Egg, 1921
    Edward Steichen
    Triumph of the Egg, 1921
  • László Moholy-Nagy Marseille, Rue Canebière, 1929
    László Moholy-Nagy
    Marseille, Rue Canebière, 1929
  • Manuel Álvarez Bravo Un poco Alegre y Graciosa, 1942
    Manuel Álvarez Bravo
    Un poco Alegre y Graciosa, 1942
  • Charles Sheeler Lily, Mount Kisco, 1918-19
    Charles Sheeler
    Lily, Mount Kisco, 1918-19
  • Portrait of Georgia O'Keeffe holding African spoon with right hand and clutching right breast with left hand by Alfred Stieglitz
    Alfred Stieglitz
    Georgia O'Keeffe, 1919
  • Man Ray Meret Oppenheim, 1935
    Man Ray
    Meret Oppenheim, 1935
  • André Kertész Distortion #116, 1933
    André Kertész
    Distortion #116, 1933
  • André Kertész Satiric Dancer, Paris, 1926
    André Kertész
    Satiric Dancer, Paris, 1926
  • Dora Maar Christian Bérard’s Head Posed at Edge of Basin of Water, Appearing to Float in the Water at the House of la Vicomtesse de Noailles, c. 1935
    Dora Maar
    Christian Bérard’s Head Posed at Edge of Basin of Water, Appearing to Float in the Water at the House of la Vicomtesse de Noailles, c. 1935
  • André Kertész Distortion #29, 1933
    André Kertész
    Distortion #29, 1933
  • Alexander Rodchenko Street Traffic, Moscow, 1932
    Alexander Rodchenko
    Street Traffic, Moscow, 1932
  • Charles Sheeler Bleeder Stacks Ford Plant Detroit industrial black and white image of factory
    Charles Sheeler
    Bleeder Stacks, Ford Plant, Detroit, 1927

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