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Call Number:

PH-00091

Collection Name:

Arnold Newman Photography Collection

Creator:

Newman, Arnold (1918 - 2006)

No. of Items:

6 items

Span Dates:

1942-1967

Description:

The collection consists of 6 photographs by Arnold Newman (American, 1918-2006). The photographs are portraits of prominent figures in the arts. Titles for all items are taken from Newman's inscriptions on the prints or their mounts.

976:0019:0001 -- Piet Mondrian, 1942. Gelatin silver print, 24.4 x 14.2 cm;
976:0019:0002 -- Igor Stravinsky, 1946. Gelatin silver print, 18.4 x 34.3 cm (image); 40.6 x 50.6 cm (sheet);
976:0019:0003 -- Frank Lloyd Wright, 1947. Gelatin silver print, 17.9 x 24.6 cm (image); 43.1 x 35.5. cm (sheet);
976:0019:0004 -- Pablo Picasso, 1954. Gelatin silver print, 24.6 x 19.5 cm;
976:0019:0005 -- Aaron Copland, 1959. Gelatin silver print, 16 x 24.5 cm (image); 35.6 x 34 cm (sheet);
976:0019:0006 -- David Ben-Gurion, 1967. Gelatin silver print, 19.3 x 23.8 cm (image); 35.5 x 43.1 cm (sheet).

Accession No(s):

976:0019:0001-0006; 976:0019:0001-0006 -- Gift of Helmut Gernsheim, 1976.

Location(s):

Newman, A., Exhibition Prints Box 7 (976:0019:0001-0006)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker Newman, Arnold (1918 - 2006)
Title Piet Mondrian
Date 1942
Accession
Number
5035701

See Also:

Arnold Newman Papers and Photography Collection: Arnold Newman Papers and Photography Collection (PH-02051)

Portrait of Lillian Hellman (957:0071:0001) in the Lillian Hellman Literary File