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Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean Levy and the Estate of Julien Levy
Reference Number
1988.157.42
Extended information about this artwork
Travis, David. 1976. “Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection: Starting with Atget.” Exh. cat. p. 48, cat. 70.
De Salvo, Donna. 1997. “Staging Surrealism: A Succession of Collections 2.” Exh. cat. Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University. p.51.
Sayag, Alain. 1994. “Eli Lotar.” Exh. cat. Musee national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou. p. 19, fig. 19.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection: Starting with Atget,” December 11, 1976–February 20, 1977; traveled to the International Center of Photography, New York, April 21-May 29, 1977; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, November 4-December 18 1977; Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 13-Ferbruary 26, 1978; Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois, March 16-April 30, 1978; and Cincinnati Art Museum, November 17-December 24, 1978. (David Travis)
Paris, France, Centre Georges Pompidou,” Eli Lotar,” November 9, 1993–February 7, 1994; traveled to Bonn, Germany, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik, March 4–Mary 15, 1994.
Columbus, Ohio, Wexner Center for the Arts, “Staging Surrealism: A Succession of Collections 2,” September 20, 1997–January 4, 1998.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Art Gallery, “The Colour of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art,” May 28–September 25, 2011.
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