Hand

Photography and Media

1931

Lee Miller
American, 1907–1977

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Lee Miller
Title: Hand
Place: Poughkeepsie (Artist's nationality)
Date: Made 1924–1934
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Inscribed recto, on hinged paper, lower right, in graphite: "lee miller.Paris / 1931"; verso unchecked
Dimensions: Image/paper: 24.2 × 22.2 cm (9 9/16 × 8 3/4 in.); Mount: 25.7 × 22.5 cm (10 1/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean Levy and the Estate of Julien Levy
Reference Number: 1988.157.52

Krauss, Rosalind and Jane Livingston. 1985. “L’Amour Fou - Photography and Surrealism.” Cross River Press, Ltd. Exh. cat. p. 223, fig. 209
Livingston, Jane. 1989. “Lee Miller: Photographer.” Exh. cat. California/International Arts Foundation/Thames and Hudson. p. 111.
De Salvo, Donna. 1997. “Staging Surrealism: A Succession of Collections 2.” Exh. cat. Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University. p. 57.

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)
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery, “L’Amour Fou: Photography and Surrealism,” September 14, 1985–November 17, 1985; traveled to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, December 13, 1985–February, 1986; Paris, France, Centre Georges Pompidou, April 15–June 16, 1985; London, England, Hayward Gallery, July 10–October 3, 1986.
Columbus, Ohio, Wexner Center for the Arts, “Staging Surrealism: A Succession of Collections 2,” September 20, 1997–January 4, 1998.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Photography on Display: Modern Treasures,” May 9–September 13, 2009.
San Francisco, California, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, “Man Ray/Lee Miller: Partners in Surrealism,” July 14, 2012-October 12, 2012. (Julian Cox)

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