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Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean Levy and the Estate of Julien Levy
Reference Number
1988.157.55
Extended information about this artwork
Livingston, Jane. 1989. “Lee Miller: Photographer.” Exh. cat. California/International Arts Foundation/Thames and Hudson. illus. p. 23 (alternate date),
p. 37.
Travis, David. 2005. “Paris: Photographs from a Time that Was.” Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press. p. 52.
Haworth-Booth, Mark. 2007. “The Art of Lee Miller.” Exh. cat. V&A Publications/ Yale University Press. p. 57. fig. 41.
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.
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, “Lee Miller: Photographer,” February 11-April 17, 1989; traveled to New Orleans Museum of Art, July 15-August 20, 1989; Minneapolis Institute of Art, November 4-January 7, 1990; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, February 2-April 1, 1990 (?); International Center of Photography, New York, April 13-June 10, 1990; Art Institute of Chicago, June 23-August 26, 1990; Santa Monica Museum of Art, September 16-November 4, 1990; Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan, January 26-February 25, 1991.
Art Institute of Chicago, “The Human Form Divine: The Body as Seen by the Camera,” February 8–June 1, 2003. (Colin Westerbeck)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Paris: Photographs from a Time that Was”; August 13–November 6, 2005. (David Travis)
London, England, Victoria & Albert Museum, “The Art of Lee Miller,” September 15, 2007–January 6, 2008; traveled to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, January 26– April 27, 2008; San Francisco Museum of Art, May 29–September 2, 2008; Paris, France, Jeu de Paume, October 14, 2008–January 11, 2009.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Art Gallery, “The Colour of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art,” May 28–September 25, 2011.
Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 10 Permanent Collection Rotation #16, May 06-October 27, 2019.
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