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Inscribed recto, on hinged paper, lower right, below image, in graphite: lee miller. Paris / '31; stamped verso, on secondary support, upper right, in black ink: JULIEN LEVY GALLERY, INC.
18 EAST 57TH STREET / NEW YORK CITY; verso, on secondary support, center, in black ink: LEE MILLER / 12, Rue Victor-Considérant / Paris XIVe Danton 90-91
Dimensions
Image/paper: 21.8 × 17.4 cm (8 5/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean Levy and the Estate of Julien Levy
Reference Number
1988.157.56
Extended information about this artwork
Livingston, Jane. 1989. “Lee Miller: Photographer.” Exh. cat. California/International Arts Foundation/Thames and Hudson Inc. p. 115.
Schaffner, Ingrid and Lisa Jacobs. 1998. “Julien Levy: Portrait of an Art Gallery.” Exh. cat. The MIT Press. p. 117, pl. 24.
Haworth-Booth, Mark. 2007. “The Art of Lee Miller.” Exh. cat. V&A Publications/Yale University Press. p. 71, fig. 55.
Matthew S. Witkovsky et al., “The Art Institute of Chicago Field Guide to Photography and Media,” eds. Antawan I. Byrd, Elizabeth Siegel, and Carl Fuldner, pl. 119, p. 133 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2023).
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 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.
New York, New York, The Equitable Gallery, “Julien Levy: Portrait of an Art Gallery,” August 13–October 31, 1998.
Los Angeles, CA, The J. Paul Getty Museum, “Surrealist Muse: Lee Miller, Roland Penrose, Man Ray, 1925-1945,” February 25–June 15, 2003.
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.
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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