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Julien Levy Collection, Gift of Jean Levy and the Estate of Julien Levy
Reference Number
1988.157.57
Extended information about this artwork
Travis, David. 1976. “Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection: Starting with Atget.” Exh. cat. p. 52, cat. 85.
Livingston, Jane. 1989. “Lee Miller: Photographer.” Exh. cat. California/International Arts Foundation/New York: Thames and Hudson. p. 106. (reproduction image is rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise, alternate title, alternate date)
Travis, David. 2005. “Paris: Photographs from a Time that Was” Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press. 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 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, “Brassai and Company,” January 24-May 17, 1998. (David Travis)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Paris: Photographs from a Time that Was,” August 13-November 6, 2005, (David Travis)
Art Institute of Chicago, “The Other Side of Light: Shadows from the Photography Collection” December 1, 2007 - February 24, 2008. (Newell G Smith)
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