THE PHILLIPS COLLECTIONS, WASHINGTON D.C., GIFT OF LISA FINN, 2013
Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “American Moments: Photographs from the Phillips Collection” is currently on view at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., until September 13. The exhibition features more then 130 photographs by over 30 artists represented in the collection, exploring broad themes including modernist work, street photography, and photojournalism.
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Bruce Davidson, Girl Waving with Sign on Road (Los Angeles series), 1964, gelatin silver print.
THE PHILLIPS COLLECTIONS, WASHINGTON D.C., GIFT OF LISA FINN, 2013
Berenice Abbott, Under the "El" Lower East Side, New York, ca. 1935, gelatin silver print.
THE PHILLIPS COLLECTIONS, WASHINGTON D.C., GIFT OF LISA FINN, 2012
Esther Bubley, A Child Whose Home Is An Alley Dwelling Near the Capitol, 1943, gelatin silver print.
THE PHILLIPS COLLECTIONS, WASHINGTON D.C., GIFT OF CAM AND WANDA GARNER, 2012
Esther Bubley, General Service Department, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, ca. 1950s, gelatin silver print.
©STANDARD OIL (NEW JERSEY) COLLECTION/PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES/UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE/THE PHILLIPS COLLECTIONS, WASHINGTON D.C., GIFT OF CAM AND WANDA GARNER, 2012
'American Moments: Photographs from the Phillips Collection,' 2015, installation view.
COURTESY THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Bruce Davidson, Man Standing in Rubble (East 100th Street Series), ca. 1964–68, gelatin silver print.
THE PHILLIPS COLLECTIONS, WASHINGTON D.C., GIFT OF LEO AND NINA PIRCHER, 2013
Bruce Davidson, Workers on Bridge, Telescoped View Looking Up (The Bridge series), 1963, gelatin silver print.
THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION, WASHINGTON, D.C., GIFT OF RANDY KOHL, 2013
Jack Delano, Untitled (Railroad Man), 1940s (printed later), gelatin silver print.
THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION, WASHINGTON, D.C., GIFT FROM THE COLLECTION OF MICHAEL AND JOYCE AXELROD, MILL VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, 2013
'American Moments: Photographs from the Phillips Collection,' 2015, installation view.
COURTESY THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Louis Faurer, Times Square, New York, N.Y. [Woman with Umbrella], ca. 1948, gelatin silver print.
THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION, WASHINGTON, D.C., GIFT OF RANDY KOHL, 2013
Arnold Newman, Marcel Duchamp, 1942, gelatin silver print.
THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION, WASHINGTON, D.C., GIFT OF LISA FINN, 2012
Esther Bubley, Girls Entertaining their guests, Card Room, Women's Residence (Arlington, VA), ca. 1943, gelatin silver print.
THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION, WASHINGTON, D.C., GIFT OF KENNETH POLIN, 2014