Tag Archives: The Museum of Modern Art

“Lunch is Served”… at the museum

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Christopher George

Dale Rooks or Ray Platnick, [Lunch at the Museum of Modern Art, New York], August 1942 (2016.19.191) LUNCH IS SERVED: This Summer the Museum started serving lunch in the garden, found it surprisingly popular. Price $1, but as much as … Continue reading →

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Happy 150th Birthday Metropolitan Museum of Art

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Christopher George

Alan Fisher, [Tapestries exhibited at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York], 1941 (2012.121.32) PM, March 6, 1941, pp. 18-19 (photos by Alan Fisher) PM Photographer Agrees With Moses About Museums… Early this week Park Commissioner Robert Moses said some unpleasant … Continue reading →

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“For Nell Dorr, life itself is the work of art, photography, the means of revealing life.”

Posted on August 27, 2015 by fansinaflashbulb

Nell Dorr, Rosa- Alone with the sea, 1929 (28.1982) Nell Dorr, Mother and child, 1940 (33a.1982) Nell Dorr was immersed in the field of photography from a young age by her father Jon Jacob Becker, who ran a large portrait studio in Cleveland. It was not … Continue reading →

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