Looking at photographs : 100 pictures from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art / by John Szarkowski.

Main entry:

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), current owner.

Title & Author:

Looking at photographs : 100 pictures from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art / by John Szarkowski.

Publication:

New York : The Museum of Modern Art, [1973]
Boston : Distributed by New York Graphic Society
©1973

Description:

215 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Designed by James Wageman.
Shows the character and intent of the Museum of Modern Art's photography collections and suggests some of the wasy in which the study of photography touches the broader issues of modern art and modern sensibility. -- Publisher description.
Introduction -- Looking at photographs: 100 pictures from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art Index to the photographers.

Summary:

This survey of The Museum of Modern Art's Photography Collection explores the evolution of the photographic medium using specific examples to illustrate its development. John Szarkowski investigates the aesthetic, formal, social, and historical issues of one hundred photographs selected from 'the Modern's' collections.

ISBN:

0870705148 (clothbound)
9780870705144 (clothbound)
0870705156 (paperbound)
9780870705151 (paperbound)
9780821226230
0821226231

Subject:

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Photograph collections Catalogs.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
Bauhaus Dessau 1986-1994 Bereich Architektur und Sammlungen
New York <NY> / Museum of Modern Art.
Photograph collections New York (State) New York Catalogs.
Photography, Artistic Catalogs.
Photography, Artistic.
Photographie artistique.
Collections de photographies New York (État) New York Catalogues.
Photographie artistique Catalogues.
art photography.
Photograph collections
Fotograf
Fotografie
Fotografia (Exposicao)
Fotografia (Teoria)
New York (State) New York
1845-1973

Form/genre:

Catalog
Bildband.
Biographie.
catalogs (documents)
photobooks.
Photobooks
Catalogs
Catalogues.
Livres de photographies.

Added entries:

Szarkowski, John, author.
Wageman, Jim, book designer.

100 pictures from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art
One hundred pictures from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art

Holdings:

Location: Library main 12544
Call No.: ID:87-B14589
Status: Available

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