Main entry:

Nixon, Nicholas, 1947- photographer.

Title & Author:

Nicholas Nixon : pictures of people / introduction by Peter Galassi.

Publication:

New York : Museum of Modern Art, [1988]
Boston : New York Graphic Society Books/Little, Brown and Co.
©1988

Description:

123 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 x 31 cm

Notes:
Published to accompany the exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sept. 15-Nov. 13, 1988; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Feb. 4-April 16, 1989; the Detroit Institute of Arts, May 16-July 2, 1989; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Sept. 1-Nov. 5, 1989; and other institutions in the U.S. and abroad.
Surveys Nixon's "pictures of groups of people, taken from 1977 to 1982; ... portraits of the elderly; nude studies of Nixon's wife and small children; the series of annual portraits of his wife and her three sisters; and an excerpt from work in progress on portraits of people with AIDS."--Page 4 of cover
Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-123).
Also issued online.

Summary:

"The contemporary American photographer Nicholas Nixon is the subject of a major exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art from September 15 to November 13,1988. Organized by Peter Galassi, curator, Department of Photography, NICHOLAS NIXON: PICTURES OF PEOPLE presents approximately 120 black-and-white photographs surveying Nixon's work of the past decade. In this work Nixon has brought fresh conviction to the idea that sympathetic pictures of ordinary people can address the deepest human values."--Excerpt from MoMA Press Release August 1988 (see link)

ISBN:

0870704370 (bound)
9780870704376 (bound)
0870704389 (pbk.)
9780870704383 (pbk.)

Subject:

Nixon, Nicholas, 1947- Exhibitions.
Nixon, Nicholas, 1947-
Photography, Artistic Exhibitions.
Portrait photography Exhibitions.
Photographie artistique Expositions.
Portraits (Photographie) Expositions.
Photography, Artistic
Portrait photography

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogues.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Galassi, Peter, writer of introduction.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, host institution.
Detroit Institute of Arts, host institution.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, host institution.

Pictures of people

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 43424
Call No.: IDM EXHNEWYORK; ID:89-B3188
Status: Available