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

Main entry:

Nixon, Nicholas, 1947-

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

New York : Museum of Modern Art, 1988.
©1988.

Description:

123 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 25 x 31 cm

Notes:
Book to accompany the exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sept. 15-Nov. 13, 1988 and other museums.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-123).
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

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:

0870704389 (paperbound)
9780870704383 (paperbound)
0870704370 (clothbound)
9780870704376 (clothbound)

Subject:

Nixon, Nicholas, 1947- Exhibitions.
Nixon, Nicholas, 1947-
Nixon, Nicholas 1947-
Nixon, Nicholas.
Portrait photography Exhibitions.
View cameras.
Portraits (Photographie) Expositions.
Chambres d'atelier.
view cameras.
Portrait photography
Bildband
Porträtfotografie
Nixon, Nicholas 1947- Exhibitions

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Ausstellungskatalog Detroit Institute of Arts 16.05.1989-02.07.1989 Detroit, Mich.
Ausstellungskatalog Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 04.02.1989-16.04.1989 Boston, Mass.
Ausstellungskatalog San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 01.09.1989-05.11.1989 San Francisco, Calif.
Ausstellungskatalog The Museum of Modern Art 15.09.1988-13.11.1988 New York, NY.
Bildband.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Galassi, Peter, writer of introduction.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Pictures of people

Holdings:

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

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