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Arnold Newman

Arnold Newman

1918–2006

WA-00028688

New York, NY, USA

PhotographyPhotography

Representation

None documented

19

Institutional Exhibitions

91

Works in Collection

140

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ695853 ULAN500025420

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Picturing "Greatness"

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

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Mondrian: New York Studio Compositions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

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Portrait Photographs

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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The Photo Essay

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1965

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The Photographer's Eye

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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Edward Steichen Photography Center

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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Portraits from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

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30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959

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Photographs from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1958–1959

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Then and Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1952

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Christmas Photographs

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1951–1952

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Memorable Life Photographs

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1951

Field Verification (4 fields)

4 cross-verified · 0 single-source

Birth yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
Primary mediumDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
LocationGallery Generic· 72%✓

Source Registry (2)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/arnold-newman
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4284
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Arnold Newman was an American photographer renowned for his environmental portraits of cultural and political figures, developing a distinctive approach that situated subjects within spaces reflecting their work and character. Working primarily in black and white from the 1940s onward, he pioneered a compositional method that integrated architecture, objects, and spatial relationships as equal elements to the human face. His portraits of artists, scientists, and statesmen established portraiture as a serious documentary form in postwar American photography. Newman's technical mastery of available light and geometric composition influenced generations of editorial and fine art photographers.

Source: Christies Artsy · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (91)

Self-Portrait

1998 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 21.6 × 33.7 cm (8 9/16 × 13 5/16 in.); 27.8 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.); Paper: 28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Andrew Wyeth

1994 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.2 × 33.6 cm (9 9/16 × 13 1/4 in.); 27.9 × 35.3 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.); Paper: 28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sebastiao Salgado

Sebastiao Salgado

1991 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.3 × 33.4 cm (8 13/16 × 13 3/16 in.); 27.8 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.); Paper: 28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Twyla Tharp

1987 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 28.7 × 25.2 cm (11 5/16 × 9 15/16 in.); 35.3 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.); Paper: 35.6 × 28 cm (14 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Akira Kurosawa, New York City

Akira Kurosawa, New York City

1981 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 21.1 × 32.6 cm (8 5/16 × 12 7/8 in.); 27.7 × 35.5 cm (10 15/16 × 14 in.); Paper: 28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Henry Moore

1977 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 23.9 × 32.1 cm (9 7/16 × 12 11/16 in.); 27.6 × 35.5 cm (10 7/8 × 14 in.); Paper: 28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Henry Miller

1976 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 32.4 × 25.2 cm (12 13/16 × 9 15/16 in.); 35.3 × 27.9 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.); Paper: 35.6 × 28 cm (14 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dr. Jonas Salk

1975 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.1 × 33.2 cm (8 3/4 × 13 1/8 in.); 27.8 × 35.3 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.); Paper: 28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Charles and Ray Eames

Charles and Ray Eames

1974 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 32.4 × 25.2 cm (12 13/16 × 9 15/16 in.); 35.3 × 27.9 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.); Paper: 28 × 35 cm (11 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Theodore Rousseau

1970 · Gelatin silver print

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Suzanne Farrell

Suzanne Farrell

1968 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.6 × 34.3 cm (8 15/16 × 13 9/16 in.); 27.9 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.); Paper: 28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

I. M. Pei, New York City

I. M. Pei, New York City

1967 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 31.7 × 26 cm (12 1/2 × 10 1/4 in.); 35.4 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.); Paper: 35.6 × 28 cm (14 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Paul Strand, New York City

Paul Strand, New York City

1966 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 22.1 × 19.7 cm (8 3/4 × 7 13/16 in.); 42.5 × 35 cm (16 3/4 × 13 13/16 in.); Mount sight: 43.2 × 35.6 cm (17 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Antonio Tàpies, Barcelona

Antonio Tàpies, Barcelona

1966 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 31.9 × 25 cm (12 9/16 × 9 7/8 in.); 35.3 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.); Paper: 35.6 × 28 cm (14 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Marcel Duchamp

1966 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 21.8 × 32.2 cm (8 5/8 × 12 11/16 in.); 27.7 × 35.2 cm (10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Paper: 28 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Kim Stanley

1963 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 34.5 × 27.5 cm (13 5/8 × 10 7/8 in.); Paper: 35.3 × 28.1 cm (13 15/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Frederick Kiesler, Architect and Sculptor, New York

Frederick Kiesler, Architect and Sculptor, New York

1962 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 24.4 × 19.6 cm (9 5/8 × 7 3/4 in.); 38.1 × 31.1 cm (15 × 12 1/4 in.); Mount: 38.1 × 31.2 cm (15 × 12 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Milton Avery, New York City

Milton Avery, New York City

1960 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 26.9 × 34.4 cm (10 5/8 × 13 9/16 in.); Mount: 40.5 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

André Masson, Paris

André Masson, Paris

1959 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.8 × 15.5 cm (9 13/16 × 6 1/8 in.); 38 × 31.1 cm (15 × 12 1/4 in.); Mount: 38.1 × 31.2 cm (15 × 12 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Philip Johnson

1959 · gelatin silver print

Image: 22.7 x 18.1 cm (8 15/16 x 7 1/8 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Georges Rouault

Georges Rouault

1957 · Gelatin silver print

9 9/16 × 7 3/8" (24.3 × 18.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

1957 · Gelatin silver print

9 11/16 × 7 1/8" (24.6 × 18.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

GEORGES ROUAULT

1957 · Gelatin silver print

sight 9 3/8 × 7 1/16" (23.8 × 17.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

GERMAINE RICHIER

1956 · Gelatin silver print

9 3/4 × 6 7/8" (24.8 × 17.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

91 published of 138 catalogued · 65 with image

MoMA
47 publishedof 94 catalogued30 img
Art Institute Chicago
35 published35 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
5 published
The Met
4 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

5 entries · 1 sources

Portrait of Philip Johnson
1959 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Man on a Church Porch, West Palm Beach
1941 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Igor Stravinsky
1946 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Carl Sandburg
1955 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Mondrian
1942 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Ithaca-Policeman in Front of Fruit Stand (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

6

Movements1

Collections5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Artsy

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

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