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Thurman Rotan

Thurman Rotan

Artist

WA-00029190

Photography

Representation

None documented

3

Institutional Exhibitions

11

Works in Collection

15

Assets Indexed

0

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ42315270

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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No image

Printed Textiles for the Home

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1947

No image

Image of Freedom

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941–1942

No image

Murals by American Painters and Photographers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1932

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5040
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

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Related Artists

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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 (11)

N.Y. Worlds Fair 1939

1939 · Gelatin silver print

14.3 x 11.6 cm (5 5/8 x 4 9/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Menemsha, Martha's Vineyard, Mass.

Menemsha, Martha's Vineyard, Mass.

1936 · Gelatin silver print

8 5/8 × 11 1/8" (21.9 × 28.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1932 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20.8 x 40.8 cm (8 3/16 x 16 1/16 in.) Frame: 40.6 x 61 cm (16 x 24 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio, Texas

1931 · Gelatin silver print

11 × 8 3/4" (27.9 × 22.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Glitter

1928 · Gelatin silver print

21.3 × 16.8 cm (8 7/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

New York Montage

1928 · gelatin silver print, montage

Image: 11.5 x 8.2 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

[High-Contrast Graphic Design Incorporating Repeated Image of Daily News Building]

1928 · Gelatin silver print From copy negative

22.2 x 18.2 cm (8 3/4 x 7 3/16 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

1927 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 11.2 × 22 cm (4 7/16 × 8 11/16 in.); Paper: 11.4 × 22.1 cm (4 1/2 × 8 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1926 · Gelatin silver prints

Image: 1 9/16 × 1 15/16 in. (4 × 5 cm), each Mount: 8 9/16 × 2 3/4 in. (21.8 × 7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1925 · gelatin silver print

Image: 11.7 x 9.8 cm (4 5/8 x 3 7/8 in.); Second mount: 31.7 x 25.4 cm (12 1/2 x 10 in.); Paper: 11.7 x 9.8 cm (4 5/8 x 3 7/8 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.); Mounted, primary: 12.4 x 10.5 cm (4 7/8 x 4 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled

1920 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 10.9 × 8.7 cm (4 5/16 × 3 7/16 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 28 cm (14 1/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

11 published of 13 catalogued · 7 with image

The Met
4 published
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img
MoMA
2 publishedof 4 catalogued4 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

New York Montage
1928 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Untitled
1925 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Untitled (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

4

Collections4

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

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

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Printed Textiles for the Home

New York · 1947

Group Exhibition Image of Freedom

New York · 1941

Group Exhibition Murals by American Painters and Photographers

New York · 1932