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Peter Sekaer

Peter Sekaer

Danish-American, 1901

WA-00029392

Copenhagen, Denmark

DrawingPhotography

Representation

None documented

5

Institutional Exhibitions

12

Works in Collection

20

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ7176859 ULAN500343274

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Photographs by 51 Photographers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1950

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Color Photography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1950

No image

The Exact Instant

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

No image

Image of Freedom

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941–1942

No image

Photography 1839�1937

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1937

Field Verification (4 fields)

3 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearMoMA· 93%✓
LocationMoMA· 93%✓
NationalityMoMA· 93%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5328
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (12)

Freed Flag, from the United Nations Series

Freed Flag, from the United Nations Series

1945 · gouache on paper

sheet: 25 x 20 in. (63.3 x 50.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Freed Flag, from the United Nations Series

Freed Flag, from the United Nations Series

1945 · gouache and pen and ink on paperboard

sheet: 19 1/2 x 16 7/8 in. (49.7 x 42.8 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Jane Addams Housing Project, Hull House, Chicago, A Nation Provides. Jane Adams House, Chicago

Jane Addams Housing Project, Hull House, Chicago, A Nation Provides. Jane Adams House, Chicago

1940 · Gelatin silver print

9 1/2 × 13" (24.1 × 33 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

San Antonio, Texas, Two Members of One of America's Most Oppressed Minorities--Mexicans in San Antonio, Texas--Who Do Not Lead Cheerless Lives,

San Antonio, Texas, Two Members of One of America's Most Oppressed Minorities--Mexicans in San Antonio, Texas--Who Do Not Lead Cheerless Lives,

1939 · Gelatin silver print

12 1/2 × 9 1/8" (31.8 × 23.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Jewish Tenants in Williamsburg Housing Project

Jewish Tenants in Williamsburg Housing Project

1939 · Gelatin silver print

10 5/16 × 13 1/8" (26.2 × 33.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Barber Shop Interior, Atlanta, Georgia

1936 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 6 1/4 × 6 7/8 in. (15.8 × 17.4 cm) Mount: 13 1/2 × 10 9/16 in. (34.3 × 26.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mardi Gras

1936 · Gelatin silver print

6 3/8 × 8 7/16" (16.2 × 21.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

[Walker Evans with 8 x 10" View Camera Photographing in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Graveyard]

1935 · Gelatin silver print

18.2 x 24.1 cm (7 3/16 x 9 1/2 in. )

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Walker Evans Working View Camera in St. Michael's Cemetery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]

1935 · Gelatin silver print

11.3 x 15 cm (4 7/16 x 5 7/8 in. )

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Election posters, 10th Avenue, New York City

Election posters, 10th Avenue, New York City

1935 · gelatin silver print on baryta paper

width: 201 cm, height: 124 cm

Fire Escapes and Shadows

Fire Escapes and Shadows

1935 · gelatin silver print on baryta paper

height: 142 cm, width: 191 cm

Walker Evans

1935 · Gelatin silver print

8 15/16 × 6 3/4" (22.7 × 17.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

12 published of 17 catalogued · 14 with image

MoMA
5 publishedof 10 catalogued10 img
The Met
3 published
Rijksmuseum
2 published2 img
Smithsonian
2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Election posters, 10th Avenue, New York City
1935 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Fire Escapes and Shadows
1935 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Untitled (Route 22 North of Weebatuck, NY) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Route 22 North of Weebatuck, NY) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

4

Movements1

Collections3

Rijksmuseum Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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