Féral Benga
1930 · Gelatin silver print
8 15/16 × 6 11/16" (22.7 × 17 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Eli Lotar
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WA-00031979
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- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Eli Lotar was a French photographer and filmmaker working from the 1930s through the postwar period in black and white. His documentary photographs of social conditions, industrial sites, and the human figure combine direct formal clarity with modernist visual thinking. His experimental films and photographs established him as a significant figure in mid-twentieth-century European visual culture, bridging documentary practice and avant-garde aesthetics.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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- MoMA2 publishedof 4 catalogued4 img
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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