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Artists›Nathan Lerner

Nathan Lerner

American, 1913

WA-00050779

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WikidataQ1113970

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NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%✓
Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata· 92%
Primary mediumWikidata· 92%

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Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/35455
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/nathan-lerner
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

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Art Institute of ChicagoChicago

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Artworks (54)

Wall Spirit

1983 · Chromogenic print

Image: 16.3 × 24.2 cm (6 7/16 × 9 9/16 in.); Paper: 20.4 × 25.3 cm (8 1/16 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Kabuki

1981 · Chromogenic print

Image: 22.8 × 34.2 cm (9 × 13 1/2 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.3 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mishima, Tokyo

1978 · Gelatin silver print, No. 15 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 26.8 × 35.8 cm (10 9/16 × 14 1/8 in.); Paper: 40.5 × 50.4 cm (16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hyde Park, London

1978 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20 × 16 cm (7 7/8 × 6 5/16 in.); Paper: 34.4 × 27.8 cm (13 9/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Twittering Bird

1978 · Chromogenic print

Image: 24 × 16.5 cm (9 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.); Paper: 25 × 17.4 cm (9 7/8 × 6 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Shopping Bag, Tokyo

1976 · Gelatin silver print, No. 13 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 23.3 × 32.7 cm (9 3/16 × 12 7/8 in.); Paper: 40.4 × 50.4 cm (15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Stone Cloud, Nagasaki

1976 · Gelatin silver print, No. 14 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 24.1 × 34.6 cm (9 1/2 × 13 5/8 in.); Paper: 40.4 × 50.3 cm (15 15/16 × 19 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dangerous Flower

1976 · Dye imbibition

Image: 29.1 × 43.1 cm (11 1/2 × 17 in.); Paper: 40.3 × 50.5 cm (15 7/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Three Fish, Yugawara, Japan

1974 · Gelatin silver print, No. 12 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 25 × 35.3 cm (9 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.); Paper: 40.5 × 50.4 cm (16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Tokyo Crossing

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 19.2 × 25 cm (7 9/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Paper: 20.1 × 25.4 cm (7 15/16 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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"The Beatles," Japan

1970 · gelatin silver print

Paper: 20 x 25.4 cm (7 7/8 x 10 in.); Image: 17.2 x 22.8 cm (6 3/4 x 9 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Lerner Chair Print, Student Project, Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois

1946 · Silkscreen in blue, yellow, and black inks on cream wove paper

48.3 × 63.7 cm (19 × 25 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Coney Island

1944 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 23.9 × 23 cm (9 7/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Paper: 28 × 30.8 cm (11 1/16 × 12 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

City Light Box Study, New York

1944 · Gelatin silver print, No. 10 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 33.5 × 24.2 cm (13 1/4 × 9 9/16 in.); Paper: 50.4 × 40.4 cm (19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Provincetown Patterns, Provincetown, Mass.

1944 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.8 × 24.6 cm (7 1/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 × 25.3 cm (8 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Shadow

1943 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 31.5 × 25 cm (12 7/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Paper: 35.4 × 27.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Eye on Window, New York

1943 · Gelatin silver print, No. 11 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 33.1 × 37.1 cm (13 1/16 × 14 5/8 in.); Paper: 40.5 × 50.4 cm (16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Gordon Webber, Chicago

1940 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 16.8 × 11.8 cm (6 5/8 × 4 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

School of Design

1940 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 13.4 × 10.6 cm (5 5/16 × 4 3/16 in.); Mount: 23 × 35.8 cm (9 1/16 × 14 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plaster Hand and Screen

1940 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 23.4 × 30.2 cm (9 1/4 × 11 15/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Face and Sandpaper

1940 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 25.1 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.); Paper: 35.4 × 28 cm (13 15/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Eye and Finger, Chicago

1940 · Gelatin silver print, No. 9 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 40 × 30.2 cm (15 3/4 × 11 15/16 in.); Paper: 50.4 × 40.6 cm (19 7/8 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Charley's Eye: Focused View for Camera, Chicago

1940 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.4 × 18.5 cm (8 7/8 × 7 5/16 in.); Paper: 25.5 × 20.4 cm (10 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Light Box Experiment: Eye and String

1939 · gelatin silver print

Paper: 40.3 x 51 cm (15 7/8 x 20 1/16 in.); Image: 37.8 x 48 cm (14 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (2)

54 published of 54 catalogued · 47 with image

Art Institute Chicago
47 published47 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Light Box Experiment: Eye and String
1939 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Gas Station
1930 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Car Light Study #3
1935 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Light Forms
1937 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Man with Greasy Coat
1935 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Shoes
1937 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
"The Beatles," Japan
1970 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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