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Arnold Genthe

Arnold Genthe

Artist

WA-00027248

PhotographyPhotography

Representation

None documented

12

Institutional Exhibitions

81

Works in Collection

97

Assets Indexed

0

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ216070 ULAN500023229

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Glamour Portraits

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1965

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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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The Exact Instant

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

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50 Photographs by 50 Photographers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1948

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Photography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

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Action Photography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1943

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Isadora Duncan: Drawings, Photographs, Memorabilia

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941–1942

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Pavlova Memorial Exhibition

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941

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Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Esthetics

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1940–1941

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2119
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Arnold Genthe was an American photographer known for his candid street photography and portraiture in the early twentieth century. Working primarily with a handheld camera, he documented urban life and cultural figures with an immediacy that anticipated modern photojournalism. His images of San Francisco's Chinatown, made before the 1906 earthquake, remain significant records of immigrant communities. Genthe's later work included celebrity portraits and landscape photography across the American West.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (81)

Portrait of a Dog

Portrait of a Dog

1942 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 30.7 × 24 cm (12 1/8 × 9 1/2 in.); Mount: 45.9 × 35.6 cm (18 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Arturo Toscanini

Arturo Toscanini

1934 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 33.9 × 25 cm (13 3/8 × 9 7/8 in.); Mount: 44.7 × 34.8 cm (17 5/8 × 13 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait

1927 · Gelatin silver print

34.2 × 25.2 cm (image/paper); 45.7 × 35 (mount)

Art Institute of Chicago

Greta Garbo - 1

Greta Garbo - 1

1925 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 33.1 × 25.2 cm (13 1/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Mount: 45.6 × 35.5 cm (18 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Greta Garbo

1925 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 33 × 25 cm (13 × 9 7/8 in.); Mount: 45.4 × 34.7 cm (17 7/8 × 13 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Eleanora Duse

1925 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 32.9 × 25.1 cm (13 × 9 15/16 in.); Mount: 45.2 × 35.1 cm (17 13/16 × 13 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1925 · gelatin silver print

Image: 23 x 18.1 cm (9 1/16 x 7 1/8 in.); Mounted: 30 x 24.8 cm (11 13/16 x 9 3/4 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Margaret Severn

Margaret Severn

1923 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 32.5 × 25.9 cm (12 13/16 × 10 1/4 in.); Mount: 45.8 × 35.6 cm (18 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fisherman's Nets

Fisherman's Nets

1920 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 33.6 × 24 cm (13 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.); Mount: 45.9 × 35.6 cm (18 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Slave Prison (Calaboza)

A Slave Prison (Calaboza)

1918 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 34.5 × 26.4 cm (13 5/8 × 10 7/16 in.); Mount: 45.9 × 35.6 cm (18 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Detail of Pantalba Balcony

Detail of Pantalba Balcony

1918 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 21.7 × 15.3 cm (8 9/16 × 6 1/16 in.); Mount: 45.9 × 35.6 cm (18 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Praline Vendor

A Praline Vendor

1918 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20.1 × 15 cm (7 15/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Mount: 45.9 × 35.6 cm (18 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Courtyard Silhouette

A Courtyard Silhouette

1918 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 28.1 × 21.3 cm (11 1/8 × 8 7/16 in.); Mount: 45.9 × 35.6 cm (18 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Balcony Shadows

Balcony Shadows

1918 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 23.4 × 16.6 cm (9 1/4 × 6 9/16 in.); Mount: 45.9 × 35.6 cm (18 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Faithful Servant

A Faithful Servant

1918 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.2 × 18.1 cm (9 9/16 × 7 3/16 in.); Mount: 45.9 × 35.6 cm (18 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Residence in the Garden District

A Residence in the Garden District

1918 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 23 × 17.7 cm (9 1/16 × 7 in.); Mount: 45.9 × 35.6 cm (18 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Arches of the Spanish Barracks

Arches of the Spanish Barracks

1918 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 33 × 25.2 cm (13 × 9 15/16 in.); Mount: 45.9 × 35.6 cm (18 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

In the "Vieux Carre of the Dead"

In the "Vieux Carre of the Dead"

1918 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.7 × 17.4 cm (8 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.); Mount: 45.9 × 35.6 cm (18 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jackson Square and the Saint Louis Cathedral

Jackson Square and the Saint Louis Cathedral

1918 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.1 × 17.7 cm (8 3/4 × 7 in.); Mount: 45.9 × 35.6 cm (18 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Galleries and Fan Windows

Galleries and Fan Windows

1918 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 31.6 × 23 cm (12 1/2 × 9 1/16 in.); Mount: 45.9 × 35.6 cm (18 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Philosopher of the Vieux-Carre

The Philosopher of the Vieux-Carre

1918 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 32.7 × 22.9 cm (12 7/8 × 9 1/16 in.); Mount: 45.9 × 35.6 cm (18 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Window and Stairway of the Old Ursaline Convent

Window and Stairway of the Old Ursaline Convent

1918 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 23.7 × 18.5 cm (9 3/8 × 7 5/16 in.); Mount: 45.9 × 35.6 cm (18 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

An Old Time Merchant's Residence

An Old Time Merchant's Residence

1918 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 32.1 × 25.5 cm (12 11/16 × 10 1/16 in.); Mount: 45.9 × 35.6 cm (18 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

All in the Day's Work

All in the Day's Work

1918 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.6 × 16.8 cm (8 15/16 × 6 5/8 in.); Mount: 45.9 × 35.6 cm (18 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

81 published of 93 catalogued · 88 with image

Art Institute Chicago
66 published66 img
MoMA
12 publishedof 24 catalogued20 img
Rijksmuseum
2 published2 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

Chinatown, New York [= San Francisco]
1915 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Greta Garbo
1925 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Nude Dancer with Aulos
1911 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Chinatown, New York [= San Francisco] (c. 1915)

Rijksmuseum

Nude Dancer with Aulos (c. 1911 - c. 1916)

Rijksmuseum

Arnold Genthe Self-Portrait (c. 1935)

Smithsonian Institution

Refugee Camp, Ruins in Background, San Francisco Earthquake and Fire (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

5

Movements1

Collections4

Rijksmuseum Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US