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Khrushchev standing at the top of stairs
1959 · gelatin silver print
Image: 31.9 x 22.2 cm (12 9/16 x 8 3/4 in.); Paper: 31.9 x 22.2 cm (12 9/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Carl Mydans
American, 1907–2004
WA-00028635
Photography
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None documented
5
Institutional Exhibitions
5
Works in Collection
9
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3
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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The Bitter Years: 1935�1941
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1962
No image
The Family of Man
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1955
No image
Memorable Life Photographs
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1951
No image
Korea - The Impact of War in Photographs
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1951
No image
The Exact Instant
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1949
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- Birth yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
- Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
- NationalityDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
Source Registry (1)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
About
Why this artist matters now
Carl Mydans was an American photographer and photojournalist whose work documented major historical events from the 1930s through the Cold War era. He worked extensively for Life magazine, producing iconic images of World War II and its aftermath, as well as the Korean War and early stages of the Vietnam conflict. His approach combined rigorous visual composition with an unflinching documentary sensibility, capturing both the machinery of war and the human consequences of conflict. Mydans' photographs are held in major museum collections and represent a defining visual archive of twentieth-century American photojournalism.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago
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Artworks (5)
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5 published of 7 catalogued · 1 with image
- Cleveland Museum of Art3 published
- MoMA2 publishedof 4 catalogued1 img
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3 entries · 1 sources
- 1959 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1959 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1959 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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