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Dan Weiner

Dan Weiner

Artist
WA-00030015
Photography
Representation
None documented
7
Institutional Exhibitions
59
Works in Collection
117
Assets Indexed
0
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0
Publications Referenced
80%
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Authority Records (3)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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America Worked: The 1950s Photographs of Dan Weiner
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1989
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Ben Schultz Memorial Exhibition
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968
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Edward Steichen Photography Center
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
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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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70 Photographers Look at New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1957–1958
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The Family of Man
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1955

Source Registry (1)

About

Why this artist matters now

Dan Weiner was an American photographer whose work documented labor, social conditions, and American life in the postwar era. Operating primarily in black and white, he produced penetrating documentary photographs for magazines including Collier's and Fortune, capturing both industrial landscapes and intimate human moments. His practice embodied the investigative photojournalism that defined mid-twentieth-century American visual culture.

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Artworks (59)

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Artwork sources (3)

59 published of 114 catalogued · 89 with image
  • MoMA
    55 publishedof 110 catalogued88 img
  • The Met
    3 published
  • Art Institute Chicago
    1 published1 img
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Images

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The Metropolitan Museum of ArtMuseum of Modern ArtArt Institute of Chicago
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Representation & Collections

In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
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Exhibitions and timeline

Solo ExhibitionAmerica Worked: The 1950s Photographs of Dan Weiner
New York · 1989
Group ExhibitionBen Schultz Memorial Exhibition
New York · 1968
Group ExhibitionEdward Steichen Photography Center
New York · 1964
Group Exhibition30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum
New York · 1959
Group ExhibitionPhotographs from the Museum Collection
New York · 1958
Group Exhibition70 Photographers Look at New York
New York · 1957