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Ernest J. Bellocq

Ernest J. Bellocq

Artist

WA-00026162

PhotographySurrealism

Representation

None documented

9

Institutional Exhibitions

50

Works in Collection

101

Assets Indexed

1

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ712326 ULAN500060703

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Reinstallation of the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Photography for Collectors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

No image

E.J. Bellocq: Storyville Portraits

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1970–1971

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Portrait Photographs

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

No image

Photographs Before Surrealism

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

No image

Ben Schultz Memorial Exhibition

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

No image

Steichen Gallery Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

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The Photographer's Eye

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

Field Verification (1 fields)

1 cross-verified · 0 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%✓

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/453
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Ernest J. Bellocq was an American photographer active in early 20th-century New Orleans, known for his intimate platinum print portraits of women in the city's Storyville district. Working with a large-format camera and soft-focus technique, he documented his subjects with a formality and dignity unusual for the period and subject matter. His archive of glass plate negatives remained largely unknown until decades after his death, when they were discovered and printed by photographer Lee Friedlander. Bellocq's work stands as a complex historical record, combining technical precision with an unusual empathy for marginalized subjects.

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

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Surrealism

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (50)

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed 1966-69

irregular 7 1/2 × 9 1/2" (19.1 × 24.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed 1966-69

irregular 9 7/8 × 7 13/16" (25.1 × 19.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed 1966-69

irregular 9 1/2 × 7 1/2" (24.2 × 19.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed by Lee Friedlander 1966–69

10 × 7 15/16" (25.4 × 20.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed 1966-69

irregular 9 3/4 × 7 13/16" (24.7 × 19.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed 1966-69

irregular 9 13/16 × 7 15/16" (24.9 × 20.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed 1966-69

irregular 9 11/16 × 7 15/16" (24.6 × 20.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed by Lee Friedlander 1966-69

9 13/16 × 7 13/16" (25 × 19.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed by Lee Friedlander 1966-69

9 1/2 × 7 9/16" (24.1 × 19.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed 1966-69

irregular 9 3/4 × 7 7/8" (24.8 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed 1966-69

irregular 9 5/8 × 7 13/16" (24.5 × 19.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed 1966-69

irregular 9 13/16 × 7 7/8" (25 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed 1966-69

irregular 9 13/16 × 7 15/16" (24.9 × 20.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed 1966-69

irregular 9 7/16 × 7 9/16" (24 × 19.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed 1966-69

irregular 9 13/16 × 7 13/16" (24.9 × 19.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed 1966-69

irregular 9 13/16 × 7 15/16" (24.9 × 20.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed by Lee Friedlander 1966-69

8 × 9 15/16" (20.3 × 25.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed 1966-69

irregular 9 13/16 × 7 15/16" (25 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed 1966-69

irregular 9 7/16 × 7 9/16" (24 × 19.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed 1966-69

irregular 9 13/16 × 7 15/16" (25 × 20.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed 1966-69

irregular 10 × 7 7/8" (25.5 × 20 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed by Lee Friedlander 1966-69

9 13/16 × 7 15/16" (24.9 × 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed 1966-69

irregular 9 13/16 × 7 15/16" (24.9 × 20.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1912 · Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, printed 1966-69

irregular 10 × 8" (24.3 × 19.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (1)

50 published of 100 catalogued · 100 with image

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Record

Images

Ernest J. Bellocq (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Relationships

2

Movements1

Collections1

Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US