Hands
1940 · Gelatin silver print
7 × 9 1/4" (17.8 × 23.4 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Helmar Lerski
Swiss-French, 1871–1956
WA-00015392
PhotographyPhotography
Representation
None documented
2
Institutional Exhibitions
8
Works in Collection
19
Assets Indexed
1
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0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Authority Records (2)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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In the Twenties: Portraits from the Photography Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979–1980
No image
Photo Eye of the 20s
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1970
Field Verification (1 fields)
0 cross-verified · 1 single-source
- BiographyWikipedia· 88%
Source Registry (2)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
- WikidataTier 1 · Institutional40%
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Artworks (8)
Artwork sources (3)
8 published of 14 catalogued · 13 with image
- MoMA6 publishedof 12 catalogued12 img
- The Met1 published
- Art Institute Chicago1 published1 img
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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