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Henri Le Secq

Henri Le Secq

Artist
WA-00028115
PhotographyPhotography
Representation
None documented
11
Institutional Exhibitions
18
Works in Collection
30
Assets Indexed
0
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Authority Records (3)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Before Photography: Painting and the Invention of Photography
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1981
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Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the Arnold H. Crane Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979
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Steichen Gallery Reinstallation
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1967
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Edward Steichen Photography Center
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
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50 Photographs by 50 Photographers
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1962
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30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1959
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Then and Now
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1952
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French Photographs: Daguerre to Atget
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1945
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Photography
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1944
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Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Esthetics
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1940–1941
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Photography 1839�1937
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1937

Source Registry (1)

About

Why this artist matters now

Henri Le Secq was a French photographer and painter who pioneered the calotype and salt print processes in the mid-nineteenth century. He documented French cathedrals and ironwork with precise attention to light, texture, and structural geometry, elevating technical documentation toward aesthetic investigation. His photographs reveal a formal concern with architectural detail and industrial form that anticipated later modernist approaches to composition and surface.

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

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Artworks (18)

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Artwork sources (4)

18 published of 29 catalogued · 17 with image
  • MoMA
    11 publishedof 22 catalogued10 img
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    3 published3 img
  • Nga
    3 published3 img
  • Art Institute Chicago
    1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources
  • Amiens, Northern Façade of the Transept
    1852 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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  • Behind the Troglodyte Farm
    1848 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Plaster Cast from the Depaulis Collection
    1854 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Images

Untitled (Chartres Cathedral, Pavillon de l'horloge) (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

5
Movements1
Photography
Collections4
Cleveland Museum of ArtMuseum of Modern ArtArt Institute of ChicagoNational Gallery of Art
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Representation & Collections

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Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
National Gallery of Art
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Exhibitions and timeline

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Group ExhibitionBefore Photography: Painting and the Invention of Photography
New York · 1981
Group ExhibitionNineteenth-Century Photographs from the Arnold H. Crane Collection
New York · 1979
Group ExhibitionSteichen Gallery Reinstallation
New York · 1967
Group ExhibitionEdward Steichen Photography Center
New York · 1964
Group Exhibition50 Photographs by 50 Photographers
New York · 1962
Group Exhibition30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum
New York · 1959