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Artists›Herb Snitzer

Herb Snitzer

American, 1932

WA-00031001

Philadelphia, United States

PhotographyPerformance Art

Representation

None documented

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ16983901

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Photographs for Collectors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

Field Verification (4 fields)

4 cross-verified · 0 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
Birth yearMoMA· 93%✓
LocationMoMA· 93%✓
NationalityMoMA· 93%✓

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/7856
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Herb Snitzer is an American photographer known for his documentary work in jazz and African American cultural life during the postwar era. Working primarily in black and white, he captured performance and community with an intimate, unmediated approach that prioritized the subjects' autonomy and presence. His archive documents musicians, dancers, and everyday scenes across the United States, forming a visual record of mid-twentieth-century Black culture and artistic expression.

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

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Movement

Performance Art

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (8)

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On To Victory

2008 · gelatin silver print

Image: 31 x 22.5 cm (12 3/16 x 8 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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A Love Story? (The Duke and Duchess of Windsor)

1963 · gelatin silver print

Paper: 28 x 35.5 cm (11 x 14 in.); Image: 23 x 35.6 cm (9 1/16 x 14 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Hyde Park, London

1961 · gelatin silver print

Paper: 28.4 x 35.5 cm (11 3/16 x 14 in.); Image: 24.5 x 33 cm (9 5/8 x 13 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Duke and Jimmy Hamilton, Columbia Recording Studio

1961 · gelatin silver print

Paper: 31.5 x 23 cm (12 3/8 x 9 1/16 in.); Image: 35.5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Wayne Shorter

1961 · gelatin silver print

Image: 32.3 x 23.3 cm (12 11/16 x 9 3/16 in.); Paper: 35.3 x 27.8 cm (13 7/8 x 10 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled

1960 · Gelatin silver print

10 3/8 × 13 13/16" (26.3 × 35.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Nina Simone

1959 · Gelatin silver print

20.4 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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John Cage

1959 · gelatin silver print

Paper: 35.5 x 28 cm (14 x 11 in.); Image: 30.5 x 21.6 cm (12 x 8 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Artwork sources (3)

8 published of 9 catalogued · 3 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
6 published
MoMA
1 publishedof 2 catalogued2 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

John Cage
1959 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Hyde Park, London
1961 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Wayne Shorter
1961 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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On To Victory
2008 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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A Love Story? (The Duke and Duchess of Windsor)
1963 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Duke and Jimmy Hamilton, Columbia Recording Studio
1961 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements1

Performance Art

Collections3

Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Photographs for Collectors

New York · 1960