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Ken Heyman

Ken Heyman

Artist
WA-00027571
Photography
Representation
None documented
6
Institutional Exhibitions
24
Works in Collection
44
Assets Indexed
0
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Authority Records (2)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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The Photographer's Eye
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
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Edward Steichen Photography Center
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
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Five Unrelated Photographers
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1963
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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

Source Registry (1)

About

Why this artist matters now

Ken Heyman was an American photographer and filmmaker whose work documented human life across cultures and continents from the 1950s onward. Operating primarily in black and white, he combined anthropological observation with formal compositional rigor, producing extended visual studies of daily labor, ritual, and childhood in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the United States. His photographs appeared in major publications and were exhibited internationally, establishing him as a significant figure in postwar humanist photography.

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Artworks (24)

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Artwork sources (2)

24 published of 41 catalogued · 34 with image
  • MoMA
    17 publishedof 34 catalogued34 img
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    7 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources
  • Negro Culture Rally, Central Park
    1973 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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  • JFK Funeral
    1963 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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  • Ex-Convict in a Lonely Halfway House Until He Finds a Job, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    1965 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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  • Street Dancer Executing Back Flip, New York
    1985 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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  • Men Smoking on the Porch of a Store, Appalachia
    1973 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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  • Lifelike Mannequin, NYC
    1981 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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  • A Man Holding His Nephew, Newark, New Jersey, USA
    1973 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Images

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People by a fence, France (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
People by a fence, France (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

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Movements1
Photography
Collections2
Cleveland Museum of ArtMuseum of Modern Art
Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Exhibitions and timeline

Group ExhibitionThe Photographer's Eye
New York · 1964
Group ExhibitionEdward Steichen Photography Center
New York · 1964
Group ExhibitionFive Unrelated Photographers
New York · 1963
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