Artworks · Nathan Lerner

Wall Spirit

1983 · Chromogenic print

Image: 16.3 × 24.2 cm (6 7/16 × 9 9/16 in.); Paper: 20.4 × 25.3 cm (8 1/16 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Kabuki

1981 · Chromogenic print

Image: 22.8 × 34.2 cm (9 × 13 1/2 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.3 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mishima, Tokyo

1978 · Gelatin silver print, No. 15 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 26.8 × 35.8 cm (10 9/16 × 14 1/8 in.); Paper: 40.5 × 50.4 cm (16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hyde Park, London

1978 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20 × 16 cm (7 7/8 × 6 5/16 in.); Paper: 34.4 × 27.8 cm (13 9/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Twittering Bird

1978 · Chromogenic print

Image: 24 × 16.5 cm (9 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.); Paper: 25 × 17.4 cm (9 7/8 × 6 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Shopping Bag, Tokyo

1976 · Gelatin silver print, No. 13 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 23.3 × 32.7 cm (9 3/16 × 12 7/8 in.); Paper: 40.4 × 50.4 cm (15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Stone Cloud, Nagasaki

1976 · Gelatin silver print, No. 14 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 24.1 × 34.6 cm (9 1/2 × 13 5/8 in.); Paper: 40.4 × 50.3 cm (15 15/16 × 19 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dangerous Flower

1976 · Dye imbibition

Image: 29.1 × 43.1 cm (11 1/2 × 17 in.); Paper: 40.3 × 50.5 cm (15 7/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Three Fish, Yugawara, Japan

1974 · Gelatin silver print, No. 12 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 25 × 35.3 cm (9 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.); Paper: 40.5 × 50.4 cm (16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Tokyo Crossing

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 19.2 × 25 cm (7 9/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Paper: 20.1 × 25.4 cm (7 15/16 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

"The Beatles," Japan

1970 · gelatin silver print

Paper: 20 x 25.4 cm (7 7/8 x 10 in.); Image: 17.2 x 22.8 cm (6 3/4 x 9 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Lerner Chair Print, Student Project, Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois

1946 · Silkscreen in blue, yellow, and black inks on cream wove paper

48.3 × 63.7 cm (19 × 25 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Coney Island

1944 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 23.9 × 23 cm (9 7/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Paper: 28 × 30.8 cm (11 1/16 × 12 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

City Light Box Study, New York

1944 · Gelatin silver print, No. 10 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 33.5 × 24.2 cm (13 1/4 × 9 9/16 in.); Paper: 50.4 × 40.4 cm (19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Provincetown Patterns, Provincetown, Mass.

1944 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.8 × 24.6 cm (7 1/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 × 25.3 cm (8 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Shadow

1943 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 31.5 × 25 cm (12 7/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Paper: 35.4 × 27.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Eye on Window, New York

1943 · Gelatin silver print, No. 11 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 33.1 × 37.1 cm (13 1/16 × 14 5/8 in.); Paper: 40.5 × 50.4 cm (16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Gordon Webber, Chicago

1940 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 16.8 × 11.8 cm (6 5/8 × 4 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

School of Design

1940 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 13.4 × 10.6 cm (5 5/16 × 4 3/16 in.); Mount: 23 × 35.8 cm (9 1/16 × 14 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plaster Hand and Screen

1940 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 23.4 × 30.2 cm (9 1/4 × 11 15/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Face and Sandpaper

1940 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 25.1 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.); Paper: 35.4 × 28 cm (13 15/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Eye and Finger, Chicago

1940 · Gelatin silver print, No. 9 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 40 × 30.2 cm (15 3/4 × 11 15/16 in.); Paper: 50.4 × 40.6 cm (19 7/8 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Charley's Eye: Focused View for Camera, Chicago

1940 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.4 × 18.5 cm (8 7/8 × 7 5/16 in.); Paper: 25.5 × 20.4 cm (10 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Light Box Experiment: Eye and String

1939 · gelatin silver print

Paper: 40.3 x 51 cm (15 7/8 x 20 1/16 in.); Image: 37.8 x 48 cm (14 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Eye and Barbed Wire

1939 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 7.2 × 10.4 cm (2 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Light Drawing #3

1939 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper/mount: 50.9 × 66.3 cm (20 1/16 × 26 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Light Drawing

1939 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper/mount: 50.7 × 71.3 cm (20 × 28 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Light Experiment: Wooden Dowels, Chicago

1939 · Gelatin silver print, No. 8 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 27.1 × 41 cm (10 11/16 × 16 3/16 in.); Paper: 40.5 × 50.5 cm (16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Brown's Face

1939 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 50.8 × 41.7 cm (20 × 16 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Penlight Drawing

1939 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 8 × 11.8 cm (3 3/16 × 4 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Paper on String, Chicago

1938 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 50.8 × 40.5 cm (20 × 16 in.); Mount: 56 × 45 cm (22 1/16 × 17 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Paper on String, Chicago

1938 · Gelatin silver print, No. 7 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 29.5 × 40.3 cm (11 5/8 × 15 7/8 in.); Paper: 40.5 × 50.5 cm (16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Light Forms

1937 · gelatin silver print

Paper: 25.1 x 20.3 cm (9 7/8 x 8 in.); Image: 21.4 x 17.6 cm (8 7/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Shoes

1937 · gelatin silver print

Paper: 20.3 x 25.3 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.); Image: 16.4 x 23.2 cm (6 7/16 x 9 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Eye in Mouth

1937 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 14.2 × 10.3 cm (5 5/8 × 4 1/16 in.); Paper: 17.7 × 12.9 cm (7 × 5 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Light Volume, Chicago

1937 · Gelatin silver print, No. 6 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 28.9 × 40.3 cm (11 7/16 × 15 7/8 in.); Paper: 40.4 × 50.4 cm (15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cakes in Window, New York

1937 · Gelatin silver print, No. 5 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 17 × 26.6 cm (6 3/4 × 10 1/2 in.); Paper: 40.5 × 50.5 cm (16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Man in Doorway

1937 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 15.5 × 27.8 cm (6 1/8 × 11 in.); Paper: 20 × 32.7 cm (7 7/8 × 12 7/8 in.)

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Untitled

1937 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 10.7 × 11.9 cm (4 1/4 × 4 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Children and Mask, Chicago

1936 · Gelatin silver print, No. 4 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 32.3 × 24.6 cm (12 3/4 × 9 11/16 in.); Paper: 50.3 × 40.4 cm (19 13/16 × 15 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Uncommon Man, Chicago

1936 · Gelatin silver print, No. 2 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 22.6 × 31 cm (8 15/16 × 12 1/4 in.); Paper: 40.4 × 50.4 cm (15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Roundhouse, Chicago

1936 · Gelatin silver print, No. 1 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 38.3 × 30.6 cm (15 1/8 × 12 1/16 in.); Paper: 50.4 × 40.4 cm (19 7/8 × 15 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1936 · Gelatin silver print, No. 7 from the portfolio "Maxwell Street Collection" (2005)

Image: 22.7 × 30.2 cm (8 15/16 × 11 15/16 in.); Paper: 27.7 × 35.5 cm (10 15/16 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Man with Greasy Coat

1935 · gelatin silver print

Paper: 25.5 x 20.2 cm (10 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.); Image: 22 x 18 cm (8 11/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Car Light Study #3

1935 · gelatin silver print

Paper: 40.4 x 50.8 cm (15 7/8 x 20 in.); Image: 27.5 x 39.5 cm (10 13/16 x 15 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

El Platform

1935 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 9.6 × 8 cm (3 13/16 × 3 3/16 in.); Mount: 43.2 × 35.7 cm (17 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Swimmer, Chicago

1935 · Gelatin silver print, No. 3 from the portfolio "Nathan Lerner Fifteen Photographs: 1935-1978" (1978)

Image: 35.2 × 23.4 cm (13 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.); Paper: 50.5 × 40.5 cm (19 15/16 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Optima

1935 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 9.2 × 14.7 cm (3 5/8 × 5 13/16 in.); Mount: 43.2 × 35.3 cm (17 1/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago