Art Institute of Chicago

Ironwork

Lee Miller · 1931

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

Art Institute of Chicago, “Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection: Starting with Atget,” December 11, 1976–February 20, 1977; traveled to the International Center of Photography, New York, April 21-May 29, 1977; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, November 4-December 18 1977; Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 13-Ferbruary 26, 1978; Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois, March 16-April 30, 1978; and Cincinnati Art Museum, November 17-December 24, 1978. (David Travis)
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery, "L'Amour Fou: Photography and Surrealism," September 14, 1985–November 17, 1985; traveled to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, December 13, 1985–February, 1986; Paris, France, Centre Georges Pompidou, April 15–June 16, 1985; London, England, Hayward Gallery, July 10–October 3, 1986.
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, "Lee Miller: Photographer," February 11-April 17, 1989; traveled to New Orleans Museum of Art, July 15-August 20, 1989; Minneapolis Institute of Art, November 4-January 7, 1990; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, February 2-April 1, 1990 (?); International Center of Photography, New York, April 13-June 10, 1990; Art Institute of Chicago, June 23-August 26, 1990; Santa Monica Museum of Art, September 16-November 4, 1990; Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan, January 26-February 25, 1991.
Columbus, Ohio, Wexner Center for the Arts, "Staging Surrealism: A Succession of Collections 2," September 20, 1997–January 4, 1998.
London, England, Victoria & Albert Museum, "The Art of Lee Miller," September 15, 2007–January 6, 2008; traveled to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, January 26– April 27, 2008; San Francisco Museum of Art, May 29–September 2, 2008; Paris, France, Jeu de Paume, October 14, 2008–January 11, 2009.
San Francisco, California, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, "Man Ray/Lee Miller: Partners in Surrealism," July 14, 2012-October 12, 2012. (Julian Cox)

Literature

Published references

Travis, David. 1976. “Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection: Starting with Atget.” Exh. cat. p. 18, cat. 84.
Krauss, Rosalind and Jane Livingston. 1985. "L'Amour Fou - Photography and Surrealism." Cross River Press, Ltd. Exh. cat. p. 222, fig. 206
Livingston, Jane. 1989. “Lee Miller: Photographer.” Exh. cat. California/International Arts Foundation/Thames and Hudson. p. 30. (alternate title, alternate date)
Haworth-Booth, Mark. 2007. "The Art of Lee Miller." Exh. cat. V&A Publications/Yale University Press. p. 65, fig. 49.

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