Nude Bent Forward, Paris by Lee Miller
Art Institute of Chicago

Nude Bent Forward, Paris

Lee Miller · c. 1930

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.
  • New York, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, "Convulsive Beauty: The Impact of Surrealism on American Art," June 23–August 27, 1988.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, "Sights Unseen: Photographs from the Permanent Collection," October 16-March 13, 1994.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, "Brassai and Company," January 24-May 17, 1998. (David Travis)
  • London, England, Tate Modern, "Surrealism: Desire Unbound," September 20–December 16, 2001; traveled to Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 28–May 6, 2002.
  • Los Angeles, CA, J. Paul Getty Museum, "Surrealist Muse: Lee Miller, Roland Penrose, Man Ray, 1925–1945," February 25–June 15, 2003.
  • 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)
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 10 Permanent Collection Rotation, November 23, 2013–May 4, 2014.

Literature

Published references

  • Rosalind, Krauss and Jane Livingston. 1985. "L'Amour Fou: Photography and Surrealism." Cross River Press, Ltd. Exh. cat. p. 151, fig. 133.
  • Livingston, Jane. 1989. "Lee Miller: Photographer." California/International Arts Foundation/Thames and Hudson Inc. p. 24.
  • Haworth-Booth, Mark. 2007. "The Art of Lee Miller." Exh. cat. V&A Publications/Yale University Press. p. 86, fig. 70.

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