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HIGHLIGHTS Winter 18 www.antiquesandfineart.com Paul Strand: Master of Modern Photography October 21, 2014–January 4, 2015 Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA 19130 For information visit www.philamuseum.org or call 215.763.8100 The first major retrospective in almost fifty years devoted to one of the greatest photographers in the history of the medium, will follow the evolution and subject matter of photographer Paul Strand. The exhibition will explore the remarkable evolution of Strand’s work, from the breakthrough moment in the second decade of the twentieth century when he brought his art to the brink of abstraction to his broader vision of the place of photography in the modern world, which he would develop over the course of a career that spanned six decades. This exhibition, which celebrates the museum’s acquisition of 3,000 prints from the Paul Strand Archives, will examine every aspect of Strand’s work, from his early efforts to establish photography as a major independent art form and his embrace of filmmaking as a powerful medium capable of broad public impact to his masterful extended portraits of people and places that would often take compelling shape in the form of printed books and must be considered among his greatest achievements. Paul Strand: Master of Modern Photograph y also places his work alongside a group of paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe, Marsden Hartley, Arthur Dove, and John Marin. These juxtapositions will reveal the rich interaction between Strand and his friends and peers during this time. The exhibition will also present three of Strands most significant films. The Family, Luzzara (The Lusettis), 1953 (negative); mid- to late 1960s (print). Paul Strand, American, 1890–1976. Gelatin silver print, Image: 117⁄16 x 149⁄16 inches (29 x 37 cm), Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Paul Strand Collection, purchased with funds contributed by Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner, 1972. © Estate of Paul Strand. PHILIP H. BRADLEY CO. 1101 East Lancaster Avenue (Route 30) Downingtown, Pennsylvania 19335 Telephone: (610)269-0427 Email: philipbradleyantiques@verizon.net Web site: www.incollect.com/philiphbradleycoantiques Yellow pine with oak turnings: originally painted Height 23˙" Width 21" Depth 14" A Delaware Valley Joint Stool, Circa 1725