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Modern Photographs from the Thomas Walther Collection, 1909-1949

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, December 13, 2014 - April 19, 2015

1. The Modern World

GUSTAV KLUTSIS (Latvian, 1895–1938)

Postcard for the All Union Spartakiada Sporting Event

1928

Offset lithograph

5 3/4 x 4 1/8" (14.1 x 10.5 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase



1928

Offset lithograph

5 3/4 x 4 1/8" (14.1 x 10.5 cm)




1928

Offset lithograph

5 3/4 x 4 1/8" (14.1 x 10.5 cm)




1928

Offset lithograph

5 3/4 x 4 1/8" (14.1 x 10.5 cm)




1928

Offset lithograph

5 3/4 x 4 1/8" (14.1 x 10.5 cm)


12/8/2014 Modern Photographs from the Thomas Walther Collection, 1909-1949



1928

Offset lithograph

5 3/4 x 4 1/8" (14.1 x 10.5 cm)




1928

Offset lithograph

5 3/4 x 4 1/8" (14.1 x 10.5 cm)


ALEKSANDR RODCHENKO (Russian, 1891–1956)

VARVARA STEPANOVA (Russian, 1894–1958)

SSSR na Stroike (USSR in Construction)

1935

Journal, printed in photogravure

page (each approx.): 16 9/16 x 11 7/16" (42 x 29 cm); page (two-page spread): 16 9/16 x 23 1/4" (42 x 59 cm); overall: 16 9/16 x 11 5/8" (42 x 29.5 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Harvey S. Shipley Miller Fund


VARVARA STEPANOVA (Russian, 1894–1958)

SSSR na Stroike (USSR in Construction)

December 1935

Journal with inserts and folded spreads, printed in photogravure

page (each approx.): 16 9/16 x 11 5/8" (42 x 29.5 cm); page (two-page spread): 16 9/16 x 24 7/16" (42 x 62 cm); overall: 16 9/16 x 11 13/16" (42 x 30 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Harvey S. Shipley Miller Fund

WILLI RUGE (German, 1882–1961)

Weekly Illustrated

August 20, 1935

The Museum of Modern Art, New York.


A Snapshot by My Colleague

(Ein Schnappschuss meines Kollegen)

1931

Gelatin silver print

5 9/16 × 8" (14.1 × 20.3 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther



The Decisive Command from the Pilot to Jump

(Das entscheidende Kommando des Piloten zum Loslassen)

1931


5 9/16 × 8 1/16" (14.2 × 20.4 cm)



Meanwhile, on the Ground . . .

(Unterdessen auf der Erde . . .)

1931


5 9/16 × 8 1/16" (14.2 × 20.4 cm)



The First Pilot Giving Out the Safety Line . . .

(Der Chefpilot beim Nachgeben der Fangleine . . .)

1931


5 9/16 × 8" (14.2 × 20.3 cm)



The Moment of the Jump

(Der Moment des Absprungs)

1931


5 9/16 × 8 1/16" (14.2 × 20.4 cm)



I Decided to Jump Headfirst

(Ich entschlosse mich zu einem hechtsprungartigen Absprung)

1931


8 1/16 × 5 9/16" (20.4 × 14.2 cm)




Photo of Myself at the Moment of My Jump

(Selbstfoto im Moment des Abspringens)

1931


5 9/16 × 8 1/16" (14.2 × 20.4 cm)



With My Head Hanging Down before the Parachute Opened . . .

(Mit dem Kopf nach unten hängend, bei ungeöffnetem Fallschirm . . .)

1931


5 1/2 × 8" (14 × 20.3 cm)



This Moment Was Decisive . . .

(Dieser Augenblick war entscheidend . . .)

1931


5 3/8 × 7 15/16" (13.7 × 20.1 cm)



Seconds before Landing Seconds before Landing _from the series_ I Photograph Myself during a Parachute Jump (Ich fotografiere mich beim Absturz mit dem Fallschirm) (Sekunden vor der Landung)

(Sekunden vor der Landung)

1931


8 1/16 × 5 9/16" (20.4 × 14.1 cm) (irreg.)



The Dangerous Situation above the High-Voltage Lines . . .

(Die gefährliche Situation über der Hochspannungsleitung . . .)

1931


5 9/16 × 8 1/16" (14.2 × 20.5 cm)




With a Shattered Shinbone between Tables and Garden Chairs

(Mit’n zerschlagenem Schienbein zwischen Tischen und Gartenstühlen)

1931


5 9/16 × 8 1/16" (14.2 × 20.4 cm)



After the Jump

(Nach dem Absprung)

1931


5 5/8 × 8 1/16" (14.3 × 20.5 cm)


UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER

Aerial Incendiary Bombs

1917–18


15 1/2 × 11" (39.4 × 27.9 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Edward Steichen, by exchange


British 'Chute Jumpers

1937


5 15/16 x 6 15/16" (15.1 x 17.6 cm)


ROBERT PETSCHOW (German, 1888–1945)

Ice Floes on the Elbe

(Eisgang in der Elbe)

1924


3 5/16 × 4 1/2" (8.4 × 11.5 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Mrs. Mervyn Palmer and Eliot Porter, by exchange



Lines of Modern Industry: Cooling Tower

(Linien der modernen Industrie: Kühlturmanlage)

1920–29


3 3/8 × 4 1/2" (8.5 × 11.5 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Albert Renger-Patzsch, by exchange


Chicken Farm in Snow

(Hühnerfarm im Schnee)

c. 1930


3 5/16 × 4 1/2" (8.4 × 11.5 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Wynn Bullock and Homer Page, by exchange


The Course of the Mulde with Sand Deposits in the Curves

(Der Lauf der Mulde mit Versandungen in den Windungen)

1920–33


3 3/8 × 4 1/2" (8.5 × 11.5 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Albert Renger-Patzsch, by exchange


Dive

(Pryzhok v vodu)

1934


11 11/16 x 9 3/8" (29.7 x 23.8 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange


Dive

(Pryzhok v vodu)

1934


11 3/4 × 9 5/16" (29.9 × 23.6 cm)



MARTIN MUNKÁCSI (American, born Hungary. 1896–1963)

Untitled

(Der besiegte Torwart)

1925–28


11 3/4 × 15 11/16" (29.8 × 39.8 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Abbott-Levy Collection funds, by exchange

LENI RIEFENSTAHL (German, 1902–2003)

Eight Metre Boats Crowding at the Turning Point

(Achter drängen sich an der Wendemarke)

August 1936


8 11/16 x 11 5/16" (22 x 28.8 cm)



Nocturnal Start of Decathlon 1,500m Race

(Nächtlicher Start zum 1500-m-Lauf des Zehnkampfes)

August 1936


9 5/16 x 11 3/4" (23.7 x 29.8 cm)



Untitled

1936


9 3/16 x 11 5/8" (23.4 x 29.5 cm)



Kaarlo Toivonen–Finland, Bronze Medal

(Kaarlo Toivonen–Finnland, Bronzemedaille)

August 1936


10 7/8 × 8 5/8" (27.6 × 21.9 cm)



KATE STEINITZ (American, born Germany. 1889–1975)

Backstroke

(Rückenschwimmerinnen)

1930


10 1/2 × 13 7/16" (26.6 × 34.1 cm)


JOHN GUTMANN (American, born Germany. 1905–1998)

Class

1935


8 3/4 × 7 9/16" (22.3 × 19.2 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. The Family of Man Fund

WANDA WULZ (Italian, 1903–1984)

Exercise

(Esercizio)

1932


11 1/2 × 8 5/8" (29.2 × 21.9 cm)



2. Purisms

ANNE W. BRIGMAN (American, born Hawaii. 1869–1950)

A Study in Radiation

1924


7 11/16 × 9 3/4" (19.6 × 24.8 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Mrs. B. S. Sexton and Mina Turner, by exchange

GEORGE H. SEELEY (American, 1880–1955)

Landscape with Birch Trees

1910s

Gum dichromate over platinum print

7 5/8 × 9 5/8" (19.3 × 24.4 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Mina Turner, by exchange

ALFRED STIEGLITZ (American, 1864–1946)

Music—A Sequence of Ten Cloud Photographs, No. 1

1922


7 9/16 × 9 1/2" (19.2 × 24.2 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of David H. McAlpin and Alfred Stieglitz, by exchange

BERNARD SHEA HORNE (American, 1867–1933)

Untitled

1916–17

Platinum print

8 1/16 × 6 1/8" (20.5 × 15.5 cm)



Untitled

1916–17

Platinum print

8 x 6 1/8" (20.3 x 15.5 cm)




Roll Film Holder

1916–17

Platinum print

6 1/4" (15.9 cm)



Design

1916–17

Platinum print

7 15/16 x 6 1/8" (20.2 x 15.5 cm)


PAUL STRAND (American, 1890–1976)

Porch Railings, Twin Lakes, Connecticut

1916

Silver platinum print

12 15/16 × 9 11/16" (32.8 × 24.6 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel

14-132

JAROMÍR FUNKE (Czech, 1896–1945)

Plates

(Talíře)

1923–24


8 7/16 × 11 9/16" (21.5 × 29.3 cm)


JAROMÍR FUNKE (Czech, 1896–1945)

Still Life. Frames

(Zátiší. Rámy)

1924


8 7/16 × 11 5/8" (21.5 × 29.5 cm)



JAROSLAV RÖSSLER (Czech, 1902–1990)

Untitled

1924

Pigment print

9 1/16 × 9 1/16" (23 × 23 cm)



Untitled

1924

Gelatin silver print with paper border

9 1/16 × 9 3/4" (23 × 24.8 cm)


THEODORE ROSZAK (American, born Poland. 1907–1981)

Untitled (Photogram)

1937–39


9 15/16 × 7 15/16" (25.2 × 20.2 cm)



Untitled

1923–25


8 11/16 × 8 9/16" (22.1 × 21.8 cm)


MANUEL ÁLVAREZ BRAVO (Mexican, 1902–2002)

A Fish Called Sierra

(Un pez que llaman sierra)

1944


9 1/2 x 7 1/4" (24.1 x 18.4 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Edward Steichen Estate and gift of Mrs. Flora S. Straus, by exchange



Somewhat Gay and Graceful

(Un poco alegre y graciosa)

1942


6 5/8 × 9 1/2" (16.9 × 24.2 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Grace M. Mayer Fund


Day of Glory

(Día de gloria)

1940s


6 3/4 × 9 1/2" (17.2 × 24.2 cm)


EDWARD WESTON (American, 1886–1958)

Attic

1921

Palladium print

7 7/16 × 9 7/16" (18.9 × 23.9 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Grace M. Mayer Fund and gift of Mrs. Mary Donant and Carl Sandburg, by exchange


Steel: Armco, Middletown, Ohio

October 1922

Palladium print

9 1/16 × 6 7/8" (23 × 17.4 cm)



Tina

1924

(nude on azotea)

Palladium print

8 7/16 x 6 1/8" (21.5 x 15.5 cm)




Untitled

1923–27

(hand pressing against breast)


9 1/2 x 7 1/2" (24.2 x 19 cm)



Cloud, Mexico

July 1924

Palladium print

6 15/16 x 9 7/16" (17.6 x 23.9 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of David H. McAlpin, by exchange


Boat, San Francisco

1925


9 5/16 x 7 9/16" (23.7 x 19.2 cm)



Tina

January 30, 1924


9 1/16 x 6 7/8" (23 x 17.5 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Grace M. Mayer Fund and The Fellows of Photography Fund, by exchange


Shells

1927


9 1/2 x 7 1/2" (24.1 x 19 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Grace M. Mayer Fund and gift of Albert M. Bender and Merle Armitage, by exchange



Georgia O'Keeffe: A Portrait

1918

Palladium print

9 5/16 × 7 3/8" (23.6 × 18.7 cm)


PAUL STRAND (American, 1890–1976)

Rebecca

1922

Palladium print

9 9/16 × 7 5/8" (24.3 × 19.3 cm)


KARL BLOSSFELDT (German, 1865–1932)

Adiantum pedatum

(Adiantum pedatum [Junge gerollte Blätter in 8facher Vergrößerung])

1898–1926


11 11/16 × 9 3/8" (29.7 × 23.8 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of James Thrall Soby, by exchange


Saxifraga wilkommiana

(Saxifraga wilkommiana [Steinbrech. Blattrosette in 10facher Vergrößerung])

1898–1928


11 5/8 x 9 5/16" (29.5 x 23.6 cm)



Acanthus mollis

(Acanthus mollis [Akanthus, Bärenklau. Deckblätter, die Blüten sind entfernt, in 4facher Vergrößerung])

1898–1928


11 3/4 × 9 3/8" (29.8 × 23.8 cm)




Equisetum hyemale

(Equisetum hyemale [Winter-Schachtelhalm in 25facher Vergrößerung])

1898–1928


23 7/16 × 9 5/16" (59.5 × 23.7 cm)



3. Here Comes New Photographer

LÁSZLÓ MOHOLY-NAGY (American, born Hungary. 1895–1946)

Nickel Construction

[Nickelplastik]

1921

Nickel plated iron, welded

14 1/8 x 6 7/8 x 9 3/8" (35.9 x 17.5 x 23.8 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Mrs. Sibyl Moholy-Nagy

14-50


Spatial Construction no. 12

[Prostranstvennaia konstruktsiia n. 12]

c. 1920

Plywood, open construction partially painted with aluminum paint, and wire

24 x 33 x 18 1/2" (61 x 83.7 x 47 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquisition made possible through the extraordinary efforts of George and Zinaida Costakis, and through the Nate B. and Frances Spingold, Matthew H. and Erna Futter, and Enid A. Haupt Funds

14-52

EDWARD W. QUIGLEY (American, 1898–1977)

Vortex

January 1932


13 3/4 x 10 13/16" (34.9 x 27.4 cm)


FRANZ ROH (German, 1890–1965)

Untitled

1928–33


8 15/16 × 6 1/4" (22.7 × 15.8 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Bequest of Arthur M. Bullowa, by exchange


Untitled

1928–33


5 3/4 × 8 3/4" (14.6 × 22.2 cm) (irreg.)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman F. Donant, by exchange



Actress

(Schauspielerin)

1928–33


6 1/8 × 8 3/8" (15.6 × 21.2 cm)



Untitled

1928–33


4 × 9 3/16" (10.1 × 23.3 cm) (irreg.)



Architecture

(Architektur)

1928–33


5 7/8 × 8 3/4" (14.9 × 22.3 cm) (irreg.)



Under Water

(Unter Wasser)

1928–29

Nine gelatin silver prints, paper, and pencil

8 1/16 × 5 15/16" (20.4 × 15.1 cm)


EDMUND KESTING (German, 1892–1970)

Photogram Lightbulb

(Fotogramm Glühbirne)

1927


11 5/8 × 15 5/8" (29.6 × 39.7 cm)




Lightbulb

(Glühbirne [Fotogram])

1928–33


7 3/16 x 9 7/16" (18.2 x 23.9 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Willys P. Wagner and Mrs. Gerald F. Warburg, by exchange

GEORGES BLANC (French)

Untitled

c. 1930

(Light Bulb)


6 5/16 × 8 3/8" (16.1 × 21.2 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Mrs. Charles Liebman Fund, by exchange

HANS FINSLER (Swiss, 1891–1972)

Incandescent Lamp

(Glühbirne)

1928


14 1/2 × 9 3/4" (36.9 × 24.7 cm)


ADOLF NAVARA (Czech, active c. 1930s)

Untitled

c. 1930


11 5/8 x 9" (29.5 x 22.8 cm)


MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE (American, 1904–1971)

Untitled

February 1931


13 3/16 x 9 3/16" (33.5 x 23.4 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of James N. Rosenberg, by exchange



Ellipsoid

1931


13 1/4 × 10 5/8" (33.7 × 27 cm)


WILLY ZIELKE (German, 1902–1989)

Glass (Study)

(Glas [Studie])

1929


9 5/16 × 6 15/16" (23.6 × 17.7 cm)


HEINZ LOEW (German, 1903–1981)

Untitled

c. 1928


6 5/8 × 9" (16.9 × 22.9 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Stephen R. Currier Memorial Fund and gift of Art News Magazine, by exchange

BLANC ET DEMILLY (French, active 1924–1962)

THÉO BLANC (French, 1891–1985)

ANTOINE DEMILLY (French, 1892–1964)

Lustucru Pasta

(Lustucru pâtes aux oeufs frais)

1930


10 3/16 × 14 13/16" (25.8 × 37.7 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Mrs. Ralph Seward Allen, by exchange

HANS RICHTER (American, born Germany. 1888–1976)

Untitled still from Film Study (Filmstudie) (1928)

1927


2 7/8 x 3 7/8" (7.3 x 9.8 cm)



HANNES MEYER (Swiss, 1889–1954)

Film

(Der Film)

1926

Two gelatin silver prints mounted on white cardboard

11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.6 × 21 cm)


ISTVÁN KERNY (Hungarian, 1879–1963)

Neptune

(Neptun [A nyolcfejű embercsillag])

1916


6 5/16" (16 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Robert Capa, by exchange

JÓZSEF PÉCSI (Hungarian, 1889–1956)

Newspaper Propaganda

(Újságreklám)

1928


10 11/16 x 7 5/8" (27.2 x 19.4 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Paul C. Kovi Fund

FRANTIŠEK VOBECKÝ (Czech, 1902–1991)

Untitled (Self-Portrait)

1935


9 5/16 × 6 3/4" (23.6 × 17.2 cm)


FLORENCE HENRI (Swiss, born America. 1893–1982)

Composition No. 19

1928–30


10 5/16 × 14 3/8" (26.2 × 36.5 cm)



AUREL BAUH (French, born Romania. 1900–1964)

Untitled

1929–32


11 9/16 × 9 3/16" (29.4 × 23.3 cm)


FRANCISZKA THEMERSON (British, born Poland. 1907–1988)

STEFAN THEMERSON (British, born Poland. 1910–1988)

Untitled, from Moment Musical (Drobiazg Melodyjny) (1933)

1933

Gelatin silver prints on white cardboard

14 7/8 × 15 3/8" (37.8 × 39 cm)


ANDREAS WALSER (Swiss, 1908–1930)

Photogram

(Fotogramm)

1929


7 x 9 3/8" (17.8 x 23.8 cm)


ALVIN LANGDON COBURN (American, 1882–1966)

Vortograph

1916–17


11 1/8 x 8 3/8" (28.2 x 21.2 cm)


14-119

FRANCIS BRUGUIÈRE (American, 1879–1945)

Violent Intervention

1925–29


9 7/16 x 7 7/16" (24 x 18.9 cm)



OSKAR NERLINGER (German, 1893–1969)

Motorcycle in the Race

(Motorrad im Rennen)

1925


8 11/16 × 6 7/8" (22 × 17.4 cm)


OSKAR NERLINGER (German, 1893–1969)

Photogram Signet

(Fotogramm-Signet)

1925–29


9 3/8 x 7" (23.8 x 17.8 cm)


JÓZSEF PÉCSI (Hungarian, 1889–1956)

Untitled

1926

(Ödön Palasovszky)


3 3/4 × 3 1/4" (9.5 × 8.3 cm)


GYULA PAP (Hungarian, 1899–1983)

Untitled

1928


2 5/16 x 2 3/16" (5.8 x 5.6 cm)


EDMUND COLLEIN (German, 1906–1992)

HEINZ LOEW (German, 1903–1981)

Untitled

1927–28


4 1/2 × 3 3/8" (11.5 × 8.6 cm)



IWAO YAMAWAKI (Japanese, 1898–1987)

Portrait of a Man Smoking

1931


4 3/16 x 3 1/8" (10.7 x 8 cm)


EL LISSITZKY (Russian, 1890–1941)

Kurt Schwitters

1924


4 1/4 × 3 7/8" (10.8 × 9.8 cm)



Constructivist Portrait of Joe Oliver

1933


2 11/16 x 2 3/16" (6.8 x 5.6 cm)


ANTON GIULIO BRAGAGLIA (Italian, 1890–1960)

ARTURO BRAGAGLIA (Italian, 1893–1962)

The Smoker–The Match–The Cigarette

(Il fumatore–il cerino–la sigaretta)

1911


4 5/16 x 4 1/8" (11 x 10.4 cm)



Vortograph of Ezra Pound

1916–17


2 15/16 × 3 15/16" (7.5 × 10 cm)



4. Artist's Life

ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (American, born Hungary. 1894–1985)

Magda, Mme Beöthy, M. Beöthy, and Unknown Guest, Paris

1926–29


3 1/8 × 3 7/8" (7.9 × 9.8 cm)



Etienne Beöthy in His Studio

1928


3 9/16 x 3 1/8" (9.1 x 7.9 cm)



Fork

1928


2 3/4 x 3 5/8" (7 x 9.2 cm)



Paul Dermée, Enrico Prampolini, Michel Seuphor

1927


3 1/16 × 3 7/8" (7.8 × 9.9 cm)



Untitled

July 1927


2 15/16 × 2 3/16" (7.4 × 5.5 cm)




Léger Studio

1927


4 1/16 × 3 1/8" (10.3 × 7.9 cm)



Chez Mondrian

1926


4 1/4 × 3 1/16" (10.8 × 7.8 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Grace M. Mayer Fund and gift of the photographer, by exchange


Mondrian

1926


4 5/16 × 3 1/8" (10.9 × 7.9 cm)



Mondrian's Studio

1926


4 3/16 x 2 5/8" (10.7 x 6.6 cm)



Mondrian's Glasses and Pipe

1926


3 1/8 × 3 11/16" (7.9 × 9.3 cm)




Mlle. Jaffée

1926


6 1/4 x 5 11/16" (15.8 x 14.5 cm)



Magda Förstner

1926


3 9/16 × 1 1/2" (9.1 × 3.8 cm)



At Zadkine's

1926


4 1/8 x 2 5/8" (10.5 x 6.7 cm)



Portrait of Mme. R.

1926


8 7/16 x 5 1/16" (21.4 x 12.9 cm)



Géza Blattner

1925


3 1/16 × 3 1/4" (7.7 × 8.2 cm)




Bocskay-tér, Budapest

1914


1 7/16 × 2 1/16" (3.7 × 5.2 cm)



Latin Quarter

1927


3 7/8 × 3 1/16" (9.8 × 7.8 cm)



White Party, Dessau

(Weißes Fest, Dessau)

March 20, 1926


3 x 1 15/16" (7.6 x 5 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Acquired through the generosity of Howard Stein

ERICH COMERINER (German, born Austria. 1907–1978)

Naftaly Rubinstein, Warsaw

May 1928


4 1/4 × 3 1/4" (10.8 × 8.2 cm)


LOTTE (CHARLOTTE) BEESE (German, 1903–1988)

Untitled

1926–28

(Beese's studio in the Bauhaus)


4 7/16 × 3 5/16" (11.3 × 8.4 cm)



PAUL CITROEN (Dutch, born Germany. 1896–1983)

Friends

(Freundinnen)

1930


9 3/8 × 7 1/16" (23.8 × 18 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Frederick Sommer, by exchange

LOTTE (CHARLOTTE) BEESE (German, 1903–1988)

Untitled

1928


3 5/16" (8.4 cm)


IRENE BAYER-HECHT (American, 1898–1991)

Untitled

March 16, 1927


3 x 4 1/8" (7.6 x 10.5 cm)



Lunch (12–2 p.m.)

(Mittagessen [12–2 Uhr])

1931


6 7/16 × 4 5/8" (16.3 × 11.7 cm)


GERTRUD ARNDT (German, 1903–2000)

At the Masters' Houses

(An den Meisterhäusern)

1929–30


8 7/8 x 6 1/4" (22.6 x 15.8 cm)



ERICH COMERINER (German, born Austria. 1907–1978)

Untitled

1927–28


3 1/4 × 4 5/16" (8.2 × 11 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of the Estate of Robert C. Weinberg, by exchange


Untitled

1931


8 11/16 x 6 1/2" (22 x 16.5 cm)


LUCIA MOHOLY (British, born Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). 1894–1989)

Bauhaus Workshop Building from Below. Oblique View.

(Werkstattgebäude von unten. Schrägaufnahme.)

September 1926


13 3/4 × 10 13/16" (35 × 27.5 cm)


HAJO ROSE (German, 1910–1989)

Untitled (Self-Portrait)

1931


9 7/16 × 7 1/16" (23.9 × 17.9 cm)


LYONEL FEININGER (American, 1871–1956)

Bauhaus

February 26, 1929


7 × 8 1/2" (17.8 × 21.6 cm)




Dessau

1931


10 7/16 × 8 3/8" (26.5 × 21.3 cm)


IRENE HOFFMANN (German, 1903–1971)

Bauhaus: View from the Workshops Building onto the Studio Building

(Bauhaus: Blick aus dem Werkstättengebäude auf das Atelierhaus)

1929–33


5 3/16 × 6 3/4" (13.2 × 17.1 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Leon Levinstein, by exchange

MAN RAY (EMMANUEL RADNITZKY) (American, 1890–1976)

MAN RAY (EMMANUEL RADNITZKY) (American, 1890–1976)

Three Heads

1920


8 1/8 x 6 3/16" (20.7 x 15.7 cm)


AUGUST SANDER (German, 1876–1964)

High School Student

(Gymnasiast)

1926


9 7/16 × 5 1/4" (24 × 13.4 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Edward Steichen, by exchange

AUGUST SANDER (German, 1876–1964)

Art Dealer

(Kunsthändler)

1928


8 5/8 x 5 7/16" (21.9 x 13.8 cm)



LOTTE JACOBI (American, born Germany. 1896–1990)

Franz Lederer

c. 1929


8 3/8 × 6 1/8" (21.3 × 15.5 cm)


FRIEDA GERTRUD RIESS (German, 1890–1957)

The Sculptor Renée Sintenis

(Die Bildhauerin Renée Sintenis)

1925


8 7/8 × 6 13/16" (22.6 × 17.3 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Bequest of Gertrude Palmer, by exchange

GERMAINE KRULL (Dutch, born Germany. 1897–1985)

Study

(Étude)

1931


8 7/16 x 6 1/16" (21.5 x 15.4 cm)


MARIANNE BRESLAUER (German, 1909–2001)

Paul Citroen

1928


8 5/16 × 6 3/4" (21.1 × 17.2 cm)


WALTER A. PETERHANS (American, born Germany. 1897–1960)

Andor Weininger, Berlin

1930


8 9/16 × 6 1/8" (21.7 × 15.6 cm)



EDWARD STEICHEN (American, born Luxembourg. 1879–1973)

Gertrude Lawrence

1928


9 7/16 × 7 9/16" (24 × 19.2 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Edward Steichen Estate and gift of Mrs. Flora S. Straus, by exchange

WERNER ROHDE (German, 1906–1990)

Untitled

1934


9 × 6 9/16" (22.8 × 16.7 cm)


ROGER PARRY (French, 1905–1977)

Robert Couturier

1931


9 × 6 3/4" (22.8 × 17.2 cm)


GERTRUDE LEROY BROWN (American, c. 1870–1934)

Max Weber

1914–16

Platinum print

8 1/8 × 6 1/8" (20.7 × 15.6 cm)


UMBO (OTTO UMBEHR) (German, 1902–1980)

Ruth Landshoff

(Ruth Landshoff [Die Hand])

1927


6 3/4 × 4 13/16" (17.2 × 12.2 cm)



LOTTE JACOBI (American, born Germany. 1896–1990)

Ilse Langner

c. 1930


8 7/8 × 6 1/2" (22.5 × 16.5 cm)



Jean Cocteau

1929


8 3/4 × 6 1/2" (22.3 × 16.5 cm)


BERENICE ABBOTT (American, 1898–1991)

James Joyce

1926


4 3/8 × 3 13/16" (11.1 × 9.7 cm) (irreg.)


OTTO LINDIG (German, 1895–1966)

Self-Portrait in Mirror

(Selbstporträt im Spiegel)

1925–30


5 11/16 × 3 3/4" (14.4 × 9.6 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Acquired through the generosity of Peter Norton


Untitled

1926


3 1/2 × 2 9/16" (8.9 × 6.5 cm)



LORE FEININGER (German, 1901–1991)

Erich Salomon

1929


9 1/8 x 6 1/2" (23.2 x 16.5 cm)




Untitled

1925


3 11/16 x 2 1/2" (9.3 x 6.3 cm)



Self-Portrait

1924


5 1/2 × 3 1/2" (13.9 × 8.9 cm)



Florence Henri

1927


14 5/8 × 11" (37.2 × 27.9 cm)


CLAUDE CAHUN (LUCY SCHWOB) (French, 1894–1954)

MARCEL MOORE (SUZANNE MALHERBE) (French, 1892–1972)

Untitled

1921–22


9 5/16 × 5 7/8" (23.7 × 15 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Mrs. Leon Dabo, by exchange


GEORGE PLATT LYNES (American, 1907–1955)

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1935


9 x 7 1/4" (22.8 x 18.4 cm)



Self-Portrait

(Selbstporträt)

1930


9 5/16 × 7 1/16" (23.6 × 17.9 cm)


TINA MODOTTI (Italian, 1896–1942)

Edward Weston

February 1924


7 3/8 × 8 7/8" (18.7 × 22.5 cm)


MAURICE TABARD (French, 1897–1984)

Untitled (Self-Portrait with Roger Parry)

1928–39


9 1/4 × 6 5/8" (23.5 × 16.8 cm)


EDWARD STEICHEN (American, born Luxembourg. 1879–1973)

Self-Portrait with Studio Camera

c. 1917


13 1/2 × 10 5/8" (34.3 × 27 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Sandro Mayer, by exchange


CHARLES SHEELER (American, 1883–1965)

African Musical Instrument

November 1917


9 1/8 x 6 3/4" (23.2 x 17.1 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Charles Sheeler and Samuel M. Kootz, by exchange

PETER A. JULEY (American, born Germany. 1862–1937)

Jean Crotti's Bust of Duchamp

(Portrait de Marcel Duchamp par Jean Crotti)

1915–16


9 3/4 × 7 3/4" (24.8 × 19.7 cm)


CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI (French, born Romania. 1876–1957)

Golden Bird

1920


9 × 6 3/4" (22.9 × 17.1 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. The Family of Man Fund and gift of Elizabeth Lorentz, by exchange

HANNES MEYER (Swiss, 1889–1954)

Co-op: 1926/III

1926


7 1/16 × 9 7/16" (18 × 23.9 cm)


GEORG MUCHE (German, 1895–1987)

Reflection: the Weaving Workshop in the Ball

(Spiegelung: die Webereiwerkstatt in der Kugel)

1921


6 1/4 × 4 11/16" (15.9 × 11.9 cm)



WALTER A. PETERHANS (American, born Germany. 1897–1960)

Waves of Sea and Gypsum

(Meeres und des Gipses Wellen)

1929–30


8 5/16 x 8 9/16" (21.1 x 21.8 cm)



5. Magic Realisms

AENNE BIERMANN (German, 1898–1933)

Summer Swimming

(Sommerbad)

1925–30


7 x 7 7/8" (17.8 x 20 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Bequest of Ilse Bing, by exchange

JACQUES-ANDRÉ BOIFFARD (French, 1902–1961)

Untitled

1929


12 5/16 × 10 11/16" (31.3 × 27.2 cm)


HARRY LACHMAN (American, 1886–1975)

Untitled still from The Magician (1926)

1925


8 15/16 x 11 5/16" (22.7 x 28.8 cm)



Warriorlike Face

(Kriegerisches Antlitz)

1926–27

(Paul Citroën)


6 13/16 × 4 13/16" (17.3 × 12.2 cm)


HELMAR LERSKI (Swiss, born Germany. 1871–1956)

Metamorphosis 601

(Metamorphose 601)

1936


11 7/16 × 9 1/16" (29 × 23 cm)



HELMAR LERSKI (Swiss, born Germany. 1871–1956)

Metamorphosis 599

(Metamorphose 599)

1936


11 1/2 × 9 1/8" (29.2 × 23.2 cm)


MAX BURCHARTZ (German, 1887–1961)

Lotte (Eye)

(Lotte [Auge])

1928


11 7/8 x 15 3/4" (30.2 x 40 cm)


STANISŁAW IGNACY WITKIEWICZ (Polish, 1885–1939)

Anna Oderfeld, Zakopane

1911–12


6 11/16 × 4 3/4" (17 × 12.1 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Mrs. Willard Helburn, by exchange

RAOUL HAUSMANN (German, born Austria. 1886–1971)

Untitled

1931


6 3/4 × 9 5/16" (17.2 × 23.6 cm)



Glance to the Sun

(Blick zur Sonne)

1928


13 1/16 x 14 1/2" (33.2 x 36.8 cm)




The Dancer Pomiès

(Der Tänzer Pomiès)

1929


9 7/16 × 7 1/16" (24 × 17.9 cm)



Untitled

1936

(profile of woman's head)


11 1/2 × 9 1/4" (29.2 × 23.5 cm)



Test for the Film "Culte Vaudou," Exposition 1937

(Essai pour le film "Culte Vaudou," Exposition 1937)

1936

Gelatin silver print with cellophane sheet

11 9/16 x 9 1/16" (29.3 x 23 cm)



Solarized Film

(Film solarisé [de “Culte Vaudou,” 1937])

1936


9 1/2 x 4 3/4" (24.1 x 12 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Robert Shapazian, by exchange


Untitled

1931

(photo-collage with lace figure)

Gelatin silver prints mounted on cardboard

9 7/16 × 7 13/16" (24 × 19.9 cm) (irreg.)




Untitled

1928

(hand on wall with shadow)


6 15/16 x 9" (17.7 x 22.9 cm)



Am I Beautiful?

(Suis-je belle?)

1929


9 5/16 × 6 15/16" (23.6 × 17.7 cm)


JEAN PAINLEVÉ (French, 1902–1989)

Mouth of a Fish

(Gueule de poisson [de face])

1930


14 1/4 × 10 3/8" (36.2 × 26.3 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of James Johnson Sweeney, by exchange

WERNER ROHDE (German, 1906–1990)

Chaplin Costume

(Kostüm Chaplin)

1928


9 5/16 × 6 13/16" (23.7 × 17.3 cm)


JINDŘICH ŠTYRSKÝ (Czech, 1899–1942)

Untitled, from On the Needles of These Days (Na jehlách těchto dní ) (1945)

1934–35


3 9/16 x 3 3/8" (9 x 8.5 cm)



HORACIO COPPOLA (Argentine, 1906–2012)

Study

(Estudio)

October 1932


3 3/8 × 4 1/2" (8.5 × 11.4 cm)


CLAUDE CAHUN (LUCY SCHWOB) (French, 1894–1954)

MARCEL MOORE (SUZANNE MALHERBE) (French, 1892–1972)

Untitled

c. 1925


4 1/16 x 2 15/16" (10.3 x 7.4 cm)


JOHAN NIEGEMAN (Dutch, 1902–1977)

Untitled

1926–29


2 15/16 × 4 1/8" (7.5 × 10.5 cm)



Articulated Mannequin

1931


9 1/16 x 6 13/16" (23 x 17.3 cm)


KARL GRILL (Austrian, 1889–1966)

Untitled

(Daisy Spies als die Spirale in Oskar Schlemmers "Das Triadische Ballett")

1926


8 3/4 x 5 7/8" (22.2 x 15 cm)



OSKAR SCHLEMMER (German, 1888–1943)

Figurines in Space: Study for The Triadic Ballet

Figurinen im Raum

(c. 1924)

Gouache, ink, and cut-and-pasted gelatin silver prints on black paper

22 5/8 x 14 5/8" (57.5 x 37.1 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Lily Auchincloss

14-102

HERBERT BAYER (American, born Austria. 1900–1985)

Humanly Impossible

(Menschen unmöglich [Selbst-Porträt])

1932


15 5/16 × 11 9/16" (38.9 × 29.3 cm)



Untitled

February 1931


5 3/8 × 4 7/16" (13.7 × 11.3 cm)


PAUL EDMUND HAHN (German, 1897–1960)

The Speaker

(Der Sprecher)

1928–29


6 1/4 × 8 9/16" (15.9 × 21.8 cm)


AENNE BIERMANN (German, 1898–1933)

Nose and Mouth

(Nase und Mund)

1929


7 1/16 × 9 5/16" (18 × 23.6 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Mrs. Flora S. Straus, by exchange


OSAMU SHIIHARA (Japanese, 1905–1974)

Untitled

1932–41


11 9/16 × 9 1/8" (29.3 × 23.1 cm)



Distortion #126

1933


8 × 13 3/8" (20.3 × 34 cm)


RAOUL UBAC (Belgian, 1911–1985)

The Secret Gathering

(Le Conciliabule [Solarisation])

1938


15 5/8 × 11 11/16" (39.7 × 29.7 cm)


CAMI STONE (Belgian, 1892–1975)

Nude Study 13

(Étude de nu 13)

1932


15 1/2 × 11 1/4" (39.4 × 28.5 cm)


ROGER PARRY (French, 1905–1977)

Untitled

1930


9 1/16 × 6 5/8" (23 × 16.9 cm)



GYÖRGY KEPES (American, born Hungary. 1906–2001)

Juliet's Shadow Caged

1938–39


8 3/8 x 6 3/4" (21.2 x 17.2 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Russell Lynes, Isaac Lagnado, and György Kepes, by exchange

ARTHUR SIEGEL (American, 1913–1978)

Nude and Projection

1947


9 3/4 × 7 11/16" (24.7 × 19.6 cm)



Limbs and Shadow

(Glieder und Schatten)

1924


11 1/4 × 8 3/4" (28.6 × 22.3 cm)



6. Symphony of a Great City


Untitled

c. 1930


7 3/16 × 8 7/8" (18.2 × 22.6 cm)



Cedar Street from William Street, Manhattan

March 26, 1936


9 1/2 x 7 1/4" (24.1 x 18.4 cm)



Daily News Building, 220 East 42nd Street, Manhattan

November 21, 1935


9 5/8 × 7 1/2" (24.4 × 19.1 cm)



Fifth Avenue, Nos. 4, 6, 8, Manhattan

March 20, 1936


15 3/16 × 19 1/2" (38.6 × 49.5 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Mr. Robert C. Weinberg, by exchange

CHARLES SHEELER (American, 1883–1965)

Ford Plant, River Rouge, Blast Furnace and Dust Catcher

November 1927


9 1/2 × 7 9/16" (24.1 × 19.2 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel and gift of Lincoln Kirstein, by exchange


ANTON BRUEHL (American, born Australia. 1900–1982)

Untitled

1929


9 15/16 × 7 15/16" (25.3 × 20.2 cm)


ALBERT RENGER-PATZSCH (German, 1897–1966)

Iron Hand, Essen

(Eiserne Hand, Essen)

1929


14 13/16 x 10 3/4" (37.6 x 27.3 cm)


MARJORIE CONTENT (American, 1895–1984)

Steamship Pipes, Paris

Winter 1931


3 13/16 × 2 11/16" (9.7 × 6.8 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Andreas Feininger, by exchange

JOHN P. HEINS (American, 1896–1969)

Untitled

c. 1920


4 3/16 × 3 3/16" (10.7 × 8.1 cm)


DZIGA VERTOV (Russian, 1895–1954)

Untitled

1927–28


5 1/4 × 3 1/2" (13.4 × 8.9 cm)



HERBERT BAYER (American, born Austria. 1900–1985)

Iron Winding Stair

(Eiserne Wendeltreppe [Pont transbordeur, Marseille])

1928


14 × 9 5/8" (35.6 × 24.4 cm)



Untitled (Chrysler Building under Construction)

Late November 1929


13 9/16 × 10 1/8" (34.5 × 25.7 cm)


LEE MILLER (American, 1907–1977)

Untitled

1929–32


8 3/8 × 9 3/4" (21.3 × 24.8 cm)


SASHA STONE (American, born Russia. 1895–1940)

The Einstein Tower in Potsdam (The Coelostat in the Upper Dome That Catches and Projects the Light of the Stars into the Laboratory)

(Der Einstein-Turm bei Potsdam [Der Coelostat in der oberen Kuppel, der das Licht der Gestirne auffängt und ins Laboratorium projiziert])

1928


9 1/8 × 6 7/8" (23.1 × 17.4 cm)


SEMYON FRIDLYAND (Russian, 1905–1964)

In the Gallery

(Auf der Galerie [GUM, Staatliches Kaufhaus, Moskau])

1927


8 9/16 × 6 5/8" (21.7 × 16.8 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Harold Edgerton, by exchange


JIŘÍ LEHOVEC (Czech, 1909–1995)

Luxury Rentals

1932


11 5/16 x 15" (28.7 x 38.1 cm)


CÉSAR DOMELA-NIEUWENHUIS (Dutch, 1900–1992)

Hamburg, Germany's Gateway to the World

(Hamburg, Deutschlands Tor zur Welt)

1930


15 7/8 × 16 1/2" (40.3 × 41.9 cm)



Untitled

1924

Gelatin silver print with pencil and black ink

9 1/2 x 9" (24.1 x 22.8 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Robert B. Menschel Fund, by exchange

RALSTON CRAWFORD (American, born Canada. 1906–1978)

Third Avenue Elevated

1949


9 1/2 × 6 3/8" (24.2 × 16.2 cm)



Untitled

1926–28


6 5/8 x 9" (16.9 x 22.9 cm)




Untitled

1927–28


9 × 6 1/4" (22.9 × 15.9 cm)



Marseille

1930


8 9/16 x 5 13/16" (21.8 x 14.8 cm)



Marseille

June 1930


8 3/8 x 6" (21.2 x 15.3 cm)



Street Fair, Slide

1928


9 × 6 1/8" (22.9 × 15.6 cm)



The Little Boot

(La Bottine)

1931


8 3/16 × 11 1/4" (20.8 × 28.6 cm)



CARL VAN VECHTEN (American, 1880–1964)

Barcelona—Courtyard of Hotel Ritz under Awnings

June 11, 1935


13 7/8 × 10 15/16" (35.2 × 27.8 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Charles Sheeler, by exchange


Boats, Marseille

1929


11 × 8 1/4" (27.9 × 21 cm)



Demonstration

1932


11 5/8 × 9" (29.6 × 22.8 cm)


IMRE KINSZKI (Hungarian, 1901–1945)

Untitled

c. 1930


11 3/4 × 9 7/16" (29.8 × 23.9 cm)



Berlin, Radio Tower

(Berlin, Funkturm)

1928


15 × 10 15/16" (38.1 × 27.8 cm)




Metropolis

(Weltstadt [Meine Geburtsstadt])

1923


8 × 6" (20.3 × 15.3 cm)


FRIEDRICH SEIDENSTÜCKER (German, 1882–1966)

Puddle Jumper

(Pfützenspringerin)

1925


7 1/8 × 5 1/8" (18.1 × 13 cm)


FELIX H. MAN (British, born Germany. 1893–1985)

Platzl Beer Hall, Munich

(Bierhalle Platzl, München)

August 1929


6 15/16 × 9 7/16" (17.7 × 23.9 cm)


PETER SEKAER (American, born Denmark. 1901–1950)

Mardi Gras

1936


6 3/8 × 8 7/16" (16.2 × 21.5 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Peter MacGill, by exchange

LEE MILLER (American, 1907–1977)

Untitled

1929–32


9 x 11 1/2" (22.9 x 29.2 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Walker Evans, by exchange


LISETTE MODEL (American, born Austria. 1901–1983)

Running Legs

1940–41


13 x 10 3/8" (33 x 26.4 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Bequest of Grace M. Mayer, by exchange

LISETTE MODEL (American, born Austria. 1901–1983)

Lower East Side

1942


16 3/4 × 13 7/16" (42.5 × 34.2 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Bequest of Grace M. Mayer, by exchange

PAUL PARKER (American)

Untitled

1920s–30s


8 1/16 × 6 7/8" (20.5 × 17.5 cm)


GEORGES BLANC (French)

Untitled

1936


9 1/2 × 9 3/16" (24.2 × 23.4 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Lotte Jacobi, by exchange

WEEGEE (ARTHUR FELLIG) (American, born Austria. 1899–1968)

Frank Pape, Arrested for Homicide, November 10, 1944

November 10, 1944


9 3/8 x 7 9/16" (23.8 x 19.2 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Max Yavno and Nihon Keizai Shimbun, by exchange


HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (French, 1908–2004)

Alicante, Spain

1933


9 3/16 × 6 9/16" (23.3 × 16.7 cm)



Shrug of the Shoulder

1935


7 7/8 x 8 5/8" (20 x 21.9 cm)


WALKER EVANS (American, 1903–1975)

Votive Candles, New York City

1929–30


8 1/2 x 6 15/16" (21.6 x 17.7 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Willard Van Dyke and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr., by exchange


Ladder of Ladders

(Escala de escalas)

1931


9 3/8 × 7 5/16" (23.8 × 18.5 cm)



Hands on Wall Graffiti

1939


9 9/16 × 7 3/16" (24.3 × 18.2 cm)




Wood and Coal, Wine and Liquor

(Bois et Charbons, Vins et Liqueurs)

1931


11 3/16 × 15 3/8" (28.4 × 39.1 cm)


WERNER MANTZ (German, 1901–1983)

Cologne Kalkerfeld Settlement, Entrance

(Siedlung Köln-Kalkerfeld, Hauseingang)

1928


15 3/16 x 8 13/16" (38.5 x 22.4 cm)


WERNER MANTZ (German, 1901–1983)

Cologne Kalkerfeld Settlement, Streetlight

(Siedlung Köln-Kalkerfeld, Straßenlatern)

1928


9 x 6 5/8" (22.9 x 16.9 cm)



Girl with a Leica

(Devushka s Leikoi)

1932–33


11 13/16 x 8" (30 x 20.3 cm)



Untitled

1929–32


2 15/16 × 2 1/8" (7.5 × 5.4 cm)




Untitled

c. 1930


3 3/8 x 4 9/16" (8.5 x 11.6 cm)



Record

(Rekord)

1926


10 1/2 x 8 13/16" (26.7 x 22.4 cm)


GEORGII ZIMIN (Russian, 1900–1985)

Untitled

1926


3 11/16 x 3 1/4" (9.4 x 8.3 cm)


ROMAN KARMEN (Russian, 1906–1978)

Moscow Illuminations Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Russian Revolution

(Moskva noch’iu v oktiabr’ skie dni)

1927


9 1/8 × 11 7/16" (23.2 × 29 cm)


FRED KORTH (American, born Germany. 1902–1983)

Untitled

1928


2 3/16 × 3 1/16" (5.5 × 7.8 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Harry Callahan, by exchange



Untitled

c. 1928


2 3/16 × 3 1/16" (5.5 × 7.7 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Harry Callahan, by exchange


Untitled

c. 1928


2 3/16 × 3 1/16" (5.5 × 7.8 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Robert and Joyce Menschel, by exchange


Untitled

1928–30


3 9/16 × 4 3/4" (9.1 × 12 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Eulabee Dix, by exchange

ALEXANDER HACKENSCHMIED (American, born Austria. 1907–2004)

Untitled

1930s


4 3/4 × 6 3/4" (12.1 × 17.1 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Ralph Steiner, by exchange


Untitled

1930s


4 13/16 × 6 3/4" (12.2 × 17.1 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Dora Duby and Leonti Planskoy, by exchange



Untitled

1930s


4 13/16 × 6 3/4" (12.2 × 17.1 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Arthur Rothstein, by exchange


Untitled

1930s


4 13/16 x 6 11/16" (12.2 x 17 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Mrs. Raymond C. Collins, by exchange


View of Berlin's Department Store Karstadt

(Blick auf das Berliner Kaufhaus Karstadt)

1929


9 5/16 x 6 1/8" (23.7 x 15.5 cm)



Mystery of the Street

(Mysterium der Strasse)

1928


11 7/16 x 9 1/4" (29 x 23.5 cm)



Six at the Beach

(Sechs am Strand)

1930


9 3/8 × 7 1/8" (23.8 × 18.1 cm)




Stairs II

(Treppe II)

1929–31


9 7/16 × 6 7/8" (24 × 17.4 cm)


WALTER R. LATIMER, SR. (American, 1880–1924)

Concourse, Jersey City Station

1915


10 1/8 x 12 1/16" (25.7 x 30.6 cm)



The Octopus

1909


22 1/8 × 16 3/4" (56.2 × 42.6 cm)



From the Back Window at “291”

April 3, 1915

Platinum print

9 3/4 × 7 11/16" (24.7 × 19.5 cm)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Dorothy Norman, by exchange

JOHN P. HEINS (American, 1896–1969)

Untitled

c. 1919

Platinum print

4 13/16 × 3 13/16" (12.2 × 9.7 cm)



JOHAN HAGEMEYER (American, born Holland. 1884–1962)

Untitled

c. 1924


5 7/8 × 8 7/16" (15 × 21.5 cm)



Grands Boulevards

1926


3 1/16 x 4 5/16" (7.8 x 10.9 cm)



Roofs, Paris

1913


8 9/16 × 10 7/8" (21.8 × 27.6 cm)


J. JAY HIRZ (American)

Brooklyn Bridge in Rainy Weather

1927


9 1/2 × 7 11/16" (24.2 × 19.5 cm)


JORIS IVENS (Dutch, 1898–1989)

Regen (Rain)

1929

35mm film (black and white and color, silent)

15 min.

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired from the Artist


WALTHER RUTTMANN (German, 1887–1941)

Berlin, die Sinfonie der Großstadt Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

1927

35mm film (black and white, silent)

63 min.

The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired from the Reichsfilmarchiv, Germany


Documents

1. The Modern World - Museum of Modern Artpress.moma.org/wp-content/files_mf/3_thomaswalthercollection_final... · Modern Photographs from the Thomas Walther Collection ... December