Untitled
1958 · Gelatin silver print
10 3/8 × 11" (26.2 × 27.9 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Nell Dorr
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Edward Steichen Photography Center
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
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Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960–1961
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30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1959
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Photographs from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1958–1959
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The Family of Man
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1955
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Nell Dorr was an American photographer known for intimate black-and-white studies of family life and domestic interiors, working primarily between the 1930s and 1960s. Her photographs privilege quiet domestic moments and the texture of lived spaces, often featuring her own family members and rural environments. Her work emerged from a commitment to photography as a medium for capturing the psychological and sensory dimensions of everyday existence rather than documentary reportage.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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