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Artists›Charles Harbutt

Charles Harbutt

American, 1935

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Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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The Photo Essay

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1965

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Charles Harbutt was an American photographer known for black-and-white documentary work centered on American social life and urban environments in the postwar period. Working primarily in gelatin silver print, he developed a distinctive approach to street and candid photography that captured moments of everyday vulnerability and social tension. His archive represents a significant record of mid-to-late twentieth-century American culture.

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Vera Cruz, Mexico

1982 · gelatin silver print

Image: 20.4 x 30.4 cm (8 1/16 x 11 15/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 x 35.3 cm (10 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Patricia Highsmith, the Number One Mystery Writer

1978 · gelatin silver print

Image: 24 x 16 cm (9 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.); Paper: 25.3 x 20.9 cm (9 15/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled, 1975

1975 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 30.5 × 20.4 cm (12 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.); Paper: 35.3 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1974 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20.1 × 30.5 cm (7 15/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Paper: 27.7 × 35.4 cm (10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1973 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20.1 × 30.5 cm (7 15/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1973 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20.2 × 29.8 cm (8 × 11 3/4 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, 1973

1973 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 30.5 × 20.2 cm (12 1/16 × 8 in.); Paper: 35.4 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, 1972

1972 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 30.4 × 23.7 cm (12 × 9 3/8 in.); Paper: 35.4 × 27.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Group Exhibition Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960

New York · 1978

Group Exhibition The Photo Essay

New York · 1965