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Peter Sekaer

Peter Sekaer

Danish-American, 1901

Copenhagen, Denmark

DrawingPhotography

Representation

None documented

5

Institutional Exhibitions

12

Works in Collection

20

Assets Indexed

4

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90%

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• Photography

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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Photographs by 51 Photographers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1950

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Color Photography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1950

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The Exact Instant

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

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Image of Freedom

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941–1942

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Photography 1839�1937

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1937

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Rijksmuseum Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (12)

Freed Flag, from the United Nations Series

Freed Flag, from the United Nations Series

1945 · gouache on paper

sheet: 25 x 20 in. (63.3 x 50.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Freed Flag, from the United Nations Series

Freed Flag, from the United Nations Series

1945 · gouache and pen and ink on paperboard

sheet: 19 1/2 x 16 7/8 in. (49.7 x 42.8 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Jane Addams Housing Project, Hull House, Chicago, A Nation Provides. Jane Adams House, Chicago

Jane Addams Housing Project, Hull House, Chicago, A Nation Provides. Jane Adams House, Chicago

1940 · Gelatin silver print

9 1/2 × 13" (24.1 × 33 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

San Antonio, Texas, Two Members of One of America's Most Oppressed Minorities--Mexicans in San Antonio, Texas--Who Do Not Lead Cheerless Lives,

San Antonio, Texas, Two Members of One of America's Most Oppressed Minorities--Mexicans in San Antonio, Texas--Who Do Not Lead Cheerless Lives,

1939 · Gelatin silver print

12 1/2 × 9 1/8" (31.8 × 23.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Jewish Tenants in Williamsburg Housing Project

Jewish Tenants in Williamsburg Housing Project

1939 · Gelatin silver print

10 5/16 × 13 1/8" (26.2 × 33.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Barber Shop Interior, Atlanta, Georgia

1936 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 6 1/4 × 6 7/8 in. (15.8 × 17.4 cm) Mount: 13 1/2 × 10 9/16 in. (34.3 × 26.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mardi Gras

1936 · Gelatin silver print

6 3/8 × 8 7/16" (16.2 × 21.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

[Walker Evans with 8 x 10" View Camera Photographing in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Graveyard]

1935 · Gelatin silver print

18.2 x 24.1 cm (7 3/16 x 9 1/2 in. )

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Untitled (Route 22 North of Weebatuck, NY) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Route 22 North of Weebatuck, NY) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Sabelo Mlangeni

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Victor Jean Nicolle

Victor Jean Nicolle

Johann Heinrich Lips

Johann Heinrich Lips

William Young Ottley

William Young Ottley

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Rijksmuseum

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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