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Arthur Siegel

Arthur Siegel

American, 1913

PhotographyPhotography

Representation

None documented

6

Institutional Exhibitions

37

Works in Collection

46

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 from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1958–1959

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Abstraction in Photography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1951

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Photographs by 51 Photographers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1950

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Photography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

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Action Photography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1943

About

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Arthur Siegel was an American photographer active in the postwar period, known for experimental work in color photography and photographic abstraction. Working primarily from the 1940s onward, he explored the formal and material properties of the photographic medium itself, moving beyond documentary toward constructed and manipulated imagery. His practice engaged with modernist principles of abstraction and composition adapted to photography's unique technical possibilities.

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Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (37)

1969 · gelatin silver print

Image: 11.5 x 16.9 cm (4 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1968 · 13 gelatin silver prints

Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled

1966 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Institute of Design Student Independent, 1971"

35.6 × 28 cm (14 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

State Street, Chicago

State Street, Chicago

1965 · Dye imbibition print

Image/paper: 23 × 34.3 cm (9 1/16 × 13 9/16 in.); Mount: 55.8 × 45.7 cm (22 × 18 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Marina City Under Construction (lower stories)

Marina City Under Construction (lower stories)

1961 · Chromogenic print

Image: 20.5 × 30.7 cm (8 1/8 × 12 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Marina City Under Construction (bridge up)

Marina City Under Construction (bridge up)

1961 · Chromogenic print

Image: 20.4 × 30.6 cm (8 1/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1960 · Dye imbibition print

Image: 23.1 × 25.6 cm (9 1/8 × 10 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1955 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20.5 × 19.8 cm (8 1/8 × 7 13/16 in.); Paper: 25.2 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Cement Mixer (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago

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In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US