Two Masters

Barbara Morgan: Classic Images

Harry Callahan: Color Work

We are pleased to present these two great masters of the field of photography. The Barbara Morgan prints come from her estate, and many are vintage. The Harry Callahan work (on the next page) represents a fine selection from the color transparencies he made for years.



Barbara Morgan (1900-1992) is best known for her wonderful dance photographs from 1930s and 40s, concentrating on the modern dance of Martha Graham and her dance company. She also created fascinating photomontage work, experimental light drawings and candid photographs of children.

Morgan was trained as a painter at UCLA. She became attracted to photography after seeing an Edward Weston exhibit. Photography became her principal medium in 1935 when she began photographing Graham. During her 70 year career, she published several books and was in numerous exhibits. She was married to Willard Morgan, the founder of Morgan & Morgan, Inc. publishers and the first director of the Photography Department at MOMA.

Our show features a number of vintage prints. One of them (Ekstasis) was part of a traveling show from MOMA in the mid 1930s.

Martha Graham, "Celebration" (Trio), 1937

Martha Graham, "Letter to the World" (Kick), 1940

Martha Graham, "Ekstasis" (Torso), 1935	Martha Graham, "Frontier," 1935	Valerie Bettis, "The Desperate Heart" (Kick), 1944	Pearl Primus, "Speak to Me of Rivers," 1944
Valerie Bettis, "The Desperate Heart," 1944	Pearl Primus, "Speak to Me of Rivers," 1944	Martha Graham, "American Provincials," 1935	Martha Graham, "Lamentation," 1935
Graham Group, "American Document" (Starburst), 1938	Merce Cunningham, "Root of the Unfocused," 1944	Martha Graham, "El Penitente" (Festival), 1940	Doris Humphrey, "Square Dance," 1938
Martha Graham, El Flagellante, 1940	Corn, (Multiple Image), 1945	Spring on Madison Square, 1938	Beaumont Newhall, Ansel Adams and Willard Morgan in Studio, 1942

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