True Grit: American Photographs from 1900 to 1950October 15, 2019 to January 19, 2020

The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center

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Ralston Crawford

American, born Canada, 1906 - 1978

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Third Avenue El, Negative, 1949; print, 1960sTRUE_

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DOP

Gelatin silver print

Image: 33.7 × 26.3 cm (13 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

© Ralston Crawford Estate

84.XM.151.143

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Lisette Model

American, born Austria, 1901 - 1983

Untitled (Reflection with Hand, New York), 1940 Gelatin

silver print

Image: 33 × 27 cm (13 × 10 5/8 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

© Estate of Lisette Model, courtesy Baudoin Lebon/

Keitelman

84.XM.153.8

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Lisette Model

American, born Austria, 1901 - 1983

Untitled (Reflections, Fifth Avenue, New York),

1940-45 Gelatin silver print

Image: 34 × 27 cm (13 3/8 × 10 5/8 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

© Estate of Lisette Model, courtesy Baudoin Lebon/

Keitelman

84.XM.153.61

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Karl F. Struss

American, 1886 - 1981

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Lower New York, 1912TRUE_

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Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.9 × 19.1 cm (9 × 7 1/2 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

© 1983 Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort

Worth, Texas

84.XM.189.14

August 30, 2019

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Weegee (Arthur Fellig)

American, born Austria, 1899 - 1968

5.

Simply Add Boiling Water, Negative, before July 1937;

print, about 1950

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DOP

Gelatin silver print

Image: 33.7 × 26.3 cm (13 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

© International Center of Photography

84.XM.190.33

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Andreas Feininger

American, born France, 1906 - 1999

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9th Avenue Elevated, near 19th Street, 1940TRUE_

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DOP

Gelatin silver print

Image: 35.2 × 27.9 cm (13 7/8 × 11 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

© Estate of Gertrud E. Feininger

84.XP.208.25

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Berenice Abbott

American, 1898 - 1991

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Union Square, Manhattan, July 16, 1936TRUE_

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DOP

Gelatin silver print

Image: 19.7 × 24.8 cm (7 3/4 × 9 3/4 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

84.XM.222.2

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Alvin Langdon Coburn

British, born America, 1882 - 1966

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Untitled (Williamsburg Bridge, New York City), 1909TRUE_

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DOP

Photogravure

Image: 19.1 × 15.2 cm (7 1/2 × 6 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

84.XM.499.6

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Walker Evans

American, 1903 - 1975

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Brooklyn Bridge, October 28, 1929TRUE_

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DOP

Gelatin silver print

Image: 9.5 × 6.8 cm (3 3/4 × 2 11/16 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of

Art

84.XM.956.5

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Walker Evans

American, 1903 - 1975

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Brooklyn Bridge, October 28, 1929TRUE_

GRIT_

DOP

Gelatin silver print

Image: 14.8 × 14.1 cm (5 13/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Status undetermined

84.XM.956.10

August 30, 2019

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© 2019 J. Paul Getty Trust

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Walker Evans

American, 1903 - 1975

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Times Square / Broadway Composition, 1930TRUE_

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DOP

Gelatin silver print

Image: 27 × 23.5 cm (10 5/8 × 9 1/4 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Status undetermined

84.XM.956.46

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Walker Evans

American, 1903 - 1975

12.

Untitled (Men Gathered on a New York City Street), 1934TRUE_

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DOP

Gelatin silver print

Image: 25.2 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

© Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of

Art

84.XM.956.1077

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Berenice Abbott

American, 1898 - 1991

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Poultry Market, New York City, About 1936TRUE_

GRIT_

DOP

Gelatin silver print

Image: 43.2 × 34.3 cm (17 × 13 1/2 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

© Estate of Berenice Abbott

84.XM.1013.3

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Berenice Abbott

American, 1898 - 1991

14.

Nightview / The West Side, Looking North from the

Upper 30s, 1932

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DOP

Gelatin silver print

Image: 33.8 × 26.8 cm (13 5/16 × 10 9/16 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

© Estate of Berenice Abbott

84.XM.1013.4

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Paul Strand

American, 1890 - 1976

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City Hall Park, New York, 1915TRUE_

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DOP

Platinum print

Image: 34 × 16.5 cm (13 3/8 × 6 1/2 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

86.XM.683.94

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Alfred Stieglitz

American, 1864 - 1946

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Untitled (From My Window at the Shelton, North), 1931TRUE_

GRIT_

DOP

Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.3 × 19.1 cm (9 9/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

87.XM.62

August 30, 2019

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Walter Rosenblum

American, 1919 - 2006

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Boy on Roof, Pitt Street, New York, 1950TRUE_

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DOP

Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.3 × 20.4 cm (6 13/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

© Walter Rosenblum

98.XM.163.7

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Joe Schwartz

American, 1913 - 2013

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Elder Sister on “A” Train, New York City, 1940sTRUE_

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DOP

Gelatin silver print

Image: 31.3 × 26.3 cm (12 5/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

© Joe Schwartz

2004.53.4

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Louis Faurer

American, 1916 - 2001

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Staten Island Ferry, Negative, 1946; print, 1981TRUE_

GRIT_

DOP

Gelatin silver print

Image: 20.3 × 20 cm (8 × 7 7/8 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Gift of Ellen

and Howard Greenberg

© Mark Faurer

2009.125.15

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Berenice Abbott

American, 1898 - 1991

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Chanin Building, New York, About 1935TRUE_

GRIT_

DOP

Gelatin silver print

Image: 25.4 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Gift of Nina and

Leo Pircher

2011.37.3

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Arthur Leipzig

American, 1918 - 2014

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Piggyback Fighting, Negative, 1945; print, about 1950TRUE_

GRIT_

DOP

Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.4 × 29 cm (9 5/8 × 11 7/16 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Gift of Leslie

and Judith Schreyer and Gabri Schreyer-Hoffman in

honor of Virginia Heckert

© Estate of Arthur Leipzig

2017.43

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Helen Levitt

American, 1913 - 2009

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New York, Negative, about 1940; print, about 1965TRUE_

GRIT_

DOP

Gelatin silver print

Image: 7.9 × 13.7 cm (3 1/8 × 5 3/8 in.)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Gift of Leslie

and Judith Schreyer and Gabri Schreyer-Hoffman in

honor of Virginia Heckert

© Helen Levitt Film Documents LLC. All rights reserved.

2017.45

August 30, 2019

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© 2019 J. Paul Getty Trust

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