Thursday, November 13, 2014

“Arnold Newman: Masterclass,” exhibition at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, S.F. through Feb. 1, 2015



Arnold Newman, Self-portrait, Philadelphia, 1938. Gelatin silver print © 1938, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.


The “Arnold Newman: Masterclass,”exhibition at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco features more than 200 vintage black and white photographs taken by Arnold Newman, one of the 20thcentury’s most influential portrait photographers in a career that spanned 70 years. 

His subjects included Truman Capote, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Grandma Moses and Igor Stravinsky. Through Feb. 1, 2015. Admission: Free to $12. Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission St., S.F. (415) 655-7800, www.cjm.org,  www.arnoldnewman.com.



Arnold Newman, Marcel Duchamp, painter and sculptor, New York, 1942. Gelatin silver print © 1942, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.




Arnold Newman, Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor, New York, 1946. Gelatin silver print © 1946, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.



Arnold Newman, Martha Graham, dancer, choreographer and teacher, New York 1961. Gelatin silver print © 1961, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.



Arnold Newman, Major Robert Michael White, military aircraft test pilot, with X15, California, 1950. Gelatin silver print © 1950, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.



Arnold Newman, Dr. Edwin H. Land with group of Polaroid Employees, Polaroid warehouse in Needham, Mass., 1977. Gelatin silver print © 1977, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.



Arnold Newman, Salvador Dalí, painter, New York, 1951. Gelatin silver print © 1951, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.




Arnold Newman, Robert Doisneau, photographer, New York, 1981. Gelatin silver print © 1981, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.



Arnold Newman, Igor Stravinsky, composer and conductor, New York, 1946. Gelatin silver print © 1946, Arnold Newman/Getty Images. Image courtesy of the Contemporary Jewish Museum.















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