Joseph Monsen Honored at The Henry Art Gallery

Saturday, 23 September 2006 14:52

Seattle, WA - In his 75th birthday year, the Henry honors the collecting endeavors of Joseph Monsen with a selection of the collector’s 75 favorite photographs.  Dr. Monsen has collected the broadest array of photographs spanning the medium’s history.  On view will be images by photography’s pioneers including William Henry Fox Talbot and Gustave Le Grey, the groundbreaking work of Man Ray and Herbert Bayer, innovations by Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, and William Eggleston, right up to late twentieth-century masterpieces by Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth, and Cindy Sherman.

On exhibit until October 22, 2006.

Photographs selected by Joseph Monsen. Exhibition coordinated by Chief Curator Elizabeth Brown and Associate Curator Sara Krajewski.

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