Imogen Cunningham Catalogue
Imogen Cunningham
Group Exhibitions
1914
"International Exhibition of Pictorial Photography," New York, New York. 
 
"Photographs by Miss Edith R. Wilson, Miss Imogen Cunningham, and Miss Clara E. Sipprell," Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. New York, New York. 
 
1915
"Panama-Pacific International Exposition," San Francisco, California. 
 
1928
"Pictorial Photographic Society Exhibition," California Palace of the Legion of Honor. San Francisco, California. 
 
1929
"Internationale Ausstellung des Deutschen Werkbunds: Film und Foto," Stuttgart, Germany. 
 
Berkeley Art Museum. Berkeley, California. 
 
1932
"A Showing of Hands," M. H. de Young Memorial Museum. San Francisco, California. 
 
M. H. de Young Memorial Museum. San Francisco, California. 
 
1934
"Leading American Photographers," Mills College Art Gallery. Oakland, California. 
 
1937
"Photography 1839 - 1937," Museum of Modern Art. New York, New York. 
 
1940
"A Pageant of Photography," Golden Gate International Exposition, Treasure Island. San Francisco, California. 
 
1941
"Photographers Exhibition," Mills College. Oakland, California. 
 
1954
"Inaugural Exhibition," Limelight Gallery. New York, New York. 
 
"Perceptions," San Francisco Museum of Art. San Francisco, California. 
 
1955
"San Francisco Weekend exhibition," San Francisco Museum of Art. San Francisco, California. 
 
1959
"Photography at Mid-Century," George Eastman House. Rochester, New York. 
 
Oakland Public Museum. Oakland, California. 
 
"The Photograph as Poetry," Pasadena Art Museum. Pasadena, California. 
 
1965
"Six Photographers 1965," College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois. Urbana, Illinois. March 7-April 11, 1965. 
 
1967
"Photography in the Twentieth Century," Organized by George Eastman House of Photography. National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. February 1967. 
 
1968
"North Beach and the Haight-Ashbury," Focus Gallery. San Francisco, California. 
 
1970
"Recent Acquisitions in Photography," San Francisco Museum of Art. San Francisco, California. June 1970. 
 
1972
"Group f/64," University Art Museum, University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, New Mexico. 
 
1973
International Exhibition of Photography. Arles, France. 
 
1975-1976
"Women of Photography," San Francisco Museum of Art. San Francisco, California. April 18-June 15, 1975. 
Museum of New Mexico. Santa Fe, New Mexico. September 15-October 26, 1975.
Art History Galleries, University of Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. February 2-March 14, 1976.
Wellesley College Museum. Wellesley, Massachusetts. April 12-May 23, 1976. 
 
1979
Tokyo III, Tokyo Gallery. Tokyo, Japan. 
 
1980
"West Coast Pictorialism: Etchings and Photographs of Roi Partridge and Imogen Cunningham," Laguna Beach Museum of Art. Laguna Beach, California. 
 
1983
"A Selection of Platinum and Palladium Prints by George Tice and Imogen Cunningham," The Atlanta Gallery of Photography. Atlanta, Georgia. 
 
Photo Graphics Workshop. New Canaan, Connecticut. January 9-February 23, 1983. 
 
1985-1986
"Self-Portrait: The Photographer's Persona," Museum of Modern Art. New York, New York. November 7, 1985-January 7, 1986. 
 
1986-1987
"Martha Graham: Sixty Years in Photographs," Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Graham Festival at Reggio Emilia. 
 
1987-1989
Garner, Gretchen, curator.  "Reclaiming Paradise: American Women Photograph the Land," organized by the Tweed Art Museum. Duluth, Minnesota. February-March 1987. 
Chicago Cultural Center. Chicago, Illinois. June-August 1987.
North Dakota Museum of Art. Grand Forks, North Dakota. October-November 1987.
North Dakota State University Art Gallery. Fargo, North Dakota. January-February 1988.
Houston Foto-Fest. February-March 1988.
Bowling Green State University. Bowling Green, Ohio. July-August 1988.
Emison Art Center, DePauw University. Greencastle, Indiana. September-October 1988.
South Dakota Memorial Art Center. Brookings, South Dakota. November-December 1988.
Sioux City Art Center. Sioux City, Iowa. January-February 1989.
Grand Rapids Art Museum. Grand Rapids, Michigan. February-April 1989.
SUNY Art Gallery, Albany, May-June 1989.
Lehman College Art Gallery. Bronx, New York. Through October 21, 1989.
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University. Logan, Utah. November-December, 1989. 
 
1988
"After the Manner of Women: Photographs by Käsebier, Cunningham, and Ulmann," J. Paul Getty Museum. Malibu, California. September 6-December 31, 1988. 
 
1988-1990
"The Monterey Photographic Traditions: The Weston Years," circulated through Latin America and Israel. 
 
1989
"American Photography from the Permanent Collection in Celebration of the 50th Anniversary," Addison Gallery of American Art. Andover, Massachusetts. October 13-December 18, 1989. 
 
1990
"Ansel Adams--Imogen Cunningham," Tubingen and Stuttgart, Germany. 
 
1992
"American Photographers: Portraits and Masterprints," Addison Gallery of American Art. Andover, Massachusetts. September 8-December 20, 1992. 
 
Greenwich Gallery. Greenwich, Connecticut. Through December 31, 1992. 
 
1993
"Women of the 20's and 30's," Houk Friedman. New York, New York. Through November 6, 1993. 
 
Ewing, William A, curator.  "Flora Photographica: The Flower in Photography From 1835 to the Present," New York Public Library. New York, New York. Through August 21, 1993. 
 
1994
"Flowers," Witkin Gallery. New York, New York. August 1994. 
 
"Gesture and Pose: 20th-Century Photographs From the Collection," Museum of Modern Art. New York, New York. Through April 5, 1994. 
 
"Pictorialism in California: Photographs 1900-1940," J. Paul Getty Museum. Malibu, California. September 13-November 27, 1994. 
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. San Marino, California. 
 
1995-2002
Davis, Keith F, curator.  "An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital, Selections from The Hallmark Photographic Collection," International Center of Photography. New York, New York. June 2-September 10, 1995. 
The Phillips Collection. Washington D.C. January 23-March 28, 1999.
Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, Washington. September 30, 1999-January 16, 2000.
Delaware Art Museum. Wilmington, Delaware. February 9-April 22, 2001.
Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri.Joslyn Museum. Omaha, Nebraska.
Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia.
Denver Art Museum. Denver, Colorado. 
 
1997
"A History of Women Photographers," National Museum of Women in the Arts. Washington, D.C. 
Santa Barbara Museum of Art. [Santa Barbara, California. June 7-August 17, 1997.
Akron Art Museum. Akron, Ohio. September 6-November 2, 1997. 
 
"Defining Eye: Women Photographers of the 20th Century," National Museum of Women in the Arts. Washington, D.C. 
 
"Preserving the Past, Securing the Future: Donations of Art, 1987-1997," National Museum of Women in the Arts. Washington, D.C. 
 
"The American Century," James Danziger Gallery. New York, New York. Through October 25, 1997. 
 
1997-1999
"After the Photo-Secession: American Pictorial Photography 1910-1955," The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Minneapolis, Minnesota. February 8-May 4, 1997. 
Laguna Art Museum. Laguna Beach, California. May 1-July 11, 1999.
Worcester Art Museum. Worcester, Massachusetts. 
 
1999
Gladfelter, Kimberly, curator.  "Chiaroscuro: highlights and shades of six photographers," The Art Gallery, University of Maryland. College Park, Maryland. February 4-April 17, 1999. 
 
"Photographs from the Collection," National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C. 
 
"Clothes Off: A Group Show," Witkin Gallery. New York, New York. Through July 2, 1999. 
 
"Looking at Photographs," Greenwich Gallery. Greenwich, Connecticut. Through January 12, 1999. 
 
Toedtemeier, Terry, curator.  "Edward Curtis: The North American Indian," Portland Art Museum. Portland, Oregon. April 10-July 11, 1999. 
 
"Where the Girls Are: Photographs by Women from the DIA's Collection," Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, Michigan. July 25-November 7, 1999. 
 
1999-2000
"In Praise of Nature: Ansel Adams and Photographers of the American West," Dayton Art Institute. Dayton, Ohio. October 30, 1999-January 2, 2000. 
 
1999-2002
"Edward Weston: Photography and Modernism," Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles, California. February 11-May 3, 1999. 
Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio. September 19-November 28, 1999.
Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, Massachusetts. March 28-June 18, 2000.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Summer 2002. 
 
2000
Ewing, William A, curator.  "Le Siècle du Corps: Photographies 1900-2000 / The Century of the Body: Photoworks, 1900-2000," Musée de l'Elysée. Lausanne, Switzerland. 
Cultural Center. Lisbon, Portugal. 
 
"Dreams 1900-2000: Science, Art and the Unconscious Mind," Equitable Gallery. New York, New York. Through February 26, 2000. 
 
2001
"Photography Masters: Icons of the 20th Century," Silvermine Galleries. New Canaan, Connecticut. Through December 22, 2001. 
 
2001-2001
"Chorus of Light: Photographs From the Elton John Collection," High Museum of Art. Atlanta, Georgia. November 4, 2000-January 28, 2001. 
 
2002
"Diego y Frida: Photographs by Various Photographers," Throckmorton Fine Art. New York, New York. January 3-March 2, 2002. 
 
O'Reilly, Margaret, curator.  "Women's Works: Fine Art from the Museum's Collection," New Jersey State Museum. Trenton, New Jersey. Through May 5, 2002. 
 
Johnson, Drew, curator.  "Ansel Adams: Inspiration and Influence," Oakland Museum of California. City of Oakland, California. June 29-September 22, 2002. 
 
2002-2003
"Pioneer Women Photographers," Frye Art Museum. Seattle, Washington. December 6, 2002-March 2, 2003. 
 
"Portrait of the Art World: A Century of ARTnews Photographs," New York Historical Society. New York, New York. September 27, 2002–January 5, 2003. 
International Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C. February 7–April 6, 2003.
Elmhurst Art Museum. Elmhurst, Illinois. May 2–July 29, 2003.
Museum of Fine Arts. Santa Fe, New Mexico. September 19, 2003–January 4, 2004. 
 
2003
"The Eye Club, 25th Anniversary Exhibition," Fraenkel Gallery. San Francisco, California. September 4-November 29, 2003. 
 
2003-2004
"American Vision: Photographers from the West, Selections from The Manfred Heiting Collection Given by The Brown Foundation, Inc," Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, Texas. August 23, 2003-February 1, 2004. 
 
Brotherton, Barbara and Julie Emerson, curator.  "The View from Here: The Pacific Northwest 1800-1930," Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, Washington. August 8, 2003-February 29, 2004. 
 
2004
"Speaking With Hands: Photographs From the Buhl Collection," Guggenheim Museum. New York, New York. June 4-September 8, 2004. 
 
Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona. Tucson, Arizona. September 4-November 28, 2004. 
 
2004-2005
"Flower as Image: From Monet to Jeff Koons," Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst. Humlebaek, Denmark. September 10, 2004-January 16, 2005. 
 
"Missing: Photographs from the Collection," Addison Gallery of American Art. Andover, Massachusetts. November 16, 2004-January 10, 2005. 
 
"Women. Metamorphosis of modernity," Fundació Joan Miró. Barcelona, Spain. November 24, 2004-February 6, 2005. 
 
2005
Nordström, Alison, Dr, curator.  "On the Other Hand: Bill Viola and Classic Photographs of Hands," George Eastman House. Rochester, New York. February 19-June 28, 2005. 
 
Phillips, Sandra S. and Corey Keller, curator.  "Taking Place: Photographs from the Prentice and Paul Sack Collection," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California. June 2-September 6, 2005. 
 
2005-2006
"A Selection of Vintage and Contemporary Photographs," ArteF Galerie für Kunstfotografie. Zurich, Switzerland. November 16, 2005-January 7, 2006. 
 
"Personal Perspectives: Aspects of American Photography," Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young. San Francisco, California. October 15, 2005-March 26, 2006. 
 
2006
"Perceptions: Bay Area photography, 1945-1960," Art Gallery, Los Angeles Valley College. Los Angeles, California. February 22-March 30, 2006. 
 
"Women's Work," Scott Nichols Gallery. San Francisco, California. February 1-March 11, 2006. 
 
"Figures & Landscapes," Weston Gallery. Carmel, California. September 9-October 29, 2006. 
 
"A Selection of Vintage and Contemporary Photographs," ArteF Galerie für Kunstfotografie. Zurich, Switzerland. November 10-December 23, 2006. 
 
"The Body Exposed in Fine Art Photography: Vintage and original prints," ArteF Galerie für Kunstfotografie. Zurich, Switzerland. August 29-September 30, 2006. 
 
Fellah, Nadiah and Stephen D. Borys, curator.  "Facing America: Portraits of the People and the Land," he Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College. Oberlin, Ohio. February 18-December 17, 2006. 
 
2007
"Rembrandt to Thiebaud: a decade of collecting works on paper," California Palace of the Legion of Honor. San Francisco, California. June 23-October 7, 2007. 
 
"15th Anniversary Exhibition: Group f.64 and their Circle," Scott Nichols Gallery. San Francisco, California. Through March 31, 2007. 
 
"Summer Show II: Photographs from the Gallery Collection," Scott Nichols Gallery. San Francisco, California. July 5-September 1, 2007. 
 
"Rondal Partridge at Ninety: Seventy-Five Years in Photography," Scott Nichols Gallery. San Francisco, California. September 6-October 13, 2007. 
 
"A Selection of Vintage and Contemporary Photographs," ArteF Galerie für Kunstfotografie. Zurich, Switzerland. October 26-December 21, 2007. 
 
"Ingenuity: Photography and Engineering, 1846-2006," Palais des Beaux-arts. Brussels, Belgium. 
 
2007-2008
"Paired: Imogen Cunningham and Rondal Partridge, featuring works by Horace Bristol," East/West Gallery. Santa Barbara, California. October 5, 2007 -January 5, 2008. 
 
"Frida Kahlo: Images of An Icon," Organized by Throckmorton Fine Art, New York, New York. 
Tampa Museum of Art. Tacoma, Washington. February 3-June 10, 2007.
Phillips Exeter Academy, Lamont Art Gallery. Exeter, New Hampshire. February 11-March 5, 2008. 
 
"In Focus: The Nude," Getty Center. Los Angeles, California. October 9, 2007-February 24, 2008. 
 
2007-2010
"Debating Modern Photography: The Triumph of Group f/64," Phoenix Art Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. September 15-December 30, 2007. 
The University of Arizona, Center for Creative Photography. Tucson, Arizona. February 16-May 4, 2008.
Portland Museum of Art. Portland, Maine. September 30-December 5, 2010. 
 
2008
"Images of Mexico," Scott Nichols Gallery. San Francisco, California. July 3-August 30, 2008. 
 
"The Human Landscape," East/West Gallery. Santa Barbara, California. July 5-August 23, 2008. 
 
"Cunningham, Weston and Adams: Modern Photography at the Museum," Monterey Museum of Art, Bunny and Miller Outcalt Photography Gallery. Monterey, California. October 16-December 31, 2008. 
 
"Frida Kahlo - Diego Rivera in Photography: Portraits of a Legendary Couple," ArteF Galerie für Kunstfotografie. Zurich, Switzerland. January 18-March 15, 2008. 
 
2008-2009
"The New Deal: Photographs from the Farm Security Administration Era," Scott Nichols Gallery. San Francisco, California. November 6, 2008-January 13, 2009. 
 
"Outta My Light!: Picturing the Processes of Photography," Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington. Seattle, Washington. December 5, 2008–June 28, 2009. 
 
Pepper, Terence and David Friend, curator.  "Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913–2008," National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom. February 14-May 26, 2008. 
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. June 14-September 21, 2008.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Los Angeles, California. October 26, 2008–March 1, 2009
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia. June 12-August 30, 2009. 
 
"A Story of Photography: The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection," Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles, California. October 5, 2008–February 1, 2009. 
 
2008-2010
Watts, Jennifer and Claudia Bohn-Spector, curator.  "This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in L.A. Photographs," The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. San Marino, California. June 14-September 15, 2008. 
Musée de l'Elysée. Lausanne, Switzerland. January 30-April 19, 2009.
Musée Nicéphore Niépce. Chalon-sur-Saône, France. October 24, 2009-January 31, 2010. 
 
2009
"Snow Country, Photographs from the Gallery Collection," Scott Nichols Gallery. San Francisco, California. January 15-April 11, 2009. 

"A Tribute to Don Worth (1924-2009), Influences and the Influenced," Scott Nichols Gallery. San Francisco, California. April 16-May 30, 2009.

"An Enduring Friendship: Ansel Adams and Georgia O'Keeffe," Scott Nichols Gallery. San Francisco, California. June 4-August 29, 2009. 

 
"Inside-Out: Portrait Photographs from the Permanent Collection," Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington. Seattle, Washington. July 2–October 25, 2009. 
 
"Picturing Modernity: The Photography Collection," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, California. Opened September 11, 2009. 
 
"20/20," G. Gibson Gallery. Seattle, Washington. January 15-February 28, 2009. 
 
Gerson, Denise M, curator.  "Through the Lens: Photography from the Permanent Collection," Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami. Coral Gables, Florida. June 27-October 4, 2009. 
 
"50/fify: 50 Gifts for the Next Fifty Years," The Monterey Museum of Art. Monterey, California. March 28-June 21, 2009. 
 
"Cloud 9," Bruce Silverstein. New York, New York. March 10-April 25, 2009. 
 
2009-2010
Nordström, Alison, Dr., curator.  "TruthBeauty: Pictorialism and the Photograph as Art, 1845–1945," Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery in collaboration with George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film. Rochester, New York. February 7-May 31, 2009. 
The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas. February 3–May 2, 2010.
Taft Museum of Art. Cincinnati, Ohio. May 21–August 8, 2010. 
 
"Vortexhibition Polyphonica," Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington. Seattle, Washington. October 3, 2009–December 31, 2010. 
 
2010-2011
Marcoci, Roxana, Sarah Meister and Eva Respini, curator.  "Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography," The Museum of Modern Art. New York, New York. May 7, 2010-April 4, 2011. 
 
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