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In Focus: Play

December 23 – May 10, 2015

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Presented by J. Paul Getty Museum

Presented by J. Paul Getty Museum

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This exhibition traces the development of play as a photographic subject through the works of artists such as Roger Fenton, Lauren Greenfield, Weegee, among others. Installation views below, courtesy the J. Paul Getty Trust, photo by Rebecca Vera-Martinez.

12 Artworks

Untitled (Swimming Pool),, 1973 or before

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[Summer, The Lower East Side, New York City], summer 1937

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Artist Unavailable

[Barnum and Bailey Circus Tent in Paris, France], 1901-1902

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East L.A. Skateboarders, 1950s

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André Kertész

[Underwater Swimmer], negative 1917; print 1970s

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Lauren Greenfield

"Free Sex" Party Crew Party, East Los Angeles, 1993

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Hiromi Tsuchida

Counting Grains of Sand,Tsuruga, negative 1985; print May 15-1990

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[Marcel Duchamp and Raoul de Roussy de Sales Playing Chess], 1925

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T. Lux Feininger

Am Strand (On the Beach), about 1929

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Herman F. Nielson

View of Niagara Falls in Winter, about 1885

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Woman with Scarf at Inspiration Point, Yosemite National Park, 1980

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Imogen Cunningham

Self-Portrait with Grandchildren in Funhouse, 1955

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12 Artworks:

Untitled (Swimming Pool),, 1973 or before

J. Paul Getty Museum

Artist Unavailable

[Barnum and Bailey Circus Tent in Paris, France], 1901-1902

J. Paul Getty Museum

East L.A. Skateboarders, 1950s

J. Paul Getty Museum

Woman with Scarf at Inspiration Point, Yosemite National Park, 1980

J. Paul Getty Museum

[Marcel Duchamp and Raoul de Roussy de Sales Playing Chess], 1925

J. Paul Getty Museum

[Summer, The Lower East Side, New York City], summer 1937

J. Paul Getty Museum

André Kertész

[Underwater Swimmer], negative 1917; print 1970s

J. Paul Getty Museum

Imogen Cunningham

Self-Portrait with Grandchildren in Funhouse, 1955

J. Paul Getty Museum

T. Lux Feininger

Am Strand (On the Beach), about 1929

J. Paul Getty Museum

Herman F. Nielson

View of Niagara Falls in Winter, about 1885

J. Paul Getty Museum

Lauren Greenfield

"Free Sex" Party Crew Party, East Los Angeles, 1993

J. Paul Getty Museum

Hiromi Tsuchida

Counting Grains of Sand,Tsuruga, negative 1985; print May 15-1990

J. Paul Getty Museum

Untitled (Swimming Pool),, 1973 or before

J. Paul Getty Museum

East L.A. Skateboarders, 1950s

J. Paul Getty Museum

Lauren Greenfield

"Free Sex" Party Crew Party, East Los Angeles, 1993

J. Paul Getty Museum

[Marcel Duchamp and Raoul de Roussy de Sales Playing Chess], 1925

J. Paul Getty Museum

Artist Unavailable

[Barnum and Bailey Circus Tent in Paris, France], 1901-1902

J. Paul Getty Museum

André Kertész

[Underwater Swimmer], negative 1917; print 1970s

J. Paul Getty Museum

Hiromi Tsuchida

Counting Grains of Sand,Tsuruga, negative 1985; print May 15-1990

J. Paul Getty Museum

T. Lux Feininger

Am Strand (On the Beach), about 1929

J. Paul Getty Museum

Woman with Scarf at Inspiration Point, Yosemite National Park, 1980

J. Paul Getty Museum

[Summer, The Lower East Side, New York City], summer 1937

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Herman F. Nielson

View of Niagara Falls in Winter, about 1885

J. Paul Getty Museum

Imogen Cunningham

Self-Portrait with Grandchildren in Funhouse, 1955

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