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Native American Art
Brassaï , Watchmaker, Dauphine Alley, Paris, c. 1932-33, 97.705
Gift of an anonymous donor in honor of Susan Bielstein
© Estate Brassaï
The collection illustrates the evolution of early-20th-century photographic styles, beginning with photographs that imitate romantic painting styles, such as Edward Steichen´s early images. From the same period, experiments in abstract photography include works by Alvin Langdon Coburn, Christian Schad, Moholy-Nagy, and Man Ray. The MFAH has especially important works made in the 1920s and 1930s by American, French, English, German, Czech, and Soviet artists. Emblematic examples by such masters as Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Brassaï, André Kertész, Henri Cartier-Bresson, John Heartfield, Josef Sudek, and Alexander Rodchenko trace the distinctive development of modern styles from country to country.
American documentary is well represented by artists such as Lewis W. Hine, W. Eugene Smith, Roy DeCarava, James VanDerZee, and Ansel Adams. The MFAH´s collection is strongest in the new approaches to photography that emerged in the second half of the 20th century, exemplified by Robert Frank, John Baldessari, Robert Cumming, and Lorna Simpson. The museum has a notable collection of Italian photography and is developing a concentration in Japanese photography. The collection was enhanced by the acquisition in 2002 of 3,760 new images from the renowned collector Manfred Heiting.
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