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Master Photographs from the Gilman Collection: A Landmark Acquisition
June 28, 2005–September 6, 2005
The Howard Gilman Gallery
Widely regarded as the finest collection of photographs in private hands, the Gilman Paper Company Collection has played a central role in establishing photography’s historical canon and has long set the standard for connoisseurship in this field. Recently acquired by the Metropolitan Museum, the Gilman Collection comprises more than 8,500 photographs, including exceptional depth and richness in early French, British, and American photography, as well as masterpieces from the turn-of-the-century and modernist periods. This installation of 19th-century French photographs highlights one of the collection's great strengths and features 40 rare and beautiful photographs by Gustave Le Gray, Henri Le Secq, Édouard Baldus, Nadar, and Eugène Atget, among many others. A rotating selection of works drawn from the entire Gilman Collection will also be on view in the Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. Gallery, 2nd floor, through next spring.
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