Exhibitions / The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
New York, United States
Permanent Collection
A defining moment of the Parisian avant-garde.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York houses twelve original Roger Schall prints in its Photography Collection. Created in 1938, they document the International Surrealist Exhibition held at the Galerie Beaux-Arts in Paris, a landmark event in the history of modern art that brought together figures including Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dalí, Man Ray and André Breton. Today, several of these photographs are displayed in the Museum's galleries dedicated to the history of twentieth-century photography.
Entered into the Museum's collection in 2018 through the support of the Family of Man Fund, these works reflect Roger Schall's remarkable ability to capture one of the defining moments of the Parisian avant-garde. More than simple exhibition views, they stand today as an essential visual record of a pivotal chapter in the history of Surrealism, preserved within one of the world's leading institutions for modern and contemporary art.
Collection Highlights
- 12 gelatin silver prints
- Acquired in 2018
- Department of Photography