Edwynn Houk Gallery
The Edwynn Houk Gallery is a photography gallery specializing in masters of twentieth-century photography with an emphasis on the 1920s and 1930s as well as contemporary photography. "Renowned Manhattan and Zurich based gallerist Edwynn Houk" founded the gallery in 1980.[1]
Gallery
The Edwynn Houk Gallery opened in Chicago in 1980. Houk Gallery has served as the exclusive representative of Modernist photographers and their estates, Brassaï, Bill Brandt, Dorothea Lange, André Kertész, Ilse Bing, and the Robert Frank Archive.[2]
In 1991, the gallery moved to New York. Currently located 745 Fifth Avenue, it has organized exhibitions by 20th century masters including Alfred Stieglitz, Man Ray, Moholy-Nagy, El Lissitzky, Robert Frank and Walker Evans.[2][3]
The gallery gave space to established photographers like Elliot Erwitt,[4] but also introduced contemporary photographers such as Sally Mann.[2][3]
In 2010, on the occasion of its 30th anniversary, Edwynn Houk Gallery opened a second location in Zürich, Switzerland.[2]
The gallery is a member of the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) as well as the Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD).[5] Mr. Houk has served on the Board of Directors for ADAA, Paris Photo, and AIPAD and on the Selection Committee for Art Basel and Paris Photo.[6] The gallery has mounted over 250 exhibitions and published almost 30 monographs.[7]
Artists Currently Represented
Contemporary
- Elinor Carucci
- Lynn Davis
- Elliott Erwitt
- Lalla Essaydi
- Gail Albert Halaban
- Mona Kuhn
- Annie Leibovitz
- Danny Lyon
- Sally Mann
- Arno Rafael Minkkinen
- Abelardo Morell
- Vik Muniz
- Herb Ritts
- Stephen Shore
20th century
- Diane Arbus
- Eugène Atget
- Ilse Bing
- Erwin Blumenfeld
- Bill Brandt
- Brassaï
- Manuel Álvarez Bravo
- Harry Callahan
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Robert Frank
- André Kertész
- Dorothea Lange
- Man Ray
- August Sander
- Alfred Stieglitz
- Edward Weston
References
- ↑ galleryIntell (2012). "Edwynn Houk Gallery. Man Ray". Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Le Journal de la Photographie
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 ArtCritical: Archived Shows at Edwynn Houk Gallery
- ↑ Village Voice: Elliot Erwitt at the Edwynn Houk Gallery by R.C. Baker. February 6, 2007.
- ↑ AIPAD
- ↑ "Galerie Edwynn Houk". Photography-Now.com. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- ↑ "Edwynn Houk Gallery". Houk Gallery. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- ↑ "Artists". Houk Gallery. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
External links
- Official website
- Dutch Art Events: Sebastiaan Bremer at Edwynn Houk Gallery
- Luminous Lint: Edwynn Houk Gallery photography exhibitions 2000–2008
Coordinates: 40°45′48″N 73°58′23″W / 40.76332°N 73.97311°W