Imogen Cunningham

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American | 1883 - 1976

Imogen Cunningham was an American photographer who was born in 1883. Her work is currently being shown at multiple venues like SFMOMA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Numerous key galleries and museums such as SFMOMA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art have featured Imogen Cunningham's work in the past.Imogen Cunningham's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 2 USD to 361,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 361,000 USD for 'tower of jewels', sold at Sotheby's New York in 2007. In the past 12 months, her photographs have averaged 3,360 USD.Imogen Cunningham has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Hyperallergic in September 2025. The artist died in 1976.

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Featured for Sale

Self-Portrait

By Imogen Cunningham

Rago Arts and Auction Center

Chris (Johnson) through the curtain ,1972

By Imogen Cunningham

Millon & Associes

Davidia

By Imogen Cunningham

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'tower of jewels'

By Imogen Cunningham

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'TWO CALLAS'

By Imogen Cunningham

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False Hellebore (Glacial Lily) - Imogen Cunningham

False Hellebore (Glacial Lily) ,1927

By Imogen Cunningham

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Davidia

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Self-Portrait

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Leaf Pattern ,1929

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An American Place ,1934

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Sunbath (Alta on the Beach) - Imogen Cunningham

Sunbath (Alta on the Beach) ,1920

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False Hellebore ,1926

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Current Exhibitions

Photography's New Vision: Experiments in Seeing

High Museum of Art

Atlanta | Georgia | USA

13 Jun, 2025 - 04 Jan, 2026

The View from Here: Women Photographers of the American Landscape

New Orleans Museum of Art

New Orleans | Louisiana | USA

25 Jul, 2025 - 04 Jan, 2026

The West in Focus: Women

Booth Western Art Museum

Cartersville | Georgia | USA

02 Aug, 2025 - 18 Jan, 2026

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Articles

MoMA opens an exhibition of extraordinary photographs from the Thayle Threenhill Collection

ArtDaily 03 Nov, 2025

The Museum of Modern Art is presenting Time Travelers: Photographs from the Thayle Threenhill Collection, an exhibition of works from a monumental gift of photographs made in 2019 to the Museum by Robert F. Greenhill in memory of his wife, Gayle Greenhill (1936鈥�2017).

Unpacking the Ageist Myths of Western Art

Hyperallergic 21 Sep, 2025

Scholar Larry Silver sheds light on depictions of old age in Greek, Biblical, and European art history, but misses a deeper exploration.

DelArt awarded major grants to advance groundbreaking Pre-Raphaelite scholarship

ArtDaily 04 Sep, 2025

This fall, the Delaware Art Museum (DelArt) will present Imprinted: Illustrating Race, a powerful exhibition organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum, on view from October 18, 2025, through March 1, 2026.

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Coverage

鈥� ..Working at a time when women photographers were few, Cunningham dedicated her life to her art... 鈥�
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Seattle Art Museum

鈥� ..Throughout her career, Cunningham valued the importance of light, form, and pattern in her compositions... 鈥�
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The Columbia Museum of Art

鈥� ..Spanning the artist鈥檚 career, the photographs on view demonstrate the breadth and range of Cunningham鈥檚 artistic vision and showcase one of the strengths of SAM鈥檚 photography collection... 鈥�
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Seattle Art Museum

鈥� ..Cunningham, who died in 1976, remains one of the most popular and innovative photographers in the history of the genre.... 鈥�
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The Columbia Museum of Art

鈥� ..Cunningham was one of the most experimental photographers in her lifetime... 鈥�
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Fenimore Art Museum