Ray Metzker

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American | 1931 - 2014

Ray Metzker was an American photographer who was born in 1931.

How much does a Ray Metzker cost?

Ray Metzker's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 212 USD to 122,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Ray Metzker's most expensive photography?

Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 122,500 USD for COMPOSITES: TALL GROVE OF NUDES 1966, sold at Sotheby's New York in 2012. In the past 12 months, their photographs have averaged 2,794 USD.

Where can I see Ray Metzker's works?

Their work is currently being shown at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. Numerous key galleries and museums such as The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art have featured Ray Metzker's work in the past.

Ray Metzker in the news

Ray Metzker has been featured in articles for Photo-Eye Booklist, Aperture and Aesthetica. The most recent article is Street Chronicles: Daido Moriyama, Saul Leiter, and More @ Gallery FIFTY ONE written for JUXTAPOZ in February 2024. The artist died in 2014.

Artist's alternative names: Ray K. Metzker, Ray Krueger Metzker

Featured for Sale

71 IQ-18 ,1971

By Ray Metzker

Lempertz, Cologne

photograph from the Earthly Delights series ,1987

By Ray Metzker

Concept Art Gallery - Auctions

Untitled (two works from the Sand Creatures series ,1968

By Ray Metzker

Rago Arts and Auction Center

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Leapin' zzz ,1982

By Ray Metzker

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WASHINGTON, D. C.

By Ray Metzker

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Frankfurt ,1961

By Ray Metzker

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photograph from the Earthly Delights series - Ray Metzker

photograph from the Earthly Delights series ,1987

By Ray Metzker

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Earthly Delights ,1987

By Ray Metzker

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photograph from the Earthly Delights series ,1987

By Ray Metzker

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Philadelphia (63 AX-26 ,1963

By Ray Metzker

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Philadelphia (63 DE-36) ,1963

By Ray Metzker

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The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker

By Ray Metzker

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Current Exhibitions

More is More: Reinventing Photography Beyond the Frame

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Kansas City | Missouri | USA

02 Aug, 2025 - 18 Jan, 2026

Past Exhibitions

Burn It In

Howard Greenberg Gallery

57th Street | New York | USA

29 Nov, 2022 - 28 Feb, 2023

Ray K. Metzker: Silhouettes

Laurence Miller Gallery

New York | USA

07 Apr, 2022 - 28 May, 2022

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Articles

Street Chronicles: Daido Moriyama, Saul Leiter, and More @ Gallery FIFTY ONE

JUXTAPOZ 21 Feb, 2024

Street Chronicles at Gallery FIFTY ONE brings together an extraordinary collection of works by some of the most influential street photographers of our time.

Tom Sandberg: Photographs

Photo-Eye Booklist 06 Feb, 2023

The Norwegian photographer Tom Sandberg was a minimalist.

Quest: Reviewed by George Slade

Photo-Eye Booklist 19 Nov, 2020

Don鈥檛 get too comfortable, Alexandre de Mortemart鈥檚 photographs suggest. The worlds you see herein have an elusive relationship with the truth. Don鈥檛 trust your eyes.

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鈥� ..Metzker, is known for finely crafted photographs that mine the medium鈥檚 expressive potential through multiple imagery, high contrast, and selective focus... 鈥�
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Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington

鈥� ..Metzker (1931-2014) is known for repeatedly reinventing his approach to the medium throughout his life... 鈥�
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Howard Greenberg Gallery

鈥� ..Metzker (American, born 1931) is one of the most innovative photographers of the last half-century... 鈥�
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J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center

鈥� ..Metzker鈥檚 mastery of light, shadow, and line transforms ordinary scenes from daily life into extraordinary compositions of form and design... 鈥�
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Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington

鈥� ..Metzker鈥檚 devotion to photographic seeing as a process of discovery is regarded as deeply humanistic for its focus of isolation and vulnerability... 鈥�
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Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington

Ray Metzker

How much does a Ray Metzker cost?

What is Ray Metzker's most expensive photography?

Where can I see Ray Metzker's works?

Ray Metzker in the news

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