Event Listing - Museums
Tue Jul 1, 2008 - Sun Sep 21, 2008

The Art of Lee Miller


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Location
Date and Time
SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103 map
cross street: between Mission & Howard
district: SoMa

Tue Jul 1, 2008 (10am - 5:45pm, open till 7:45pm on Thu & Sun)
Thu Jul 3, 2008 (10am - 5:45pm, open till 7:45pm on Thu & Sun)
Fri Jul 4, 2008 (10am - 5:45pm, open till 7:45pm on Thu & Sun)
Sat Jul 5, 2008 (10am - 5:45pm, open till 7:45pm on Thu & Sun)
Sun Jul 6, 2008 (10am - 5:45pm, open till 7:45pm on Thu & Sun)

Description
Exhibit showcases the greatest photographs, some never seen before, of Lee Miller and her unconventional life.

One of the most unconventional female artists of the 20th century, Lee Miller was admired for her classical beauty, intelligence, and photographic talent. This retrospective spans her career as a photographer and explores her transformation from muse and model to groundbreaking artist in her own right. Born in New York in 1907, Miller modeled for Vogue before meeting Man Ray in Paris in 1929. Inspired by his work, Miller began creating her own striking surrealist photographs. Later, she became a war photographer for British Vogue and was the only woman in combat photojournalism in Europe during World War II. After the war, she continued a nimble photographic practice, with later work including high-comedy portraits of art-world friends such as Max Ernst, Alfred H. Barr Jr., and Saul Steinberg.