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Tucson

Max Yavno

(American, 1911–1985)

kickoff by max yavno

Max Yavno

Kickoff, 1978

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muscle beach by max yavno

Max Yavno

Muscle Beach, 1949

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night view from coit tower by max yavno

Max Yavno

Night View from Coit Tower, 1947

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pink's by max yavno

Max Yavno

Pink's, 1977

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santa monica beach by max yavno

Max Yavno

Santa Monica Beach, 1949

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Biography

Timeline

1911
Born in New York City
1932
Earned Bachelor of Social Science from the City College of New York
1933
Enrolled in Columbia's political science graduate program
1935
Worked briefly as a social worker at the New York City Home Relief Bureau
Worked for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) as a photographer in the mid-1950s
1938
Served as president of the Photo League
1945
Moved to Los Angeles and worked as a freelance photographer for magazines, including Vogue and Harper's Bazaar
1950
Worked in commercial photography during the 1950s
1952
Edward Steichen purchased prints by Yavno for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
1953
Was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship

Exhibitions

2011 - 2012
In Focus: Los Angeles, 1945-1980, The Getty Museum, Los Angeles
1997
Journey to Mecca: Works by Max Yavno, UCR/California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA (solo)
1989
The Permanent, Collection, Max Yavno Photographs, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (solo)
1981
Galeria Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Cuanhtemoc, Mexico (solo)
The Photography of Max Yavno, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles (solo)
1979
Marcuse Pfeifer Gallery, New York (solo)
1978
Gallery for Pohotographic Arts, New Orleans, LA (solo)
1976
G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles (solo)
1948
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (solo)
1947
Seventeen American Photographers, (retrospective), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
English (US)

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