Edith Halpert in 1955 with Georgia O'Keeffe's In the Patio IX, one of the prizes of her personal collection. Courtesy of the Jewish Museum.
Jacob Lawrence, This Is Harlem, 1943. Photo by Cathy Carver. Artwork © The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of the Jewish Museum.
The inaugural exhibition at the Downtown Gallery in November 1926, featuring Marguerite Zorach's tapestry Memories of a Summer in the White Mountains and Elie Nadelman's sculpture Seated Woman. Courtesy of the Jewish Museum.
O. Louis Guglielmi, Subway Exit, 1946. Courtesy of the Jewish Museum.
Ben Shahn, Hunger, 1946. Artwork © Estate of Ben Shahn / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of the Jewish Museum.
Stuart Davis, New York - Paris No. 1, 1931. Artwork © Estate of Stuart Davis / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of the Jewish Museum.
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Circus Girl Resting, ca. 1925. Artwork © Estate of Yasuo Kuniyoshi / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of the Jewish Museum.
Edith Halpert at the Downtown Gallery, wearing the 13 watch brooch and ring designed for her by Charles Sheeler, in a photograph for Life magazine in 1952. She is joined by some of the new American artists she was promoting that year: Charles Oscar, Robert Knipschild, Jonah Kinigstein, Wallace Reiss, Carroll Cloar, and Herbert Katzman. Photo © Estate of Louis Faurer. Courtesy of the Jewish Museum.
Peter Blume, South of Scranton, 1931. Artwork © The Educational Alliance, Inc. / Estate of Peter Blume / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; image provided by the Metropolitan Museum of Art / Art Resource, New York. Courtesy of the Jewish Museum.