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Exhibitions at The Research Libraries Subject Matters: Photography, Romana Javitz, and The New York Public LibraryFrom January 17, 1998 through March 28, 1998  Since its founding in 1914, the Picture Collection of The New York Public Library has become an essential resource for New York's creative communities. Subject Matters focuses on the subject-oriented picture collecting philosophy of Romana Javitz, head of the Picture Collection from 1929 to 1968. Javitz was a driving force behind many important photography acquisitions for the Picture Collection, many of which are now housed in the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs. Highlighted in the exhibition are works by Berenice Abbott, Dorothea Lange, and Lewis Hine. A computer component enables viewers to try their hand at electronic picture research. Worth Beyond Words: Romana Javitz and The New York Public Library's Picture Collection |