Masks, Boston
1966 · Dye transfer print
10 × 7" (25.4 × 17.8 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Marie Cosindas
1925
WA-00026671
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None documented
2
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5
Works in Collection
13
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3
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1978
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Marie Cosindas: Polaroid Color Photographs
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1966
Field Verification (3 fields)
1 cross-verified · 2 single-source
- Birth yearWikidata· 92%✓
- NationalityWikidata· 92%
- LocationWikidata· 80%
Source Registry (2)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
- Artsy (bulk)Tier 1 · Institutional85%
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Why this artist matters now
Marie Cosindas was an American photographer known for her pioneering use of Polaroid color film in fine art practice during the 1960s and 1970s. Working at a time when color photography was largely dismissed by the art establishment, she employed the instant film process to create intimate still lifes, portraits, and domestic interiors suffused with saturated jewel tones and a luminous, painterly quality. Her restraint in composition and her treatment of ordinary domestic objects elevated the snapshot aesthetic to museum-quality work. Cosindas helped legitimize color photography and the Polaroid medium as serious artistic tools during the postwar period.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 27d ago
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5 published of 11 catalogued · 8 with image
- MoMA3 publishedof 6 catalogued5 img
- Cleveland Museum of Art2 published
- + 1 more source · 3 catalogued, not yet published
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2 entries · 1 sources
- 1959 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1954 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Art Institute of Chicago
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