Albright ’56 Leaves Photography Collection to NO Museum
2 weeks ago • March 16, 2021
By Larry Isch
Posted in About
In February, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) announced that noted radiologist and art collector Dr. H. Russell Albright ’56 had bequeathed his extensive and important photography collection to the museum, and left a fund to create an endowment in support of the museum’s Department of Photographs.
The 1956 Ozarks graduate who died in 2017 had a long and significant relationship with NOMA, filling many roles over the span of 30 years, ranging from trustee to longtime fellow.
“Russell Albright was generous and influential in his involvement with the museum during his lifetime, and his devotion to collecting served as a model for others in our community,” says Susan Taylor, Montine McDaniel Freeman Director of NOMA. “His collection will serve as the core of contemporary photography at NOMA and the accompanying endowment fund will ensure that his lega
New Orleans Museum of Art announces transformative gift of photography from Dr. Russell Albright
Sally Mann (American, born 1951), Deep South, Untitled (Stick), 1998. Gelatin silver print, toned with tea. Bequest of H. Russell Albright, M.D., 2020.1.80.
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.- Noted radiologist and art collector Dr. H. Russell Albright (1934-2017) bequeathed his extensive and important photography collection to the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA), and left a fund to create an endowment in support of the museums Department of Photographs. Dr. Albright had a long and significant relationship with NOMA, filling many roles over the span of 30 years, ranging from Board Trustee to longtime Fellow.
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Brassai (Gyula Halasz) (Hungarian - French, 1899 - 1984) Lovers, Rue Saint Denis, 1931. Gelatin silver print Gift and bequest of H. Russell Albright, M.D., 91.521
Sally Mann (American, born 1951) Deep South, Untitled (Stick), 1998. Gelatin silver print, toned with tea. Bequest of H. Russell Albright, M.D., 2020.1.80
Man Ray (American, 1890 - 1976) Nude Portrait of Nusch Eluard from Facile, 1935. Gelatin silver print. Gift and bequest of H. Russell Albright, M.D., 91.522
Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Mexican, 1902 - 2002) And At Night It Moans, ca. 1945. Gelatin silver print Gift and bequest of H. Russell Albright, M.D., 91.534