Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant Garde Film, 1893–1941
July 13–Sept 8, 2001
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Mary Ellen Bute, Synchromy No. 4: Escape, 1937–1938. 16mm film, color, sound, 4 min., transferred to video, aspect Ratio: 4:3. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Film, Video, and New Media Committee 2014.101. © Estate of Mary Ellen Bute; courtesy Arsenal - Institut für film und videokunst, Berlin
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Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant Garde Film, 1893–1941 was curated by Bruce Posner.