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Van Deren Coke

Photography

1921 – 2004

Biography: Van Deren Coke was an American photographer, scholar, and museum professional. He was the founding director of the University of New Mexico Art Museum and later served as director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s photography department.

  • Coke – San Miguel de Allende, Mexico - San Miguel de Allende,Mexico Van Deren Coke Created : 1992 Donated : 2006 Medium : Photography Dimensions: 11 inx10 in Located: 2nd Floor,Northwest Hallway Van Deren Coke was a photographer, scholar, curator, and art historian. He began his photographic career in the late 1930s at the University of Kentucky. During the 1950s, he studied with…

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