MOCA Receives Gift from Photographer Max Yavno's Estate

MOCA Receives Gift from Photographer Max Yavno's Estate

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 06:37 PM PST

LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), announced a generous gift of $435,000 from the estate of renowned Los Angeles photographer Max Yavno, nearly 25 years after his death. Yavno, who died in 1985, was an accomplished fine art and commercial photographer known for his social documentation and sensitive depiction of urban realism. Said Stephen McAvoy, successor executor of the estate of Max Yavno and retired controller of City National Bank, “I am amazed and pleased that 25 years after Max’s death, these funds are still able to benefit the museum, and are eligible to be matched by the generous grant given to the museum by The Broad Foundation.”