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Conversation XVI: Photography from the Collection

John Pultz, curator

August 3, 2013–December 15, 2013

Gallery 405, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

These selections from the Spencer’s collection of photography have been chosen to complement the course HA 580: The History of Photography. The photographs, including examples by Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Nadar, and Sally Mann, suggest the range of physical properties, subjects, and styles that have characterized and defined the photographic medium over the nearly 175 years since its invention in the 1830s.

Works of art

Robinia pseudo-acacia (America), Anna Atkins (1799–1871) — Anna Atkins (1799–1871)

Robinia pseudo-acacia (America), circa 1851–1854

St. Ricquier, Edouard-Denis Baldus (1813–1889) — Edouard-Denis Baldus (1813–1889)

St. Ricquier, circa 1855

Le Peintre Decamps et sa Famille (The Painter Decamps and his Family), André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1819–1889) — André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1819–1889)

Le Peintre Decamps et sa Famille (The Painter Decamps and his Family), 1860

Portrait of George Sand, Nadar (1820–1910) — Nadar (1820–1910)

Portrait of George Sand, circa 1863

Plate 361, Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904) — Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904)

Plate 361, 1887

Mother and Child, Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (1852–1934) — Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (1852–1934)

Mother and Child, 1897

North Porch, Wells Cathedral, Frederick Henry Evans (1853–1943) — Frederick Henry Evans (1853–1943)

North Porch, Wells Cathedral, late 1800s–early 1900s

Young Girl in Textile Factory, Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940) — Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940)

Young Girl in Textile Factory, circa 1910

From the Viaduct, New York, Paul Strand (1890–1976) — Paul Strand (1890–1976)

From the Viaduct, New York, 1916

Place du Tertre, Mars, Eugène Atget (1857–1927) — Eugène Atget (1857–1927)

Place du Tertre, Mars, circa 1922

Farmer's Kitchen, Hale County, Alabama, Walker Evans (1903–1975) — Walker Evans (1903–1975)

Farmer's Kitchen, Hale County, Alabama, 1936

Through a Windshield, the 40-mile Baltimore-Washington Stretch is One Long Clutter of Ugly Signs, Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971) — Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971)

Through a Windshield, the 40-mile Baltimore-Washington Stretch is One Long Clutter of Ugly Signs, 1938

Rayograph #182, Man Ray (1890–1976) — Man Ray (1890–1976)

Rayograph #182, 1923

Chartres, Flying Buttresses, Charles Sheeler (1883–1965) — Charles Sheeler (1883–1965)

Chartres, Flying Buttresses, 1929

Winter Sunrise, The Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, California, Ansel Adams (1902–1984) — Ansel Adams (1902–1984)

Winter Sunrise, The Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, California, 1944

Eleanor, Chicago, Harry Callahan (1912–1999) — Harry Callahan (1912–1999)

Eleanor, Chicago, 1949

U.S. 285, New Mexico, Robert Frank (1924–2019) — Robert Frank (1924–2019)

U.S. 285, New Mexico, 1955

Castle Rock, Colorado, Garry Winogrand (1928–1984) — Garry Winogrand (1928–1984)

Castle Rock, Colorado, 1960

A Husband and Wife in the Woods at a Nudist Camp, NJ, Diane Arbus (1923–1971) — Diane Arbus (1923–1971)

A Husband and Wife in the Woods at a Nudist Camp, NJ, 1963

Road and Rainbow, Betty Hahn (born 1940) — Betty Hahn (born 1940)

Road and Rainbow, 1971

Albuquerque, Lee Friedlander (born 1934) — Lee Friedlander (born 1934)

Albuquerque, 1972

Jessie in the Wind, Sally Mann (born 1951) — Sally Mann (born 1951)

Jessie in the Wind, 1989

Corazon I (Winged man with heart) (Heart I), Luis González Palma (born 1957) — Luis González Palma (born 1957)

Corazon I (Winged man with heart) (Heart I), 1989

Crushed Can and Scratchboard, Zeke Berman (born 1951) — Zeke Berman (born 1951)

Crushed Can and Scratchboard, 1992

Twelve Drive-Ins I, Jeff Brouws (born 1955) — Jeff Brouws (born 1955)

Twelve Drive-Ins I, 2005

untitled (C-465), Marco Breuer (born 1966) — Marco Breuer (born 1966)

untitled (C-465), 2004

portrait of man wearing eyeglasses — portrait of man wearing eyeglasses, circa 1850

portrait of Maria Burbidge, aged 8 years — portrait of Maria Burbidge, aged 8 years, circa 1850

portrait of baby, unknown maker — unknown maker

portrait of baby, circa 1855

portrait of three Union soldiers — portrait of three Union soldiers, 1860s