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Exhibition

Windows: Photographs from the Collection

Windows: Photographs from the Collection

John Pultz, curator

December 18, 1999–March 19, 2000

North Balcony, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

The three-dozen photographs in this installation take the metaphor of photographs as windows on the world and make it literal by having as their subjects actual windows. This survey of various photography styles and methods offers both expanded perspectives and glimpses into other environments.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Coiffeur, Palais Royal, Eugène Atget (1857–1927); Joel Snyder — Eugène Atget (1857–1927); Joel Snyder

Coiffeur, Palais Royal, 1926–1927

Chester, St. John's Ruins, Francis Bedford (1816–1894) — Francis Bedford (1816–1894)

Chester, St. John's Ruins, circa 1870

Fairfax, Lewis Baltz (1945–2014) — Lewis Baltz (1945–2014)

Fairfax, 1973

Window overlooking Maguey Plant, Manuel Alvarez Bravo (1902–2002) — Manuel Alvarez Bravo (1902–2002)

Window overlooking Maguey Plant, 1976

untitled (Mouse Hole), James Hamilton Brown (active 1930–1950) — James Hamilton Brown (active 1930–1950)

untitled (Mouse Hole), 1940s

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

Chicago, circa 1949

New York City, Lee Friedlander (born 1934) — Lee Friedlander (born 1934)

New York City, 1964

Lane University, Lecompton, Kansas, Alexander Gardner (1821–1882) — Alexander Gardner (1821–1882)

Lane University, Lecompton, Kansas, 1867

Lone Star, KS, Earl Iversen (born 1943) — Earl Iversen (born 1943)

Lone Star, KS, 1980

untitled (building facade), Danny Lyon (born 1942) — Danny Lyon (born 1942)

untitled (building facade), 1969

Madrid, Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004) — Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004)

Madrid, 1933

Chicago, by Wrigley Building, Gordon H. Coster (1906–1988) — Gordon H. Coster (1906–1988)

Chicago, by Wrigley Building, mid 1940s

untitled, John M. Divola (born 1949) — John M. Divola (born 1949)

untitled, 1977

Rural Home, Southeastern U.S., Walker Evans (1903–1975) — Walker Evans (1903–1975)

Rural Home, Southeastern U.S., 1936

Native Alaskan Girl, Duane Michals (born 1932) — Duane Michals (born 1932)

Native Alaskan Girl, circa 1969

Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama, Arthur Rothstein (1915–1985) — Arthur Rothstein (1915–1985)

Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama, 1937

Colorado Springs, Robert Adams (born 1937) — Robert Adams (born 1937)

Colorado Springs, 1968

Legs on a Wall, New York City, Elliott Erwitt (1928–2023) — Elliott Erwitt (1928–2023)

Legs on a Wall, New York City, 1978

Château Pierrefonds, Gargoyle Waterpipe, Frederick Henry Evans (1853–1943) — Frederick Henry Evans (1853–1943)

Château Pierrefonds, Gargoyle Waterpipe, circa 1905

New York, N.Y., Louis Faurer (1916–2001) — Louis Faurer (1916–2001)

New York, N.Y., 1947

Studio at 174 Bleeker Street, Paul Grotz (1902–1990) — Paul Grotz (1902–1990)

Studio at 174 Bleeker Street, circa 1933

John Murray Anderson, the theatrical producer, Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (1852–1934) — Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (1852–1934)

John Murray Anderson, the theatrical producer, circa 1919

Intérieur, Gustave Marissiaux (1872–1929) — Gustave Marissiaux (1872–1929)

Intérieur, 1901

Rockwell's Grocery Window, Joseph Judd Pennell (1866–1922) — Joseph Judd Pennell (1866–1922)

Rockwell's Grocery Window, 1901

Palazzo Contarini-Fasan, Paolo Salviati (1818–1894) — Paolo Salviati (1818–1894)

Palazzo Contarini-Fasan, mid 1800s

untitled (Lord Leycester Hospital, Warwick), John Stanton (1799–1888) — John Stanton (1799–1888)

untitled (Lord Leycester Hospital, Warwick), circa 1860

Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, Robert Frank (1924–2019) — Robert Frank (1924–2019)

Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, 1955–1956

Johnson Wax, Racine, Torkel Korling (1903–1998) — Torkel Korling (1903–1998)

Johnson Wax, Racine, 1938

New York State, 1946-49, Hudson School for Girls, "reformatory", Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

New York State, 1946-49, Hudson School for Girls, "reformatory", 1946–1949

Rockefeller Center, Edward Steichen (1879–1973) — Edward Steichen (1879–1973)

Rockefeller Center, 1935–1938

Grenade, Alhambra Palais construit par Charles-Quint dans L'enceinte de L'Alhambra, #35 [Grenada, Alhambra, Palace built by Charles V within the walls of the Alhambra, #35], Louis De Clercq (1836–1901) — Louis De Clercq (1836–1901)

Grenade, Alhambra Palais construit par Charles-Quint dans L'enceinte de L'Alhambra, #35 [Grenada, Alhambra, Palace built by Charles V within the walls of the Alhambra, #35], 1860

She Who Commands Cobwebs, Clarence John Laughlin (1905–1985) — Clarence John Laughlin (1905–1985)

She Who Commands Cobwebs, 1955

Flies in the Window, Castletown House, Ireland, Alen MacWeeney (born 1939) — Alen MacWeeney (born 1939)

Flies in the Window, Castletown House, Ireland, 1972

Dockside, Art Sinsabaugh (1924–1983) — Art Sinsabaugh (1924–1983)

Dockside, circa 1964

Catherine Deneuve, Paris (not published), Helmut Newton (1920–2004) — Helmut Newton (1920–2004)

Catherine Deneuve, Paris (not published), 1976

Red Jackson, Harlem Gang Leader, Gordon Parks (1912–2006) — Gordon Parks (1912–2006)

Red Jackson, Harlem Gang Leader, 1948

untitled (wall, "Stop the Goddam W."), Charles Pratt (1926–1976) — Charles Pratt (1926–1976)

untitled (wall, "Stop the Goddam W."), mid 1900s

Events

January 27, 2000

Screening

American Photography: A Century of Images

6:00–7:30PM

309 Auditorium

February 3, 2000

Talk

Intern Joe Lampo on Windows: Photographs from the Collection

12:15–1:15PM

Gallery 404