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Exhibition

Windows: Photographs from the Collection

Windows: Photographs from the Collection

John Pultz, curator

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

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

Eugène Atget, Joel Snyder

1926–1927

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

Francis Bedford

circa 1870

Lewis Baltz (1945–2014), Fairfax — Fairfax

Lewis Baltz

1973

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

Manuel Alvarez Bravo

1976

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

James Hamilton Brown

1940s

Harry Callahan (1912–1999), Chicago — Chicago

Harry Callahan

circa 1949

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

Lee Friedlander

1964

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

Alexander Gardner

1867

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

Earl Iversen

1980

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

Danny Lyon

1969

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

Henri Cartier-Bresson

1933

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

Gordon H. Coster

mid 1940s

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

John M. Divola

1977

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

Walker Evans

1936

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

Duane Michals

circa 1969

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

Arthur Rothstein

1937

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

Robert Adams

1968

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

Elliott Erwitt

1978

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

Frederick Henry Evans

circa 1905

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

Louis Faurer

1947

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

Paul Grotz

circa 1933

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

Gertrude Stanton Käsebier

circa 1919

Gustave Marissiaux (1872–1929), Intérieur — Intérieur

Gustave Marissiaux

1901

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

Joseph Judd Pennell

1901

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

Paolo Salviati

mid 1800s

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

John Stanton

circa 1860

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

Robert Frank

1955–1956

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

Torkel Korling

1938

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

Marion Palfi

1946–1949

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

Edward Steichen

1935–1938

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] — 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

1860

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

Clarence John Laughlin

1955

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

Alen MacWeeney

1972

Art Sinsabaugh (1924–1983), Dockside — Dockside

Art Sinsabaugh

circa 1964

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

Helmut Newton

1976

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

Gordon Parks

1948

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

Charles Pratt

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

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