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Photographs from the Museum Collection

Thomas Southall, curator

April 23, 1978–June 4, 1978

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

Seventy photographs selected from the collection will include a daguerreotype photographic portrait by John William Draper, one of the earliest ever made, and early prints by Francis Frith and O.G. Rejlander. The exhibition in the Raymond White Graphics Gallery will feature the works of Rejlander, Coburn, Kasebier, Hine, Abbott, Weston, and Evans, and include prints by Steiglitz and others.

Works of art

W. Eugene Smith (1918–1978), Tomoko and Mother in the Bath

Dr. John W. Draper, Portrait of Dorothy Catherine Draper

Francis Frith and Company (active 1859–1871), untitled

Francis Frith (1822–1898), Mount Horeb (Ras Susafeh)

Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946), Winter - Fifth Avenue

Frédéric Flachéron (1813–1883), Pont à Rome

Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard (1802–1872); E. Beneche, Groupe de Cedres du Mt. Liban, Etudes Photographiques

Eugène Atget (1857–1927), Ombelles

Ernest James Bellocq (1873–1949); Lee Friedlander (born 1934), Seated Woman in Tights with Hands Behind Head

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Madonna of the Tenement

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Picking out Nut Meats in New York Tenement

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Little Orphan Annie

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

David Octavius Hill (1802–1870); Robert Adamson (1821–1848); Jessie Bertram, Edinburgh Ale

Oscar Gustav Rejlander (1813–1875), Young Girl Reading

Oscar Gustav Rejlander (1813–1875), Madonna, veiled woman praying

Oscar Gustav Rejlander (1813–1875), Two Maids at a Well

Oscar Gustav Rejlander (1813–1875), Sir John Herschel

Oscar Gustav Rejlander (1813–1875), Young Girl with Posies

Edward Steichen (1879–1973), J. P. Morgan

George Henry Seeley (1880–1955), The Burning of Rome

Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (1852–1934), The Bride

Laura Gilpin (1891–1979), Apple Blossoms

Laura Gilpin (1891–1979), Indian Bake Ovens, Taos Pueblo

Laura Gilpin (1891–1979), Little Medicine Man

Edward Weston (1886–1958), Nude on Silk Shawl

Man Ray (1890–1976), Double Portrait of Valentine Hugo as Queen of Diamonds

Ansel Adams (1902–1984), Moon and Clouds, Northern California

Ansel Adams (1902–1984), Mud Hills, Arizona

Ansel Adams (1902–1984), Pinnacles, Alabama Hills, Owens Valley

Francis Frith (1822–1898), Pillars in the Great Hall Karnac

Paolo Salviati (1818–1894), Loggie Del Palazzo Ducale verso la Chiesa Della Salute

Paolo Salviati (1818–1894), Chiesa San. Marco Dalla Torre Dell'Orologio

Paul Strand (1890–1976), Cristo with Thorns, Huexotla

Paul Strand (1890–1976), Plaza, State of Puebla

Peter Henry Emerson (1856–1936), A Reed Cutter at Work

Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946), Nearing Land

Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (1852–1934), Rodin in His Studio

Francis Joseph Bruguière (1879–1945), untitled

André Kertész (1884–1985), Distorted Nude #40

Barbara Morgan (1900–1992), Martha Graham - Letter to the World

Walker Evans (1903–1975), Main Street, Saratoga Springs, NY

Berenice Abbott (1898–1991), Hester Street Scene, New York

Berenice Abbott (1898–1991), Ninth Ave. Line and Corner of Radio Row, Cortlandt Street, New York

Brassaï (1899–1984), Tirage de l'auteue, "Bijou"

Minor White (1908–1976), Moencopi Strata

Brett Weston (1911–1993), Bamboo

Walker Evans (1903–1975), Sharecropper's Family, Hale County, Alabama

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

Frederick Sommer (1905–1999), untitled

Betty Hahn (born 1940), Road and Rainbow

Scott Hyde (1926–2021), Morning/Evening Cloud

Bea Nettles (born 1946), Rainy Day Heart...

Richard Hamilton (1922–2011), The Critic Laughs

Emmet Gowin (born 1941), Wife and Car

Diane Arbus (1923–1971), Exasperated boy with a toy hand grenade, N.Y.C.

Harry Callahan (1912–1999), Trees, Chicago

Aaron Siskind (1903–1991), Kentucky 1951

Jerry Norman Uelsmann (1934–2022), Apocalypse II

Jerry Norman Uelsmann (1934–2022), untitled (seascape scene)

Thomas Francis Barrow (born 1938), Fan Variant

Robert Heinecken (1931–2006), Martini and Od'oevers

Robert Heinecken (1931–2006), Strokes/Light #1

Todd Walker (1917–1998), Twins

Les Krims (born 1942), Nude with Balloon

Lee Friedlander (born 1934), Westport, Connecticut

Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882–1966), Tower Bridge, London

Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882–1966), Kingsway, London

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

Edward Weston (1886–1958), Egg Cutter

Edward Weston (1886–1958); Cole Weston, Nude

Edward Weston (1886–1958), Windmill, Taos

Imogen Cunningham (1883–1976), Fagoel Ventilators

Imogen Cunningham (1883–1976), Agave I

Man Ray (1890–1976), Rayograph #182

Tony Ray-Jones (1941–1972), Durham Miners' Gala

Robert Frank (1924–2019), Indianapolis 1955

Elliott Erwitt (1928–2023), Guanajuato, Mexico

Abraham Bogardus (1822–1908), portrait of Samuel F.B. Morse

cover of a souvenir album of Japan

No. 495, Uyeno, Tokyo

No. 573, Mukojima at Tokyo

No. 525, Shiba at Tokyo

No. 295, Sacred Bridge at Nikko

No. 538, Shiba at Tokyo

No. 439, The 101 Stone Steps at Yokohama

No. 1036, (Peonies) Botan

No. 1015, Chrysanthemum at Tokyo

No. 1008, F Ikegami near Omori

No. 271, Stone Idol at Nikko

No. 364, Yomeimon Gate of Nikko

No. 456, Takaboko

No. 218, Haruna

No. 532, Kamakura

No. 458A Nagasaki

No. 956, Kasuga at Nara

No. 950, Sarusawa at Nara

title unknown (Osaka Castle)

No. 930B, Kyoto town from Maruyama

No. 901, Hozugawa, a rapids, at Kyoto

No. 397B, Miyanoshita

No. 402, Kashiwabara, Tokaido

title unknown (Mt. Fuji)

No. 333 Enoshima Island

No. 274, Enoshima

No. 536, Daibutsu at Kamakura

No. 540, Shiba at Tokyo

Les Halles, Paris, Instantaneous

George Washington Wilson (1823–1893), Loch Katrine, Ellen's Isle

Photographie Internationale, German Peasants

The Nave from the Eastern Dome of the Crystal Palace

J. C. Spooner, portrait of two women

D. B. Garton, portrait of a young boy

Mathew B. Brady (1823–1896), portrait of Ulysses S. Grant

John Moffat (1819–1894), William Henry Fox Talbot