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The Body and the Lens: Photography 1839 to the Present

John Pultz, curator

January 15, 1998–March 29, 1998

Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, Colorado

The exhibition traces the image of the body from early tintypes through classic works by masters of the medium to the artistic experiments of today. An exhibition drawn from the book of the same title by the Spencer's curator of photography, John Pultz. Many of the works are from the Spencer's permanent collection. Organized and circulated by Exhibits USA.

Works of art

untitled (male nude), Laure Albin-Guillot — Laure Albin-Guillot

untitled (male nude), 1946

Campers at Camp Lakecrest for overweight girls, Dutchess County, New York, Diane Arbus; Neil Selkirk; Doon Arbus — Diane Arbus; Neil Selkirk; Doon Arbus

Campers at Camp Lakecrest for overweight girls, Dutchess County, New York, 1968

Tattooed Man at a Carnival, Md., Diane Arbus — Diane Arbus

Tattooed Man at a Carnival, Md., 1970

First Telltale signs that the French sun may be sinking on the French Empire as well - Frank Protopapas, Jean-François Bauret — Jean-François Bauret

First Telltale signs that the French sun may be sinking on the French Empire as well - Frank Protopapas, circa 1969

La Poupée (The Doll), Hans Bellmer — Hans Bellmer

La Poupée (The Doll), circa 1935

Seated Woman in Tights with Hands Behind Head, Ernest James Bellocq; Lee Friedlander — Ernest James Bellocq; Lee Friedlander

Seated Woman in Tights with Hands Behind Head, circa 1912

Nude, East Sussex Coast, Bill Brandt — Bill Brandt

Nude, East Sussex Coast, 1953

Brothel, Rue Quincampoix, Paris ca. 1932, Brassaï — Brassaï

Brothel, Rue Quincampoix, Paris ca. 1932, 1978

Odalisque (Woman of the Harem), Brassaï — Brassaï

Odalisque (Woman of the Harem), 1934–1935

At a First-Aid Center during Operation Prairie, also known as Reaching Out, Larry Burrows — Larry Burrows

At a First-Aid Center during Operation Prairie, also known as Reaching Out, 1966

untitled (self-portrait), Claude Cahun — Claude Cahun

untitled (self-portrait), circa 1927

Eleanor, Chicago, Harry Callahan — Harry Callahan

Eleanor, Chicago, 1949

Self-portrait (Seated Figure, No. 1), John Coplans — John Coplans

Self-portrait (Seated Figure, No. 1), 1987

Le Baiser du Trottoir (Kiss on the Sidewalk), Robert Doisneau — Robert Doisneau

Le Baiser du Trottoir (Kiss on the Sidewalk), 1950

untitled (portrait of a young woman), Frantisek Drtikol — Frantisek Drtikol

untitled (portrait of a young woman), circa 1925

Educational Dilemma: To Cheat, Reed Estabrook — Reed Estabrook

Educational Dilemma: To Cheat, 1979

Sharecropper's Family, Hale County, Alabama, Walker Evans — Walker Evans

Sharecropper's Family, Hale County, Alabama, 1936

Freudian Handclasp, Louis Faurer — Louis Faurer

Freudian Handclasp, 1949

Window Display, Hubert's Museum, NY, Robert Frank — Robert Frank

Window Display, Hubert's Museum, NY, 1958

Topless Wedding in Los Angeles; reception followed, Lee Friedlander — Lee Friedlander

Topless Wedding in Los Angeles; reception followed, 1967

Indoctrination Division, Air Training Command, Lackland Air Base, San Antonio, Texas, Eugene Omar Goldbeck — Eugene Omar Goldbeck

Indoctrination Division, Air Training Command, Lackland Air Base, San Antonio, Texas, 1947

Coney Island, Sid Grossman — Sid Grossman

Coney Island, circa 1947

Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?, Guerrilla Girls — Guerrilla Girls

Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?, 1989

Edinburgh Ale, David Octavius Hill; Robert Adamson; Jessie Bertram — David Octavius Hill; Robert Adamson; Jessie Bertram

Edinburgh Ale, circa 1845

Bolting Up a Big Turbine, Lewis Wickes Hine — Lewis Wickes Hine

Bolting Up a Big Turbine, 1920

Beth Beri, Vaudeville Dancer, Orval Hixon — Orval Hixon

Beth Beri, Vaudeville Dancer, 1920

untitled, George Hoyningen-Huene — George Hoyningen-Huene

untitled, 1950s

Interim Figure #642, Bill Jacobson — Bill Jacobson

Interim Figure #642, 1993

Drottningholm, Sweden, Kenneth Josephson — Kenneth Josephson

Drottningholm, Sweden, 1967

Distorted Nude #40, André Kertész — André Kertész

Distorted Nude #40, 1933

untitled (nude woman), George Platt Lynes — George Platt Lynes

untitled (nude woman), 1935

untitled, Ervin Marton — Ervin Marton

untitled, circa 1930

Untitled: Silueta Series, Ana Mendieta — Ana Mendieta

Untitled: Silueta Series, 1978

Couplets-Atlantic City, Ray Krueger Metzker — Ray Krueger Metzker

Couplets-Atlantic City, 1968

Fallen Man, Paris, Joel Meyerowitz — Joel Meyerowitz

Fallen Man, Paris, 1967

Plate 361, Eadweard Muybridge — Eadweard Muybridge

Plate 361, 1887

An historic picture of the New Frontier, Arnold Newman — Arnold Newman

An historic picture of the New Frontier, 1963

C. C. (December) Boston, Nicholas Nixon — Nicholas Nixon

C. C. (December) Boston, 1983

The Bonham Project (Armpits), Jon O'Neal — Jon O'Neal

The Bonham Project (Armpits), 1989

Georgia, 1949 or A Gullah Family, Georgia Study, Marion Palfi — Marion Palfi

Georgia, 1949 or A Gullah Family, Georgia Study, circa 1949

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

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

black children with white doll, Gordon Parks — Gordon Parks

black children with white doll, 1942

Madame Sperber Group, Jon Blumb; Joseph Judd Pennell — Jon Blumb; Joseph Judd Pennell

Madame Sperber Group, 1906

Reynolds, 19th Battery, Fort Riley, 1905, Jon Blumb; Joseph Judd Pennell — Jon Blumb; Joseph Judd Pennell

Reynolds, 19th Battery, Fort Riley, 1905, 1905

untitled, Anderson Studio — Anderson Studio

untitled, 1902

untitled, Francis Frith and Company — Francis Frith and Company

untitled, 1880s

Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, Arthur Rothstein — Arthur Rothstein

Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936

untitled, from the Serra Pelada Mine, Sebastião Salgado — Sebastião Salgado

untitled, from the Serra Pelada Mine, 1986

Peasant Girls, Westerwald, August Sander — August Sander

Peasant Girls, Westerwald, 1928

Right of Assembly, Arthur S. Siegel — Arthur S. Siegel

Right of Assembly, 1939

The Performance Group: Dionysus in 69, Andy Warhol — Andy Warhol

The Performance Group: Dionysus in 69, 1969

Race Riot, Andy Warhol; Wadsworth Atheneum — Andy Warhol; Wadsworth Atheneum

Race Riot, 1964

Trampled to Death on Pier after Panic on an Excursion Boat, New York, Weegee — Weegee

Trampled to Death on Pier after Panic on an Excursion Boat, New York, circa 1940

Magenta Colored Girl, Carrie Mae Weems — Carrie Mae Weems

Magenta Colored Girl, 1989

Renee Oracle, Thomas Weir — Thomas Weir

Renee Oracle, 1968–1970

Nude, Edward Weston; Cole Weston — Edward Weston; Cole Weston

Nude, 1927

Nude Foot, San Francisco, Minor White — Minor White

Nude Foot, San Francisco, 1949

101% Nigger, Daniel S. Williams — Daniel S. Williams

101% Nigger, 1986

New York City, Garry Winogrand — Garry Winogrand

New York City, 1972

untitled, Joel Peter Witkin — Joel Peter Witkin

untitled, 1987

untitled (portrait of a shoemaker/cobbler) — Joel Peter Witkin

untitled (portrait of a shoemaker/cobbler), circa 1860

portrait of man wearing eyeglasses — Joel Peter Witkin

portrait of man wearing eyeglasses, circa 1850

portrait of a roaring man with a chair — Joel Peter Witkin

portrait of a roaring man with a chair, circa 1860

untitled (three musicians) — Joel Peter Witkin

untitled (three musicians), circa 1855

portrait of three Union soldiers — Joel Peter Witkin

portrait of three Union soldiers, 1860s

Rebel Artillery Soldiers Killed in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, Edward Anthony; Henry Tiebout Anthony — Edward Anthony; Henry Tiebout Anthony

Rebel Artillery Soldiers Killed in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, 1865

A Dead Rebel Soldier as He Lay in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, Edward Anthony; Henry Tiebout Anthony — Edward Anthony; Henry Tiebout Anthony

A Dead Rebel Soldier as He Lay in the Trenches of Fort Mahone, 1865

portrait of woman with flowers, unknown maker — unknown maker

portrait of woman with flowers, circa 1850s

Cubist Leg, New York, Regina DeLuise — Regina DeLuise

Cubist Leg, New York, 1991

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

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

Moving Skip Rope, Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton — Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton

Moving Skip Rope, 1952

untitled, Frances Benjamin Johnston — Frances Benjamin Johnston

untitled, 1899

Party at the Electric Circus, Jill Krementz — Jill Krementz

Party at the Electric Circus, 1967

New York, Helen Levitt — Helen Levitt

New York, circa 1942

Martha Graham - Letter to the World, Barbara Morgan — Barbara Morgan

Martha Graham - Letter to the World, 1940

Catherine Deneuve, Paris (not published), Helmut Newton — Helmut Newton

Catherine Deneuve, Paris (not published), 1976