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Brosseau Center for Learning: Nixon and The Seventies

Gallery 318, The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

This installation art and pop culture references from the 1970s supports Jonathan Hagel’s HIST 517 The Seventies: American History.

Works of art

United Press International (founded 1907), "He unearthed microfilmed secrets of the state in a pumpkin on a Maryland farm; posed for pictures while examining the film under the traditional sleuth's magnifying glass" — "He unearthed microfilmed secrets of the state in a pumpkin on a Maryland farm; posed for pictures while examining the film under the traditional sleuth's magnifying glass"

United Press International

1948

Esquire magazine (founded 1933), "…a President for demonstrators." — "…a President for demonstrators."

Esquire magazine

1969

United Press International (founded 1907), Richard Nixon — Richard Nixon

United Press International

1948

United Press International (founded 1907), "Richard Nixon Examines the Hiss film 'found' in a Pumpkin" — "Richard Nixon Examines the Hiss film 'found' in a Pumpkin"

United Press International

1948

Landfall Press (active 1970–2004); Tom Leeson (born 1945), Erasure — Erasure

Landfall Press, Tom Leeson

1976

Esquire magazine (founded 1933), "...a President for the leather boys." — "...a President for the leather boys."

Esquire magazine

1969

Esquire magazine (founded 1933), "…behold a President for Black Nationalists" — "…behold a President for Black Nationalists"

Esquire magazine

1969

Esquire magazine (founded 1933), "Now, let's try to imagine the President's daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. David Eisenhower, styled to fit the swinging world of 1969..." — "Now, let's try to imagine the President's daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. David Eisenhower, styled to fit the swinging world of 1969..."

Esquire magazine

1969

Frank Stella (1936–2024); Gemini G.E.L. (founded 1966), Six Mile Bottom — Six Mile Bottom

Frank Stella, Gemini G.E.L.

1970

Laurence Aëgerter (born 1972), Taraxacum officinale i.a. - Gaza, Palestina — Taraxacum officinale i.a. - Gaza, Palestina

Laurence Aëgerter

2015

Walter Bernard (born 1937), The Unmaking of a President — The Unmaking of a President

Walter Bernard

circa 1964

Wide World Photos (founded 1941), William Wheeler and Richard Nixon — William Wheeler and Richard Nixon

Wide World Photos

1948

Jenny Holzer (born 1950), untitled (Truisms) — untitled (Truisms)

Jenny Holzer

1983

Julio Fernández Larraz (born 1944), "We'd Get Along Without You Very Well" — "We'd Get Along Without You Very Well"

Julio Fernández Larraz

circa 1974

Sol LeWitt (1928–2007); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004), Lines of One Inch, Four Directions, Four Colors — Lines of One Inch, Four Directions, Four Colors

Sol LeWitt, Landfall Press

1971

Roy De Forest (1930–2007), untitled — untitled

Roy De Forest

1973

Michael Andrews (born 1945), untitled — untitled

Michael Andrews

1973

David Levine (1926–2009), Nixon — Nixon

David Levine

1970

Ben Somoroff (1915–1984), Richard M. Nixon's Chinese Feast — Richard M. Nixon's Chinese Feast

Ben Somoroff

1972

United Press International (founded 1907); Frank Cancellare (1910–1985), "Why is This Man Laughing?" — "Why is This Man Laughing?"

United Press International, Frank Cancellare

1960

David Hockney (born 1937), An etching and a lithograph for Editions Alecto 1973 — An etching and a lithograph for Editions Alecto 1973

David Hockney

1972

Julio Fernández Larraz (born 1944), "We'd Get Along Without You Very Well" — "We'd Get Along Without You Very Well"

Julio Fernández Larraz

circa 1974