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The Obvious and Beyond: Photographs from the Spencer Museum Collection

Robert Hickerson, curator
Luke Jordan, curator

October 11, 1992–December 20, 1992

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

The photographs were selected to show the wide range encompassed by photographic vision; the organization of photographs in the exhibition invites the viewer to make comparisons within narrower ranges of subject matter. The purpose of this exhibition can be posed as the question:

How do we ascribe meaning to, or interpret, a photograph?

Works of art

Astanihkyi - "Come-singing" - Blood, Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868–1952) — Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868–1952)

Astanihkyi - "Come-singing" - Blood, 1926

Itsipstsinikyi - "Kills-inside" - Piegan, Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868–1952) — Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868–1952)

Itsipstsinikyi - "Kills-inside" - Piegan, 1926

Jules Verne, Etienne Carjat (1828–1906) — Etienne Carjat (1828–1906)

Jules Verne, 1876–1884

Alexandre Dumas, Etienne Carjat (1828–1906) — Etienne Carjat (1828–1906)

Alexandre Dumas, circa 1876

Alfred Tennyson, Oscar Gustav Rejlander (1813–1875) — Oscar Gustav Rejlander (1813–1875)

Alfred Tennyson, 1863

The Poet's Family at Farringford, Oscar Gustav Rejlander (1813–1875) — Oscar Gustav Rejlander (1813–1875)

The Poet's Family at Farringford, circa 1863

untitled (portrait of a girl), Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (1852–1934) — Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (1852–1934)

untitled (portrait of a girl), circa 1900

untitled (Mrs. Hermine Turner, Son, and Daughter Mina), Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (1852–1934) — Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (1852–1934)

untitled (Mrs. Hermine Turner, Son, and Daughter Mina), circa 1910

Student Teacher, Westerwald, Gunther Sander; August Sander (1876–1964) — Gunther Sander; August Sander (1876–1964)

Student Teacher, Westerwald, 1928

Wife of the Painter Peter Abelen, Gunther Sander; August Sander (1876–1964) — Gunther Sander; August Sander (1876–1964)

Wife of the Painter Peter Abelen, 1926

Peasant Girls, Westerwald, August Sander (1876–1964) — August Sander (1876–1964)

Peasant Girls, Westerwald, 1928

Hod Carrier, Cologne, Gunther Sander; August Sander (1876–1964) — Gunther Sander; August Sander (1876–1964)

Hod Carrier, Cologne, 1929

Tattooed Man at a Carnival, Md., Diane Arbus (1923–1971) — Diane Arbus (1923–1971)

Tattooed Man at a Carnival, Md., 1970

Anderson Hays Cooper, son of Gloria Vanderbilt and Wyatt Cooper, Diane Arbus (1923–1971); Neil Selkirk (born 1947) — Diane Arbus (1923–1971); Neil Selkirk (born 1947)

Anderson Hays Cooper, son of Gloria Vanderbilt and Wyatt Cooper, 1967

untitled (No. 7), Diane Arbus (1923–1971); Neil Selkirk (born 1947) — Diane Arbus (1923–1971); Neil Selkirk (born 1947)

untitled (No. 7), 1970–1971

Self-portrait, Andy Warhol (1928–1987) — Andy Warhol (1928–1987)

Self-portrait, 1968

Lieut. Col. Hallewell, His Day's Work Over, Roger Fenton (1819–1869) — Roger Fenton (1819–1869)

Lieut. Col. Hallewell, His Day's Work Over, 1855–1856

At a First-Aid Center during Operation Prairie, also known as Reaching Out, Larry Burrows (1926–1971) — Larry Burrows (1926–1971)

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

"New York...The blood-spattered bodies of Joseph Amberg, and of Morris Kessler, alleged Brooklyn hoodlums, shown lying on the floor at a Brooklyn garage...", International News Photo — International News Photo

"New York...The blood-spattered bodies of Joseph Amberg, and of Morris Kessler, alleged Brooklyn hoodlums, shown lying on the floor at a Brooklyn garage...", 1935

Chicago, 1964, School boycott ("Man dreams of himself as a human being then turns and kills his dream." Lillian Smith.), Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

Chicago, 1964, School boycott ("Man dreams of himself as a human being then turns and kills his dream." Lillian Smith.), 1964

Accidents: And so They Pay with a Maimed Life, Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940) — Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940)

Accidents: And so They Pay with a Maimed Life, circa 1915

untitled, Jim Goldberg (born 1953) — Jim Goldberg (born 1953)

untitled, 1979

Jack Ruby's Carousel Nightclub, Andrew Armstrong, bartender and Sherry Lynn and Diana Hunter, strippers, Carl Fischer (1924–2023) — Carl Fischer (1924–2023)

Jack Ruby's Carousel Nightclub, Andrew Armstrong, bartender and Sherry Lynn and Diana Hunter, strippers, 1967

New York City, Garry Winogrand (1928–1984) — Garry Winogrand (1928–1984)

New York City, 1971

The Garden of the Gods, William Henry Jackson (1843–1942) — William Henry Jackson (1843–1942)

The Garden of the Gods, 1870s

Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona (#28), Ansel Adams (1902–1984) — Ansel Adams (1902–1984)

Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona (#28), 1942

Chi. LA #155, Art Sinsabaugh (1924–1983) — Art Sinsabaugh (1924–1983)

Chi. LA #155, circa 1964

Triangle Bermuda, John Pfahl (born 1939) — John Pfahl (born 1939)

Triangle Bermuda, 1975

untitled, Francis Joseph Bruguière (1879–1945) — Francis Joseph Bruguière (1879–1945)

untitled, circa 1920s

Rayograph #182, Man Ray (1890–1976) — Man Ray (1890–1976)

Rayograph #182, 1923

Lima 99, Aaron Siskind (1903–1991) — Aaron Siskind (1903–1991)

Lima 99, 1979

Moon Culmination, Frederick Sommer (1905–1999) — Frederick Sommer (1905–1999)

Moon Culmination, 1951

Twins, Todd Walker (1917–1998) — Todd Walker (1917–1998)

Twins, 1969

Odalisque (Woman of the Harem), Brassaï (1899–1984) — Brassaï (1899–1984)

Odalisque (Woman of the Harem), 1934–1935

Educational Dilemma: To Cheat, Reed Estabrook (born 1944) — Reed Estabrook (born 1944)

Educational Dilemma: To Cheat, 1979

untitled, Joel Peter Witkin (born 1939) — Joel Peter Witkin (born 1939)

untitled, 1987

Nude, East Sussex Coast, Bill Brandt (1904–1983) — Bill Brandt (1904–1983)

Nude, East Sussex Coast, 1953

Nude Foot, San Francisco, Minor White (1908–1976) — Minor White (1908–1976)

Nude Foot, San Francisco, 1949