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Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Leigh B. Block
Reference Number
1983.56
Extended information about this artwork
Greenough, Sarah, Joel Snyder, David Travis and Colin Westerbeck. 1989. “On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography.” Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art/Art Institute of Chicago. p. 302, cat. 245.
Travis, David. 2005. “Paris: Photographs from a Time that Was.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/ Yale University Press. p. 74.
Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, “On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography,” May 7–July 30, 1989; traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, September 16–November 26, 1989; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 21, 1989–February 25, 1990.
Art Institute of Chicago, “Brassai and Company,” January 24-May 17, 1998. (David Travis)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Hot Streaks,” February 21–May 2, 2004. (David Travis)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Paris: Photographs from a Time that Was,” August 13–November 6, 2005. (David Travis)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Photography on Display: Modern Treasures,” May 9–September 13, 2009.
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