Untitled (Self-Portrait atop the Republic Building)

Photography and Media

1960, printed 1973

Richard Nickel (American, 1928–1972)
printed by Patrice Grimbert (French, 1947–1974)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Richard Nickel
Title: Untitled (Self-Portrait atop the Republic Building)
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1960
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, on mount, upper left, in graphite: "7 [encircled]"; verso, on mount, lower left, in graphite: "/7"
Dimensions: Image: 45 × 29.7 cm (17 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.); Paper: 50.3 × 39.4 cm (19 13/16 × 15 9/16 in.); Mount: 71.2 × 55.9 cm (28 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Photography Department Exhibition funds
Reference Number: 1975.388

Art Institute of Chicago, “Photographs by Richard Nickel: A retrospective exhibition of his contribution to the photography of architecture,” December 15, 1973–February 13, 1974. ?
Art Institute of Chicago, “Seldom Seen Photographs from the Permanent Collection,” June 5, 1976-August 15, 1976.
Chicago, Illinois, Gallery 312 “Richard Nickel: Standing Up,” March 8-April 13, 1996.
Carbondale, Illinois, University Art Museum, Southern Illinois University, “Richard Nickel,” November 3, 1996-May 31, 1997.

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