Norm Martin

Photography and Media

1940-41

Milton Halberstadt
American, 1919–2000

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Milton Halberstadt
Title: Norm Martin
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 1940–1941
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Unmarked recto; stamped verso, on mount, center, in black ink: "Reproduction rights remain the / property of the photographer. / No reproduction without written / consent."; inscribed, signed and printed on sticker affixed to verso, on mount, center, in black and blue ink: "NORM MARTIN / CHICAGO [inscribed in black ink] / MHalberstadt [signed in black ink] / M. HALBERSTADT ILLUSTRATION PHOTOGRAPHY / 243 VALLEJO STREET SAN FRANCISCO 11 [printed in black ink] / 1940 [inscribed in black ink] / "VISION IN MOTION" [inscribed in blue ink]"
Dimensions: Image/paper: 39.7 × 32 cm (15 11/16 × 12 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Acquired through a grant from the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation; gift of Susan Ehrens and Leland Rice
Reference Number: 1998.26

Travis, David and Elizabeth Siegel. 2002. “Taken by Design: Photographs from the Institute of Design, 1937–1971.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/University of Chicago Press. p. 51, cat. 56, pl. 29.
Matthew S. Witkovsky et al., “The Art Institute of Chicago Field Guide to Photography and Media,” eds. Antawan I. Byrd, Elizabeth Siegel, and Carl Fuldner, pl. 336, p. 344 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2023).

Art Institute of Chicago, “Taken by Design: Photographs from The Institute of Design, 1937–1971,” March 2–May 12, 2002; traveled to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, July 20–October 20, 2002; and Philadelphia Museum of Art, December 7, 2002–March 2, 2003. (David Travis and Elizabeth Siegel)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Pieced Together: Photomontage from the Collection,” May 22–September 19, 2004. (Elizabeth Siegel)

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