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Arthur Siegel Collection

A work made of printed papers, holograph papers, scrapbooks, black and whiteand color photographic prints, black and whiteand color slides, film, analog audiocassettes and a vhs videocassette..

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  • A work made of printed papers, holograph papers, scrapbooks, black and whiteand color photographic prints, black and whiteand color slides, film, analog audiocassettes and a vhs videocassette..

Date:

1927-1985

Artist:

Arthur Siegel (1913-1978)

About this artwork

Siegel (1913–1978), one of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy’s first students at the New Bauhaus in Chicago, became a professional photographer, photojournalist and teacher at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the School of Design (later Institute of Design). He was one of the first photographers to establish color photography as a serious artistic medium. Siegel’s archive documents the development of modern photography in the United States and of photography in the college curriculum. This collection includes business and personal correspondence, articles and documents about Siegel’s colleagues, personal and professional photographs, publications illustrated by his photographs, announcements, exhibition catalogs, and academic papers, including teaching notes and syllabi, with slides organized by lecture title.

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

AIC Archives

Artist

Arthur Siegel (Photographer)

Title

Arthur Siegel Collection

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 1927–1985

Medium

Printed papers, holograph papers, scrapbooks, black and whiteand color photographic prints, black and whiteand color slides, film, analog audiocassettes and a VHS videocassette.

Dimensions

45 boxes, 5 portfolios, 2 oversize portfolios and flatfile materials: W.: 609.6 cm (240 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of and purchase from Irene Siegel, 1982. Additional material, 2014.

Reference Number

1982.4

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