2011 Annual Student Show

Collection Focus III:

Photographs from the "In Chicago" Portfolio

Additional Resources:

1957.1.29 Anthony van Dyck, Flemish Woman, 1619-1640, oil on canvas, Gift of Andrew J. Leiser

1960.1.3 Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Crescent Beach, St. Malo, 1907-1910, oil on panel, Gift of Ellen Clarke Bertrand

1960.1.12 Charles P. Gruppe, Afternoon Gloucester, oil on canvas, Bequest of Ellen Clarke Bertrand

1966.7.4 Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes, Miren que grabes! (Look how solemn they are!), 1798-1800, etching and drypoint on paper, University Purchase

1966.7.8 Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes, Y Aun No Se Van! (And still they don't go!), etching and drypoint on paper, University Purchase

2007.7 Alice Neel, Benny Andrews, 1978, lithograph on paper, University Purchase

1991.15.9 Laurie Simmons, Walking Petit-Four (Pink Heart), 1991, lithograph on paper, University Purchase

2007.12.3 Liang Juhui, Colonize Space, 2001, ink-jet transparency on stainless steel panel, University Purchase

2008.91a-b Richard Stankiewicz, Australia No. 13, 1969, steel, Gift of JPMorgan Chase through the Business Committee for the Arts, Inc.- Association of College and University Museums and Galleries

2008.28 Anni Albers, Fox II, 1972, color off-set photolithograph on medium weight, ivory wove paper, University Purchase

Collection Focus III: In Chicago

Photographs

in the Project Room

Organized by the Samek Gallery

January 28 - March 30, 2011

The "In Chicago" portfolio is extraordinary for the historically significant photographers it includes, and for its focus on images of the city of Chicago, a place of significance to each. The photographers: Harold Allen, Harry Callahan, Barbara Crane, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Nathan Lerner, Luis Medina, Richard Nickel, David Plowden, Arthur Siegal, Aaron Siskind, John Szarkowski, and Bob Thall. The photographs were taken between 1935 and 1978. In addition to the narrow focus of subject, Chicago, a strength of the portfolio is its breadth: it includes iconic images by important 20th century photographers at the height of their careers (Callahan, Siskind), and also images from photographers at the beginning of their careers (Nickel, Thall). Some of the first photographers to study at László Moholy-Nagy's New Bauhaus* after it opened in Chicago in 1936 are represented (Allen, Lerner, Siegal). Many of the photographers spent their careers in Chicago.

The In Chicago portfolio was acquired with "patron trade or sell" funds. A number of Samek patrons including Ray '83 and Anne '83 Merritt, and Doug '84 and Ellen Smith have generously given fine photographs to the Permanent Collection over the years. This has included duplicate prints and portfolios given expressly to be traded for other artworks or sold with the proceeds to be used to acquire works that will strengthen the collection. On behalf of the Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University and the university community, we thank the Merritts and Smiths for making this important acquisition possible, and for their ongoing support of this important university resource.

Collection Focus III:

Photographs from the "In Chicago" Portfolio

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