On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: 150 Years of Photography

Beschreibung

32" by 22". Poster. The main image is a gelatin silver print of Charles Chaplin taken in 1925, the print done by Edward Steichen. The poster is printed in black, white, and grey. The exhibition was featured at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. from May 7 1989 - July 30 1989, then at The Art Institute of Chicago from September 16 1989 to November 26 1989, and finally in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from December 21 1989 to February 25 1990. The exhibition was made possible by a grant from Eastman Kodak Company. National Gallery of Art, "On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: 150 Years of Photography". Over 400 photographs were chosen from private collections and museums around the world for this exhibition. The earliest image dated to 1839, the latest to 1989. The work of over 200 photographers was featured. The exhibition showcased innovations in photography over the course of its history. The exhibition also commemmorated the 150th anniversary of William Henry Fox Talbot's invention of "the negative-positive process of photography" in 1839. This invention gave the exhibition its name. Curators from The Art Institute of Chicago and from the National Gallery of Art collaborated to put on the exhibition.

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Bibliografische Details

Titel

On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: 150 Years of Photography

Verlag

National Gallery of Art [1989], Washington DC

Erscheinungsjahr

1989

Einband

Poster

Zustand

Very near Fine

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• Photography
• Art
• History