Traveling Exhibition

This exceptional exhibition features works from The Museum's recently acquired collection of photographs. The works elegantly represent the history of photography from the 1880s through the 1980s, with a particular emphasis on the first decades of the twentieth century. The exhibition includes iconic images by Eadweard Muybridge, Alfred Stieglitz, Ansel Adams, Walker Evans, Berenice Abbott, Edward Weston, Dorothea Lange, Margaret Bourke-White, Paul Strand, and others.

This carefully chosen collection features an impressive range of works from some of the most important artists in the history of the medium. Themes such as portraiture, landscape, still life, and cultural history dramatically illustrate America during this period.

Many of the twenty-four works are vintage prints—made by the photographer very close to the time the negative was created or later prints, made by the photographer or assistant years later.

Guest-curated by Rachael Arauz, Ph.D.

RIGHT: Karl Struss, Shadows, New York, 1909, platinum print; 1 7/8 x 3 ½ in. 2007.9.17

ABOVE: Dorthea Lange, Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, 1936, photogravure; printed by Aperture, 12 x 9 ¼ in., edition #36/300, 2007.9.11.

FEE: $ 3,000 per 10 week booking, plus shipping and insurance

CONTENTS: 24 framed photographs; extended object files; introductory text panel; exhibition brochure (150)

SIZE: Approximately 150 linear feet

AVAILABILITY: January-February 2012; May-December 2012, 2013 and beyond

CONTACT: Stephanie L. Hafer, Director of Event and Exhibition Rentals, 610-371-5850 x234, E-mail: stephanie.hafer@readingpublicmuseum.org

Reading Public Museum • 500 Museum Road • Reading, PA 19611

To download a PDF flier for this exhibition, click here.