Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, from the series "On Walls and Behind Glass"

Rose Mandel · 1947/48

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, "Watkins to Weston: 101 Years of California Photography," February 29–May 31, 1992.
Oakland, California, The Oakland Museum, "Pacific Dreams: Currents of Surrealism and Fantasy in Early California Art, 1934–1957," February 25–June 11, 1995; traveled to Los Angeles, California, Wight Art Gallery/Armand Hammer Museum, July 12–September 17, 1995; and Logan, Utah, Utah State University, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, October 10–December 11, 1995.
Akron Art Museum, Ohio, "A History of Women Photographers," September 6 –November 2, 1997; traveled to The New York Public Library, October 19, 1996 –January 4, 1997, Washington, D.C., National Museum of Women in the Arts, February 13–May 11, 1997, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, June 7–August 10, 1997.
Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "In Wonderland: The Surrealist Activities of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States," January 29–May 6, 2012; traveled to the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Québec City, June 7–September 3, 2012; and the Mueso de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, September 27, 2012–January 13, 2013.
San Francisco, California, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, "The Errand of the Eye: Photographs by Rose Mandel," June 22, 2013-October 27, 2013. (Julian Cox)

Literature

Fort, Ilene Susan, Tere Arcq, and Terri Geis. 2012. "In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States." Exh. cat. Los Angeles County Museum of Art/Prestel. p. 122, pl. 112, p. 190.
Ehrens, Susan and Julian Cox. 2013. "The Errand of the Eye: Photographs by Rose Mandel." Exh. cat. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. p. 49, pl. 16.

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