Untitled by Umbo (Otto Umbehr)
Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

Umbo (Otto Umbehr) · 1928/29

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Art Institute of Chicago, “Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection: Starting with Atget,” December 11, 1976–February 20, 1977; traveled to the International Center of Photography, New York, April 21-May 29, 1977; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, November 4-December 18 1977; Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 13-Ferbruary 26, 1978; Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois, March 16-April 30, 1978; and Cincinnati Art Museum, November 17-December 24, 1978. (David Travis)
  • Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, "A History of Photography from Chicago Collection," April 24–June 6, 1982.
  • Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, “On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography,” May 7–July 30, 1989; traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, September 16–November 26, 1989; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 21, 1989–February 25, 1990.
  • Columbus, Ohio, Wexner Center for the Arts, "Staging Surrealism: A Succession of Collections 2," September 20, 1997–January 4, 1998.
  • New York, New York, The Equitable Gallery, "Julien Levy: Portrait of an Art Gallery," August 13–October 31, 1998.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, "Object as Subject," February 17–May 20, 2001. (David Travis)
  • Art Institute of Chicago, "A Mind at Play," June 14–September 7, 2008. (David Travis)
  • Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Art Gallery, "The Colour of My Dreams: The Surrealist Revolution in Art," May 28–September 25, 2011.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 10 Permanent Collection Rotation, November 23, 2013–May 4, 2014.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, "The Modern Series: Shatter Rupture Break," February 15-May 3, 2015.

Literature

Published references

  • Travis, David. 1976. “Photographs from the Julien Levy Collection: Starting with Atget.” Exh. cat. p. 72, cat. 131.
  • Phillips, Sandra S., David Travis, and Weston J. Naef. 1985. “André Kertész: Of Paris and New York.” Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Metropolitan Museum of Art/Thames and Hudson. p. 66, fig. 5
  • Greenough, Sarah, Joel Snyder, David Travis and Colin Westerbeck. 1989. “On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography.” Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art/The Art Institute of Chicago. p. 292, cat. 232.
  • De Salvo, Donna. 1997. "Staging Surrealism: A Succession of Collections 2." Exh. cat. Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University. cover.
  • Schaffner, Ingrid and Lisa Jacobs. 1998. "Julien Levy: Portrait of an Art Gallery." Exh. cat. The MIT Press. p. 120, pl. 27.

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