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Series Title: Institute of Design, Student Independent 3

Untitled (Side of Building)

c. 1960

Robert Tanner

(American, b. 1937)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 15.9 x 23.5 cm (6 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.); Mounted: 36.2 x 28.3 cm (14 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carl and Joan Schneider 2021.230
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print
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From 1946 through the 1970s, the photography department at Chicago’s Institute of Design was one of the most important and avant-garde photography programs in America.

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TheInstitute of Design, which was founded in 1937 in Chicago by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy to continue the principles of the German Bauhaus, offered an experimental atmosphere that encouraged exploration of the interconnectedness of art, design, and architecture and of the various art media. Starting in the 1950s, in order to draw attention to their work, the photography students banded together to publish portfolios.
A horizontally oriented black-and-white photograph features a weathered concrete facade punctuated by three rectangular windows. From our upper left, a thick pipe descends diagonally, crossed by a thin pole leaning toward the bottom edge. Gradients of gray and vertical stains pattern the wall's surface. The windows vary from left to right: one is sealed with a panel, the next contains a small square cutout, and the last is a dark void.

Untitled (Side of Building)

c. 1960

Robert Tanner

(American, b. 1937)
America

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