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Series Title: Institute of Design, Student Independent 3

Untitled (Woman)

c. 1960

Joseph D. Jachna

(American, 1935–1953)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 36.2 x 28.3 cm (14 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carl and Joan Schneider 2021.232
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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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 square print in grainy black ink depicts dense markings over a white background. Thick, gestural strokes and dark sections dominate the composition. Faint line drawings appear beneath the worked surface, including a knife on our left, a small face near the center, and handwritten words like ART and TINT. High contrast defines the piece, where fractured, black shapes obscure and reveal delicate sketches in a layered, heavily textured arrangement.

Untitled (Woman)

c. 1960

Joseph D. Jachna

(American, 1935–1953)
America

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