Exhibition
American Frontiers
The Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1867-1874
Glenn Ligon (American, born 1960), Untitled (I’m Turning Into a Specter before Your Very Eyes and I’m Going to Haunt You), 1992. Oil and gesso on canvas, 80 1/8 x 32 1/8 x 2 inches. Philadelphia Museum of Art: Purchased with the Adele Haas Turner and Beatrice Pastorius Turner Memorial Fund, 1992.
When
Oct 3, 1981 – Jan 3, 1982
Tickets
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is working in cooperation with Mr. Joel Snyder of the University of Chicago to present the exhibition and publication American Frontiers: The Photographs of Timothy O'Sullivan. The exhibition, to be held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from October 3, 1981 to January 3, 1982, will be the first major exhibition devoted to O'Sullivan's photographs. It will include over 200 photographs from the work accomplished during the Civil War, the King and Wheeler expeditions to the American West, and the Selfridge expedition to Panama. The exhibition and publication will intensively explore the mind and travels of a photographer in relation to the severe hardships, dramatic changes, and vital explorations of his time.
Itinerary
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio
Curators
Michael E. Hoffman
Martha Chahroudi
Joel Snyder