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Winter 1997 Exhibitions

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Icons of Modernity: Building New York


Stow Wengenroth, Brooklyn Bridge, 1950, lithograph (photo: Phil)	Margaret Bourke-White, George Washington Bridge, New York, ca. 1933, gelatin silver print (photo: Phil)

This exhibition, curated by Min Lee '97, displayed images by twentieth-century artists captivated by urban modernization. Included were photographs and prints of skyscrapers, bridges, and industrial subjects by Abbott, Bourke-White, Cook, Lozowick, and others.

Thursday 16 January - Friday 7 March 1997

Imaginary Prisons: Piranesi's Carceri

These large etchings, from a set of sixteen that Piranesi first produced in 1744, were among the first to explore hallucinatory perspectives in visionary architectural subjects.

Thursday 16 January - Friday 7 March 1997

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carceri, 1760, etching (F. 27) (photo: Phil)

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