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The Discerning Eye: Five Perspectives on the Addison Collection

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Artist(s): Roy DeCarava (New York, NY, Dec 9, 1919 - Oct 27, 2009, New York, NY)
Title: Graduation
Date: 1949
Dimensions: 9 9/16 in. x 13 5/8 in. (24.29 cm x 34.61 cm)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Credit Line: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, Museum purchase, 1951.29

This object is a member of the following groups (click any group name to view all objects in that group):

Periods and Styles: Civil Rights Movement
Themes: MLC Portfolio: Race and Otherness
Themes: MLC Portfolio: American Identity
Themes: Gender

Exhibition History

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Survey of the Permanent Collection, Addison Gallery of American Art, 10/14/1961 - 11/27/1961
Looking at America: Photographs from the Collection, 1850-1980, Addison Gallery of American Art, 5/8/1981 - 6/14/1981
Afro-American Artists, Addison Gallery of American Art, 2/19/1982 - 2/28/1982
American Photography from the Permanent Collection in Celebration of the 50th An, Addison Gallery of American Art, 10/13/1989 - 12/18/1989
The American City, Addison Gallery of American Art, 1/18/1991 - 3/10/1991
Addison Gallery of American Art: 65 Years, Addison Gallery of American Art, 4/13/1996 - 7/31/1996
Urban Visions, Addison Gallery of American Art, 4/25/1998 - 7/31/1998
On the Street: Photographs from the Permanent Collection, Addison Gallery of American Art, 9/5/2000 - 12/17/2000
In Focus: 75 Years of Collecting American Photography, Addison Gallery of American Art, 4/28/2006 - 7/31/2006
Do You See What I See?  Representing the Black Subject, Addison Gallery of American Art, 9/4/2007 - 12/30/2007
The Discerning Eye: Five Perspectives on the Addison Collection, Addison Gallery of American Art, 9/4/2007 - 12/30/2007
Reading Room Installation: Selections from Do You See What I See?, Addison Gallery of American Art, 1/19/2008 - 3/23/2008
Inside, Outside, Upstairs, Downstairs: The Addison Anew, Addison Gallery of American Art, 9/7/2010 - 3/27/2011
Eye on the Collection: Artful Poses, Addison Gallery of American Art, 2/1/2014 - 3/30/2014
Light/Dark, White/Black, Addison Gallery of American Art, 1/17/2015 - 7/31/2015
sad poems. [Phillips Academy Art 400], Addison Gallery of American Art, 11/15/2017 - 3/4/2018
Harlem: In Situ, Addison Gallery of American Art, 3/29/2019 - 7/31/2019
Come As You Are: American Youth  [Phillips Academy Art 400], Addison Gallery of American Art, 11/20/2019 - 3/8/2020
Roy DeCarava, Addison Gallery of American Art, 10/16/2020 - 4/11/2021

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