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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: Dancers, New York
Date: neg. 1953, print 1981
Dimensions: 13 1/8 in. x 8 3/4 in. (33.34 cm x 22.23 cm)
Medium: gelatin silver print
Credit Line: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, museum purchase, 1985.85

Exhibition History

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Racial Realities: a photographic questioning of equality in America,1940-1983, Addison Gallery of American Art, 1/13/1984 - 3/7/1985
Addison Gallery of American Art: 65 Years, Addison Gallery of American Art, 4/13/1996 - 7/31/1996
Gotham: Photographs from New York, Fitchburg Art Museum, 1/27/2002 - 3/24/2002
Figure/Space: Selected Works from the Addison, Addison Gallery of American Art, 9/3/2002 - 12/29/2002
Physical Presence: Photographs from the Collection, Addison Gallery of American Art, 1/16/2004 - 3/21/2004
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
Exterior Spaces, Interior Places, Addison Gallery of American Art, 9/2/2014 - 1/4/2015
Harlem: In Situ, Addison Gallery of American Art, 3/29/2019 - 7/31/2019
Roy DeCarava, Addison Gallery of American Art, 10/16/2020 - 4/11/2021

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