F16 Hetzel - LHSP 125 - What you see is what you get: Exploring identity through photographic portraits

Portrait of Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe.
Andy Warhol
Marilyn
screenprint on paper
36 1/16 x 36 1/16 in. (91.5 x 91.5 cm)
Gift of Frances and Sydney Lewis
A studio image of artist Salvador Dali in a surrealistic scene. Dali jumps in the air as furniture hovers around him, and three cats fly into a stream of water that splashes across the scene.
Philippe Halsman
Dali Atomicus
gelatin silver print on paper
11 in x 14 in (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm);18 1/8 in x 22 1/8 in (46.04 cm x 56.2 cm)
Museum Purchase
This is a black and white bust portrait of Albert Einstein in his study at Princeton.
Philippe Halsman
Albert Einstein
gelatin silver print on paper
20 in x 15 15/16 in (50.8 cm x 40.48 cm);32 3/16 in x 26 1/8 in (81.76 cm x 66.36 cm);19 15/16 in x 16 in (50.64 cm x 40.64 cm);18 3/4 in x 14 13/16 in (47.63 cm x 37.62 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Jean Paul Slusser Memorial Fund
This image is a circular format black and white photograph depicting four young African American girls wearing floral dresses lounging on a blanket in the grass. Three girls sit or prop themselves up and look at the camera, the fourth girl lays down, with her eyes closed. The glass in the frame has a domed surface, creating a fish-eye effect.
Carrie Mae Weems
After Manet
chromogenic print on paper
33 ¾ in x 33 ¾ in x 1 ½ in (85.73 cm x 85.73 cm x 3.81 cm);33 ¾ in x 33 ¾ in x 1 ½ in (85.73 cm x 85.73 cm x 3.81 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund
Woman standing on a deck wth the sea in the background. She faces the camera and wears one earring in the shape of a cross.
Joel Meyerowitz
Jan
chromogenic print on paper
7 5/8 in x 9 5/8 in (19.37 cm x 24.45 cm)
Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80
A photograph of a man reclined on a sofa. His eyes are closed and his hands are clasped and resting on his chest.
Helmut Newton
Andy Warhol in Paris
gelatin silver print on paper
12 1/8 in x 8 1/16 in (30.8 cm x 20.48 cm);18 1/8 in x 22 1/8 in (46.04 cm x 56.2 cm);13 15/16 in x 10 15/16 in (35.4 cm x 27.78 cm)
Gift of Gerald and Selma Lotenberg
Arnold Newman
George Grosz, from "Portraits"
gelatin silver print on paper
18 1/8 in. x 14 in. ( 46 cm x 35.6 cm )
Gift of The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation, in memory of Morris D. Baker, a graduate of The University of Michigan School of Architecture, 1952
This photograph shows a male figure standing in profile. His right hand rests on the top of a sculpture bust.
Gertrude Käsebier
Portrait of Rodin
platinum print on paper
8 7/8 in x 6 1/8 in (22.54 cm x 15.56 cm);19 5/16 in x 14 5/16 in (49.05 cm x 36.35 cm);9 in x 6 1/4 in (22.86 cm x 15.88 cm);8 7/8 in x 6 1/8 in (22.54 cm x 15.56 cm)
Museum Purchase
Portrait of the actress Greta Garbo. 
Edward Steichen
Greta Garbo
gelatin silver print on paper
13 7/8 in x 10 7/8 in (35.24 cm x 27.62 cm);22 1/8 in x 18 1/8 in (56.2 cm x 46.04 cm);14 7/16 in x 11 3/16 in (36.67 cm x 28.42 cm)
Museum Purchase
Barbara Morgan
Martha Graham and Erick Hawkins
gelatin silver print on paper
13 15/16 in. x 10 7/8 in. ( 35.4 cm x 27.7 cm )
Gift of the Willard and Barbara Morgan Archives
This photograph depicts a man and a woman wearing black cowboy hats and dark jackets and framed against a cloudy sky.
Ansel Adams
Georgia O'Keeffe and Orville Cox, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
gelatin silver print on paper
7 1/2 in x 10 9/16 in (19.05 cm x 26.83 cm);22 1/8 in x 28 1/4 in (56.2 cm x 71.75 cm);16 1/16 in x 20 1/16 in (40.8 cm x 50.96 cm)
Gift of Harry H. Lunn, Jr.
A photograph of a man standing in an art studio. 
Brassaï
Georges Braque dans son atelier rue du Douanier à Paris
gelatin silver print on paper
13 1/8 in x 19 1/16 in (33.34 cm x 48.42 cm);22 1/8 in x 18 1/8 in (56.2 cm x 46.04 cm);15 3/4 in x 11 13/16 in (40.01 cm x 30 cm)
Museum Purchase

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