Museum Exhibition
Catalogue of Works
Photography + Folk Art: Looking for America in the 1930s
Art Institute of Chicago
53 documented works
C. S. Peake
Sampler
1820
Silk embroidery on wool ground backed with linen
50.6 × 35 cm (19 15/16 × 13 13/16 in.)
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United States
Rug
1775-1825
Wool, plain weave embroidered with wool yarn in outline, running, satin and stem stitches forming uncut pile
93.9 × 173.6 cm (37 × 68 3/8 in.)
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Polly Bedford
Sampler
1791
Wool, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss and silk yarns in back, chain, Cretan, individual back, individual running, Roman, satin, stem, and surface satin stitches; laid work, couching, and Roumanian couching
42.9 × 43.7 cm (16 7/8 × 17 1/4 in.)
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Ebenezer Ross
Lion with Palms (Rug)
1890-1900
Jute, plain weave with wool and cotton yarns, knitted and woven strips forming "hooked" pile; edged with cotton, twill weave
152.8 × 77.3 cm (60 1/8 × 30 3/8 in.)
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United States
Quilt Top
1900/20
Cotton, plain weave; engraved-roller printed; fulled; pieced with cotton, machine stitching; embroidered with cotton in long-armed cross stitches
183 × 213 cm (72 × 83 1/2 in.); Flags approximately: 13.9 × 21.6 cm (5 1/2 × 8 1/2 in.)
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Sally Standish
c. 1799
Cotton, plain weaves; some embroidered with silk in chain and cross stitches; some printed; pieced; edged with cotton, plain weaves; some printed; lined with linen
37.2 × 32.4 cm (14 5/8 × 12 3/4 in.)
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Clarissa Emerson
Sampler
1822/23
Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross, satin, stem, long and short, chain, upright Gobelin, oblique Gobelin, and feather stitches; laid work and couching; painted
55.3 × 42 cm (21 3/4 × 16 1/2 in.)
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Walker Evans
Penny Picture Display, Savannah
1936, printed c. 1962
Gelatin silver print
Image/paper/first mount: 21.7 × 17.7 cm (8 9/16 × 7 in.); Second mount: 45.7 × 35.3 cm (18 × 13 15/16 in.)
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Jonas Welch Holman
Woman with a Book
1827–30
Oil on yellow poplar panel
70.8 × 54.6 cm (27 7/8 × 21 1/2 in.)
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Jonas Welch Holman
Man with a Pen
1827–30
Oil on yellow poplar panel
70.8 × 54.6 cm (27 7/8 × 21 1/2 in.)
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Artist unknown
Eagle Weather Vane and Standard
1800–1900
Copper and gilding
68.6 × 62.2 × 101.6 cm (27 1/16 × 24 1/2 × 40 in.)
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Artist unknown
Peacock Weather Vane
1800–60
Iron
131.8 × 71.1 × 2.5 cm (51 7/8 × 28 × 1 in.)
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Alvin L. Jewell
Running Horse Weather Vane
c. 1860
Copper, lead or zinc, and gilding
43.2 × 69.2 × 5.1 cm (17 1/16 × 27 1/4 × 2 1/16 in.)
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Wilhelm Schimmel
Eagle
1865–90
Painted and carved tulipwood
32.7 × 68.1 × 30.5 cm (12 7/8 × 26 13/16 × 12 1/16 in.)
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Artist unknown
Rooster
1850–1900
Wood and paint
15.9 × 13.5 ✕ 3.2 cm (6 1/4 × 5 5/16 ✕ 1 1/4 in.)
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Artist unknown
Rooster
1800–50
Wood and paint
19.7 ✕ 10.8 ✕ 5.1 cm (7 3/4 ✕ 4 1/4 ✕ 2 in.)
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Artist unknown
Robin
1860–1900
Pine, paint, printed materials, iron, glass, and paper
16.5 ✕ 15.9 ✕ 5.1 cm (6 1/2 ✕ 6 1/4 ✕ 2 in.)
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Asa E. Smith Pottery
Plate
1825–55
Earthenware
1.6 ✕ 25.9 ✕ 25.9 cm (5/8 ✕ 10 3/16 ✕ 10 3/16 in.)
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Rudolph Drach
Plate
1792
Earthenware (redware), cream-colored slip, and colored lead glazes
4.8 × 28.7 × 28.7 cm (1 15/16 × 11 5/16 × 11 5/16 in.)
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Valdés family
Chest
1780–1830
Ponderosa pine, metal, and paint
82.6 × 95.6 × 52.4 cm (32 1/2 × 37 5/8 × 20 5/8 in.)
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José Benito Ortega
Christ
1880–1907
Wood, fabric, gesso, and paint
143.2 × 27.3 ✕ 17.8 cm (56 3/8 × 10 3/4 ✕ 7 in.)
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Shaker
Swift
1840–50
Maple, birch, iron, and cotton twine
Unfolded: 54 × 51 × 57.2 cm (21 5/16 × 20 1/8 × 22 9/16 in.); Folded: 54 × 11.4 × 7.6 cm (21 5/16 × 4 1/2 × 3 in.)
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Artist unknown
Side Chair
1825–75
Chestnut and oak
97.8 × 45.8 × 35.5 cm (38 1/2 × 18 × 14 in.)
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Unknown Artist American, 19th century
Back Pattern for Side Chair
1825/75
Ink on paper
64.8 × 30.5 cm (25 9/16 × 12 1/16 in.)
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Artist unknown
Box with Sliding Lid
c. 1800
Maple and paint
5.7 × 13.3 × 6.7 cm (2 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 2 5/8 in.)
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Artist unknown
Box
1830–70
White pine and hickory or ash
10.5 × 22.2 ✕ 22.2 cm (4 1/8 × 8 3/4 ✕ 8 3/4 in.)
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Artist unknown
Spoon Rack
1730–75
Yellow poplar and paint
55.9 × 20 × 5.1 cm (22 × 7 7/8 × 2 in.)
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Artist unknown
Spoon Rack
1750–1850
White pine
53.4 × 41.3 × 6 cm (21 × 16 1/4 × 2 3/8 in.)
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Artist unknown
Rushlight Holder
1750–1850
Iron
24.8 ✕ 17.1 ✕ 15.2 cm (9 3/4 ✕ 6 3/4 ✕ 6 in.)
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Artist unknown
Candlestick and Rushlight Holder
1750–1850
Iron
28.6 ✕ 14.6 ✕ 13.3 cm (11 1/4 ✕ 5 3/4 ✕ 5 1/4 in.)
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John Haley Bellamy
Eagle
1870–1900
Pine, paint, and gold leaf
53.3 × 152.4 ✕ 15.2 cm (21 × 60 ✕ 6 in.)
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Artist unknown
Fan-Back Windsor Chair
1760–70
Tulipwood, maple, hickory, and oak
102.4 × 49.1 × 44.5 cm (40 3/8 × 19 3/8 × 17 1/2 in.)
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Artist unknown
Chest
1800–25
White pine, paint, and metal
53.6 × 91.1 × 45.8 cm (21 1/8 × 36 1/8 × 18 in.)
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Robert Crosman
Chest-Over-Drawer
c. 1725
White pine, iron, brass, and paint
52.8 × 57.2 × 32.6 cm (20 3/4 × 22 1/2 × 12 13/16 in.)
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Artist unknown
Armchair
1680–1710
Ash or maple
160 × 54.6 × 40 cm (41 3/4 × 21 1/2 × 15 3/4 in.)
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Artist unknown
Plant Stand
1880–1920
Wood
74.9 × 87.6 × 40.6 cm (29 1/2 × 34 1/2 × 16 in.)
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Lydia Smith
A Genealogical Family Piece
1811
Watercolor and pen and brown ink, with lead white gouache (discolored), on cream wove paper, laid down on fabric
55.2 × 43 cm (21 3/4 × 16 15/16 in.)
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Unknown American artist Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, active 19th century
Baptismal Certificate of Catharina Wentzelsin
April 24, 1809
Watercolor on paper
40.3 × 34 cm (15 7/8 × 13 7/16 in.)
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