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accession number: 1987.180
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Photographs, 1951-1973: Woman and Dog in Forest, 1953. Wynn Bullock (American, 1902–1975). Gelatin silver print; image: 19 x 24.2 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Mann 1987.180 © Bullock Family Photography LLC
title: Woman and Dog in Forest
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series: Photographs, 1951-1973
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creation date: 1953
creation date earliest: 1953
creation date latest: 1953
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creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Mann
copyright: © Bullock Family Photography LLC
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culture: America
technique: gelatin silver print
department: Photography
collection: PH - American 1951-Present
type: Photograph
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CREATORS
* Wynn Bullock (American, 1902–1975) - artist
Wynn Bullock American, 1902-1975
Born Percy Wingfield Bullock in Chicago, Wynn Bullock's first career was as a concert singer. He developed an interest in photography while studying voice and music in Europe in the late 1920s, but did not pursue it seriously until 1938 when he entered the Los Angeles Art Center School to study with Edward Kaminski. After graduating in 1940, Bullock studied briefly with semanticist Alfred Korzybski, then began work as a commercial photographer. His work was featured in one-artist exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1941), the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco (1956), George Eastman House, Rochester (1957, 1966), and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1976).
Bullock taught photography at San Francisco State College (1945-58), Monterey Peninsula College (1959-60), and the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology (1967); he also held several patents for various photographic processes. He viewed photography as a way to explore the natural world and his relationship to it. In his studies of nature (trees, landscapes, seascapes) and the nude he sought to delve below surface appearances. Over the years Bullock formulated his ideas into a philosophical system expressed through his photographs and lectures. M.M.
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measurements: Image: 19 x 24.2 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
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inscription: Written in pencil on recto: "Wynn Bullock [signed]"; in pencil on verso: "WBO18"; in black ink on label: "#136A-Woman and Dog in Forest, 1953"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Year in Review for 1987
opening date: 1988-02-24T05:00:00
The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA, February 24 - April 17, 1988: "Year in Review 1987," CMA Bulletin, 75 (February 1988), p. 66, no. 45.', 'opening_date': '1988-02-24T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Edna J. Bullock [1915-1997]
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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Mann
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: December 16, 1987
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
page number: Reproduced: P. 114
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