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accession number:	1991.328.8
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Portfolio 6: Untitled, 1969. Joseph D. Jachna (American, 1935–1953). Gelatin silver print; image: 11.7 x 17.1 cm (4 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.); matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Mann 1991.328.8

title:				Untitled
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series:				Portfolio 6
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creation date:			1969
creation date earliest:		1969
creation date latest:		1969
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Mann
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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1951-Present
type:		Portfolio
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CREATORS

* Joseph D. Jachna (American, 1935–1953)  - artist
Joseph D. Jachna American, 1935-

Simple, formal abstraction and technical precision characterize the black-and-white photography of Joseph David Jachna, who studied in Chicago with both Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan during their tenure at the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology. Like Kenneth Josephson, his colleague at the institute, Jachna's early work raises conceptual questions regarding the self-reflexive nature of photographic representation. His studies of hands holding mirrors that both reflect and obscure their geographic backdrops typify his concerns regarding the imprint of humans on nature. It is an imposition he sees as ultimately transitory, like the staged photographic moments themselves.
	Jachna got his start in photography working part-time for various commercial establishments in his native Chicago during the 1950s. He attended iit (B.S. in art education, 1958; M.S. in photography, 1961), teaching there after graduation and in 1969 joining the faculty at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Jachna has received a Ferguson Foundation Grant from the Friends of Photography (1973), the Silver Circle Award for Teaching from the University of Illinois, Chicago (1974), and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (1976) and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1980). His work has been shown in one-person exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago (1961), the University of Illinois, Chicago (1965, 1977), Nikon Photo Salon, Tokyo (1974), Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography (1980), Chicago State University (1985), and the University of Minnesota, Duluth (1986). He lives in Oak Lawn, Illinois. A.W.
* Illinois Institute of Technology  - publisher

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measurements: Image: 11.7 x 17.1 cm (4 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.); Matted: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on recto of mount: "Joseph D. Jachna [signed] 1969"
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PROVENANCE

	Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Mann
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: May 18, 1992
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. <em>Catalogue of Photography</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 203
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