Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:00 PM PDT
Chicago, IL.- The King Survey of the Great Basin and Rocky Mountains, from 1867 to 1872, was the model for the other “great surveys” of the American West. Rare and iconic works by Timothy H. O’Sullivan, the King Survey’s official photographer, will be featured in "Timothy O’Sullivan: The King Survey Photography" an exhibition opening at the Art Institute of Chicago on October 22nd, and remaining on view through January 15th 2012. There are 60 photographs in the exhibition, nine of which were borrowed from the American Geographical Society in Milwaukee, WI, all the rest are from the holdings of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. Keith F. Davis and Jane A. Aspinwall, respectively senior and assistant curators of photography at The Nelson-Atkins, organized the exhibition and co-authored a major book that will accompany the exhibition.
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