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Paul Vanderbilt

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The Photographer and the American Landscape

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1963

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Paul Vanderbilt was an American photographer and archivist whose practice centered on systematic documentation of vernacular architecture and landscape. Active from the mid-twentieth century onward, he developed innovative cataloguing and filing systems for large-scale photographic collections, establishing foundational methods for archive organization in photography. His work bridged artistic practice and archival science, treating the photograph simultaneously as aesthetic object and historical record.

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (29)

WattsOS

Vicinity of Mt. Vernon, Wisconsin

1967 · Gelatin silver print

10 1/4 × 13 9/16" (26 × 34.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

Vicinity of Mt. Vernon, Wisconsin

1967 · Gelatin silver print

8 9/16 × 13 9/16" (21.8 × 34.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spring flood at Knapp's Creek, near Boscobel, Wisconsin

1965 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 18.1 × 22.5 cm (7 3/16 × 8 7/8 in.); Mount: 45.7 × 35.5 cm (18 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

WattsOS

Ferryville, Wisconsin

1965 · Gelatin silver print

10 9/16 × 13 3/16" (26.8 × 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Jackson Harbor, Washington Island, Wisconsin

1964 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 15.8 × 22.9 cm (6 1/4 × 9 1/16 in.); Mount: 27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Roadside at Pine Bluff, Wisconsin

1964 · Gelatin silver print

18.2 × 23.1 (image/paper); 45.7 × 35.7 cm (mount)

Art Institute of Chicago

Deserted Cabin, Near Blue Mounds, Wisconsin.

1963 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 19.7 × 24.6 cm (7 13/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Mount: 45.7 × 35.5 cm (18 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fire Station, Brooklyn, Wisconsin

1963 · Gelatin silver print

19.6 × 25 (image/paper); 45.7 × 35.6 cm (mount)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Group Exhibition The Photographer and the American Landscape

New York · 1963