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Edward Grazda

American, 1947

WA-00051246

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WikidataQ55142944

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3 cross-verified · 0 single-source

Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
NationalityDuplicate Merge + Artsy· 85%✓
Is PublishedManual· 100%✓

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Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/10212
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%

About

Why this artist matters now

Edward Grazda is an American photographer whose work documents communities across Mexico, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Latin America, and Asia with sustained anthropological attention. His photographs are held by the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. His practice combines formal rigor with extended field research, producing images that register both individual dignity and broader social structures.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 1mo ago

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Art Institute of ChicagoChicago

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Artworks (4)

WattsOS

Cuzco

1973 · inkjet print

Image: 10.2 x 15.2 cm (4 x 6 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Los Angeles, California

1969 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Photographs: Rhode Island School Design, 1968-69"

Image/paper: 11.3 × 16.5 cm (4 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.); Mount: 34.1 × 27.8 cm (13 7/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Providence

1967 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "Photographs: Rhode Island School Design, 1967–68"

Image/paper: 10.6 × 10.6 cm (4 3/16 × 4 3/16 in.); Mount: 32.8 × 25.3 cm (12 15/16 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Urubamba

Artwork sources (3)

4 published of 4 catalogued · 3 with image

Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img
Wikidata
1 published1 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published

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3 entries · 2 sources

Urubamba
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Cuzco
1973 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

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