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A. James Speyer
1913
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The Wooden House in America
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1941
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About
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A. James Speyer was an American photographer whose work focused on vernacular architecture, particularly the wooden domestic structures that shaped American settlement and regional identity. His photographs document the formal and material qualities of these buildings with precise attention to light, proportion, and surface detail. Speyer's exhibition at MoMA in 1941 established his standing as a serious documentarian of American architectural heritage during a period when such structures were rapidly disappearing.
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Art Institute of Chicago
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