Artworks · Roger Vail

Scrambler and Moon

1996 · Platinum-palladium on vellum

Image: 23.8 × 19.9 cm (9 3/8 × 7 7/8 in.); Paper: 25.9 × 20.5 cm (10 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.); Mount: 45.8 × 35.6 cm (18 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

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Kamikaze #2

1996 · Platinum-palladium on vellum

Image: 23.9 × 18.7 cm (9 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Paper/first mount: 25.8 × 20.8 cm (10 3/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Second mount: 45.8 × 35.5 cm (18 1/16 × 14 in.)

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Untitled

1996 · Platinum-palladium on vellum

Image: 18.8 × 23.5 cm (7 7/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Paper/first mount: 20.8 × 25.9 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.); Second mount: 47.1 × 35.6 cm (18 9/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

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Super Round-Up and Moon

1996 · Platinum-palladium on vellum

Image/paper/first mount: 18.9 × 23 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/16 in.); Second mount: 45.7 × 35.5 cm (18 × 14 in.)

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Sky Diver

1996 · Platinum-palladium on vellum

Image: 18.9 × 20.8 cm (7 1/2 × 8 1/4 in.); Paper: 20.9 × 26.1 cm (8 1/4 × 10 5/16 in.); Mount: 45.7 × 35.5 cm (18 × 14 in.)

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Chaos

1996 · Platinum-palladium on vellum

Image: 18.9 × 24 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.); Paper/first mount: 20.5 × 26.2 cm (8 1/8 × 10 3/8 in.); Second mount: 45.8 × 35.6 cm (18 1/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

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Zipper

1996 · Platinum-palladium on vellum

Image: 23.5 × 18.8 cm (9 5/16 × 7 7/16 in.); Paper: 25.5 × 20.3 cm (10 1/16 × 8 in.); Mount: 46.8 × 35.5 cm (18 7/16 × 14 in.)

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Carrara #5

1983 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 57 × 46 cm (22 1/2 × 18 1/8 in.); Mount: 71.1 × 61 cm (28 × 24 1/16 in.)

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Oil Refinery

1982 · Gelatin silver print

Image/sheet: 58.3 × 47.4 cm (23 × 18 11/16 in.); mount: 71.2 × 61 cm (28 1/16 × 24 1/16 in.)

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Sacramento River

1980 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 58.8 × 43.8 cm (23 3/16 × 17 1/4 in.); Mount: 71.1 × 55.8 cm (28 × 22 in.)

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Chartres from the L'Eure River

1978 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 40 × 31.7 cm (15 3/4 × 12 1/2 in.); Mount: 50.6 × 40.9 cm (19 15/16 × 16 1/8 in.)

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Ship's Hull, Oakland

1976 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 38.8 × 48.6 cm (15 5/16 × 19 3/16 in.); Paper: 40.3 × 50.7 cm (15 7/8 × 20 in.)

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California State Fair Entrance

1973 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.4 × 19.3 cm (9 5/8 × 7 5/8 in.); Paper/mount: 25.2 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)

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Carnival Attraction

1972 · Gelatin silver print

19.3 × 24.2 cm (image); 20.1 × 25.2 (paper)

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Carnival Freak Show Ticket Taker

1972 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 19.4 × 24.4 cm (7 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.); Paper: 20.2 × 25.2 cm (8 × 9 15/16 in.)

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Untitled

1972 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio Crackerjacks, 1977

9.5 × 11.9 cm (3 3/4 × 4 11/16 in.)

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Ticket Booth, Napa County Fair, Calistoga, California

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 18.6 × 23.3 cm (7 3/8 × 9 3/16 in.); Paper: 19.8 × 24.9 cm (7 13/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Mount: 35.4 × 45.8 cm (13 15/16 × 18 1/16 in.)

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Mission Street, San Francisco.

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 18.9 × 22.9 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/16 in.); Paper: 20.1 × 24.5 cm (7 15/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 45.8 cm (14 1/16 × 18 1/16 in.)

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Gas station, Vallejo, California

1971 · Gelatin silver print

25.3 × 32.8 (image/paper); 45.7 × 55.9 cm (mount)

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Crest Theater, Market Street, San Francisco

1971 · Gelatin silver print

25.4 × 32 (image/paper); 45.8 × 55.4 cm (mount)

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Tip 'Em Over stand, Town and Country Fair, Napa, California

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 25.4 × 32.9 cm (10 × 13 in.); Mount: 45.7 × 55.9 cm (18 × 22 1/16 in.)

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Novelty stand, Napa County Fair, Calistoga, California

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 25 × 32.3 cm (9 7/8 × 12 3/4 in.); Mount: 45.7 × 55.9 cm (18 × 22 1/16 in.)

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Gas station, Mission Street, San Francisco

1971 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 25.1 × 32.1 cm (9 15/16 × 12 11/16 in.); Mount: 45.7 × 55.9 cm (18 × 22 1/16 in.)

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Subway news stand, New York City.

1970 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 18.6 × 23.3 cm (7 3/8 × 9 3/16 in.); Paper: 20 × 25.1 cm (7 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 1/16 × 18 in.)

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Lakeshore Theater, Chicago

1970 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 23.5 × 17.3 cm (9 5/16 × 6 13/16 in.); Paper: 24.8 × 18.7 cm (9 13/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Mount: 45.7 × 35.7 cm (18 × 14 1/16 in.)

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Refreshment stand, Illinois Central Station, Chicago

1970 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 26.4 × 33.9 cm (10 7/16 × 13 3/8 in.); Mount: 45.7 × 55.9 cm (18 × 22 1/16 in.)

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Chicago Theater, State Street, Chicago

1970 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 26.7 × 33.8 cm (10 9/16 × 13 5/16 in.); Mount: 45.7 × 55.9 cm (18 × 22 1/16 in.)

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Cotton candy stand, International Amphitheatre, Chicago

1969 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 19 × 22.4 cm (7 1/2 × 8 7/8 in.); Paper: 20 × 24.7 cm (7 7/8 × 9 3/4 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 1/16 × 18 in.)

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Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey Circus, International Amphitheatre, Chicago

1966 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 32.7 × 22 cm (12 7/8 × 8 11/16 in.); mount: 40.1 × 30.4 cm (15 13/16 × 12 in.)

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Drag Strip

1966 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 22.5 × 33.5 cm (8 7/8 × 13 1/4 in.); Mount: 29.5 × 40.1 cm (11 5/8 × 15 13/16 in.)

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Oakton Park

1966 · Gelatin silver print

Image/paper: 32.8 × 21.8 cm (12 15/16 × 8 5/8 in.); Mount: 41 × 297 cm (16 3/16 × 116 15/16 in.)

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International Amphitheatre, Chicago.

1966 · Gelatin silver print

22 × 32.5 cm (8 11/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

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McCormick Place, Chicago

1966 · Gelatin silver print

21.9 × 32.7 cm (8 5/8 × 12 7/8 in.)

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Heart in Bridal Dressing Room, Carson City, Nevada

1965 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.3 × 19.4 cm (9 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.); Paper/mount: 25.1 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)

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Spinning carnival ride

1965 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.7 × 19.6 cm (9 3/4 × 7 3/4 in.); Paper/mount: 25.1 × 19.9 cm (9 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

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Santa Cruz Harbor

1960 · Gelatin silver print

37.8 × 47.7 cm (image/paper); 50.9 × 61 (mount)

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Untitled

1959 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "First Student Independent 1968–1969: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago"

Image/paper: 13.8 × 19.8 cm (5 7/16 × 7 13/16 in.); Mount: 35.5 × 27.8 cm (14 × 11 in.)

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Untitled

1959 · Gelatin silver print, from the portfolio "First Student Independent 1968–1969: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago"

Image/paper: 14.6 × 14.6 cm (5 3/4 × 5 3/4 in.); Mount: 35.5 × 27.8 cm (14 × 11 in.)

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