Print the Words Agave and Maguey, in Columns, Alternating 48 Times
1983 · Photo lithograph
27.1 × 39 cm (10 11/16 × 15 3/8 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Todd Walker
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7
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12
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Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1978
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Unique/Multiples: Sculpture/Photos
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1972–1973
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Photographs of Women
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1971
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Photography: New Acquisitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1970
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Todd Walker was an American photographer and printmaker who pioneered the integration of photographic processes with traditional printmaking techniques. Working primarily in the postwar period, he developed innovative methods combining photogravure, etching, and cyanotype to create layered, formally experimental images. His work bridged modernist abstraction and photographic documentation, establishing a distinct aesthetic that influenced generations of artists working at the intersection of photography and the printed image.
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