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    Artist

  • Schiff, John, 1907-1976

    • Title

  • Lindsey Decker standing next to his artwork, undated

  • Physical Description

    1 photograph : black-and-white ; 10 x 8 inches / 25.5 x 20.5 cm., digital photograph

  • Summary

    The image shows a portrait photograph of artist Lindsey Decker leaning against one of his sculptural pieces in a gallery setting. He has his right hand in his pocket and his left arm resting againt the artwork. On the verso of the photograph there is a John D. Schiff photography stamp and "Lindsay Decker" written twice in pencil.

  • Depicted

    Decker, Lindsey, 1929–1994

  • Subject

    Artists; Portraits; Sculptors; Painters

  • Genre

    Photographs

  • Part Of

    John (Hans) and Trude Schiff Collection, AR 25082

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Lindsey Decker was an abstract painter and sculptor. He taught sculpture and drawing at Michigan State University beginning in 1950. From 1957 to 1959 Lindsey Decker lived and worked in Italy. His artworks are included in the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Detroit Institute of Arts among other institutions.

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Citation

Schiff, John: Lindsey Decker standing next to his artwork, undated, Leo Baeck Institute, F 059 AR 25082.