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Artists›Burk Uzzle

Burk Uzzle

American, 1938

WA-00029860

Raleigh, NC, USA

Photography

Representation

None documented

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70%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ1016334 ULAN500093505

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Recent Acquisitions: Photography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1965–1966

Field Verification (4 fields)

3 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearMoMA· 93%✓
LocationMoMA· 93%✓
NationalityMoMA· 93%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6047
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Movement

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Medium

Photography

Related Artists

6 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (35)

Untitled

1976 · Gelatin silver print

6 7/8 × 9 3/4" (16.3 × 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1975 · Gelatin silver print

9 3/4 × 6 1/2" (24.7 × 16.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1975 · Gelatin silver print

6 7/16 × 9 13/16" (16.4 × 24.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1975 · Gelatin silver print

6 1/2 × 9 3/4" (16.4 × 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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United States Marine Corps Boot Camp: The "Shock Treatment" is what the Marines call the way they induce obedience into the recruits. They do it quickly and violently and perhaps cruelly--but purposefully. As soon as the recruit has been issued his uniforms and processed through administration, he and the other new recruits form a platoon and are given over to their permanent "drill instructor." Then, with screaming and cursing and harassment, the drill instructors endeavor to break down individuality, self-motivated behavior, and mental resistance until the recruits are numbly obedient. Physically and mentally they must respond automatically to command from their drill instructor

1967 · gelatin silver print

Image: 19.7 x 30 cm (7 3/4 x 11 13/16 in.); Paper: 19.7 x 30 cm (7 3/4 x 11 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Untitled

1964 · Gelatin silver print

8 7/8 × 13 1/4" (22.6 × 33.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, HORSE, OKLAHOMA

1964 · Gelatin silver print

8 11/16 × 13 1/16" (22 × 33.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled, COUPLE ON ROCKS

1964 · Gelatin silver print

8 1/4 × 13 1/8" (20.9 × 33.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.3 × 26.5 cm (6 13/16 × 10 7/16 in.); Paper: 27.7 × 35.4 cm (10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.1 × 26.3 cm (6 3/4 × 10 3/8 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.5 × 26.2 cm (6 15/16 × 10 3/8 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.5 × 26.6 cm (6 15/16 × 10 1/2 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.3 × 26.5 cm (6 13/16 × 10 7/16 in.); Paper: 27.7 × 35.4 cm (10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.7 × 26.2 cm (7 × 10 3/8 in.); Paper: 27.7 × 35.4 cm (10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.5 × 22.2 cm (6 15/16 × 8 3/4 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.3 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.5 × 22.2 cm (6 15/16 × 8 3/4 in.); Paper: 27.7 × 35.3 cm (10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.5 × 22.2 cm (6 15/16 × 8 3/4 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.1 × 26.4 cm (6 3/4 × 10 7/16 in.); Paper: 27.7 × 35.3 cm (10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.5 × 22.2 cm (6 15/16 × 8 3/4 in.); Paper: 27.7 × 35.3 cm (10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1958 · Gelatin silver print

17.3 × 26.5 cm (image); 27.8 × 35.4 (paper)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.5 × 22.3 cm (6 15/16 × 8 13/16 in.); Paper: 27.7 × 35.4 cm (10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Half Car at Strip Mall

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 26.6 × 17.3 cm (10 1/2 × 6 13/16 in.); Paper: 35.3 × 27.7 cm (13 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 26.7 × 17.5 cm (10 9/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Paper: 35.4 × 27.8 cm (13 15/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1958 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 17.6 × 26.5 cm (6 15/16 × 10 7/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

35 published of 42 catalogued · 41 with image

Art Institute Chicago
27 published27 img
MoMA
7 publishedof 14 catalogued14 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

United States Marine Corps Boot Camp: The "Shock Treatment" is what the Marines call the way they induce obedience into the recruits. They do it quickly and violently and perhaps cruelly--but purposefully. As soon as the recruit has been issued his uniforms and processed through administration, he and the other new recruits form a platoon and are given over to their permanent "drill instructor." Then, with screaming and cursing and harassment, the drill instructors endeavor to break down individuality, self-motivated behavior, and mental resistance until the recruits are numbly obedient. Physically and mentally they must respond automatically to command from their drill instructor
1967 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Collections4

Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Phillips

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

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Auction house

Phillips

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Recent Acquisitions: Photography

New York · 1965