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Harold Allen
Artist
WA-00042685
Photography
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None documented
1
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0
Works in Collection
38
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5
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60%
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Courthouse
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1977
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1 cross-verified · 4 single-source
- Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
- Birth yearWikidata· 92%
- Death yearWikidata· 92%
- NationalityWikidata· 92%
- Primary mediumWikidata· 92%
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- AicTier 3 · Scraped/inferred85%
About
Why this artist matters now
Harold Allen was an American photographer whose black-and-white documentation of American courthouses established a systematic visual archive of civic architecture across the mid-twentieth century. His series 'Courthouse' was exhibited at MoMA in 1977, positioning his work within a tradition of American documentary photography. Allen's methodical approach to architectural survey work emphasized the formal and social significance of public buildings as repositories of collective memory and legal authority.
Source: Aic · Trust score: 85% · Updated 10d ago
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Art Institute of Chicago
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