Joel Smith
Peter C. Bunnell Curator of Photography
Joel Smith received a Ph.D. from Princeton in 2000. He is the author of Edward Steichen: The Early Years (1999), Saul Steinberg: Illuminations (2006), and The Life and Death of Buildings: On Photography and Time (2011). Since 2006 he has curated over a dozen exhibitions at Princeton, including Pictures of Pictures, Emmet Gowin: A Collective Portrait, More than One: Photographs in Sequence, and Beloved Daughters: Photographs by Fazal Sheikh. His exhibition projects in 2012 include Root & Branch, exploring trees and tree forms in art, nature, and information design.
Eastman Johnson, American, 1824–1906
Study for A Glass with the Squire, ca. 1880
Oil on paper board
64.5 x 53.0 cm. (25 3/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
Gift of Stuart P. Feld, Class of 1957, and Sue K. Feld, in commemoration of the Fiftieth Reunion of the Class of 1957
(2006-825 )
photo: Bruce M. White
