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Greta Pratt: Nineteen Lincolns
February 8, 2007
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Photographer Greta Pratt discusses her interest in historic iconography in America, in particular her monumental work Nineteen Lincolns, on view at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. Nineteen Lincolns documents men who belong to the Association of Lincoln Presenters, a society dedicated to studying and portraying the life of Abraham Lincoln.

Art & Architecture
Photography
PBA
High Museum of Art
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Image of Greta Pratt: Using History
Author: Greta Pratt
Publisher: Steidl (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 88 pages
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