Solar eclipse
Constellations. Gallery of Art, University of Missouri, Kansas City, March 27 - April 24, 1998, no cat.
Temporary installation with Natzler ceramics, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, November 26, 2002- June 30, 2003, no cat.
American Photographs: Selections From The Hallmark Photographic Collection at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS, September 15 – September 29, 2006, no cat.
Rotation 6. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, July 13 – December 7, 2009, no cat.
Heavens: Photographs of the Sky & Cosmos. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 11 – November 13, 2011, no cat.
Rotation 24. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 9 – November 12, 2017, no cat.
Lewis Tabor’s work suggests the appeal of astronomical images as both information and art. A professional astronomer, Tabor also exhibited artistic photographs in the 1920s and 1930s. His personal work encompassed the themes of light, vision, and technology. This striking image of the eclipsed sun was made in the course of his professional work. He then printed the image much larger than the needs of science alone required, giving it a bold, artistic presence.
Purchased from George Rinhart by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1996;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
