Robert Flynn Johnson

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Robert Flynn Johnson is curator emeritus of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco [1] and a specialist in anonymous images. [2]

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References

  1. "Collectors Circle Lecture: Robert Flynn Johnson". Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  2. "Robert Flynn Johnson". thamesandhudson.com.
  3. Dyer, Geoff (October 29, 2004). "Vacuum of the visible" via www.theguardian.com.
  4. "The Face in the Lens" via www.ucpress.edu.
  5. Working Girls. Glitterati Editions. Retrieved 4 December 2019.