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Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Dorothy Norman

1930/1931

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a close-up portrait of a woman. She is positioned directly facing the camera, and her facial features are strong and defined. She is wearing a dark headwrap, and a zigzag-patterned garment with alternating light and dark colors over a solid dark top. The background appears blurred with a neutral tone.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Gift of Nancy Norman Lassalle
Dimensions

image/sheet: 9 × 8.1 cm (3 9/16 × 3 3/16 in.)
mount: 9.4 × 17.4 cm (3 11/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
Accession Number

2018.201.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of Dorothy Norman; Nancy Norman Lasselle, New York; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Norman, Abigail

Inscriptions

on verso of mount, by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: Stieglitz of / Dorothy / 1931

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