Katharine Dudley

1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts a woman seated and slightly leaning forward. She has short, dark, wavy hair that frames her face and a calm expression while looking directly at the camera. She is wearing a satin-like dress with a decorative ruffled edge along the neckline and a double-strand pearl necklace. Small earrings are also visible. The background features an abstract design with overlapped text and geometric shapes in black and white tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23 × 19.2 cm (9 1/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 × 20.3 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)
    mount: 56.2 × 45.6 cm (22 1/8 × 17 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.489

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    37D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    722

The image shows a man leaning his head on his hand, positioned with his face resting on his left hand. He has a mustache, thin-framed eyeglasses, and thick, greying hair that curls slightly at the edges. He is dressed in a formal jacket, a white shirt, and a black bow tie. The background is a soft, dark blur.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 722.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: Katharine Dudley 1922
by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 37 D

Wikidata ID

Q64035037

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

In the background a page spread from 291 (vol. 3, May 1915) designed by Marius de Zayas features poems by Katharine Rhoades and Agnes Ernst Meyer.

Lifetime Exhibitions

A print from the same negative—perhaps a photograph from the Gallery’s collection—appeared in the following exhibition(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:

possibly 1923, New York (nos. 12–15, as Katharine Dudley, 1922)

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