Katharine Dudley

1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a woman with only her face and upper shoulders visible. She is leaning forward with her chin resting on her hand. Her facial features include a smile and soft eyes, and she has short, curly hair that frames her face. She is wearing a dark garment with a textured pattern on the shoulders. The background is a blurred gradient from dark to light, emphasizing her face. There are no visible pieces of jewelry or objects in the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.4 × 18.3 cm (9 5/8 × 7 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.3 × 20.1 cm (9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
    mount: 56.5 × 45.6 cm (22 1/4 × 17 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.490

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    37E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    723

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. 723.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen 1949; lower left verso, in graphite: 37 E
by later hand, center verso, in graphite: R [star] / K 37 E

Wikidata ID

Q64035038

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

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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