Katharine Dudley

1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a close-up of the upper body of a person. It focuses on their neck, lower face, part of their shoulder, and one hand. The person's position is angled slightly to the side, with one hand lifted and placed on the collarbone. Facial features visible include part of the chin and short, dark hair at the top edge of the image. The person is wearing a textured garment with an intricate pattern, and a string of spherical beads is draped around their neck like a necklace. Background details are not distinct due to the sepia tone and tight framing, keeping the emphasis on the person and their attire.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 23.4 × 18.8 cm (9 3/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.492

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    93A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    721

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

Exhibition History

2002

  • Alfred Stieglitz: Known and Unknown, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, June 2–September 2, 2002; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 6, 2002–January 5, 2003

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 721.

Inscriptions

by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen—6/50; lower left verso: 93 A

Wikidata ID

Q64035049

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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