Katharine Dudley

1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a close-up view focusing on the lower half of an individual, showcasing their legs and feet. The person is seated with legs crossed, wearing stockings and a dress with frayed details. They have dark slip-on shoes with bows on top. The background is neutral.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 23.3 x 19.1 cm (9 3/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.495

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    93B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    718

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

1958

  • Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 16–April 27, 1958

1992

  • The Stieglitz Circle and Modernism in America, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1992

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

1958

  • Bry, Doris. Exhibition of Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1958: no. 80.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 718.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 93 B; lower right verso: 048

Wikidata ID

Q64035054

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Stieglitz Collections

A corresponding print was given to the following institution(s) by Alfred Stieglitz during his lifetime, or was received or acquired from the estate:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 49.55.40

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:

1923, New York (nos. 12–15, as Katharine Dudley, 1922)
1932, New York (no. 84, as Katharine Dudley, 1923)

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