Katharine Dudley
1922
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 18.1 × 23.5 cm (7 1/8 × 9 1/4 in.) mount: 50.8 × 38.8 cm (20 × 15 1/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Accession Number
1949.3.488
Art Historical Context
Alfred Stieglitz's *Katharine Dudley* (1922) captures the poised elegance of the American sculptor artist Katharine Dudley, a close figure in Stieglitz's intimate circle of modern creatives. Printed as a gelatin silver print—a crisp, versatile medium that became a hallmark of early 20th-century—this intimate portrait exemplifies Stieglitz's shift toward "straight photography," emphasizing unmanipulated reality over pictorialist softness. Trimmed precisely to the image edges at 18.1 × 23.5 cm and mounted on a generous 50.8 × 38.8 cm support, it invites viewers to appreciate its subtle tonalitie...
About the Artist
Alfred Stieglitz · 1864–1946
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was a pioneering American photographer, art dealer, publisher, and advocate for the Modernist movement who was instrumental over his 50-year career in making photography an accepted art form. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to German Jewish immigrant parents, Stieglitz spent his formative years studying mechanical engineering in Berlin, where he discovered photography in ...