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Kate Cory

Kate Cory

American, 1961⚠
WA-00013093
Photography
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None documented
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Institutional Exhibitions
2
Works in Collection
7
Assets Indexed
5
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
70%
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Authority Records (1)

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1 cross-verified · 2 single-source
  • NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%✓
  • Birth yearWikidata + Artsy· 92%
  • LocationWikidata· 80%

Source Registry (1)

  • Artist Index
    Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%
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Kate Cory is an American photographer best known for her documentation of Hopi life in the early 20th century. Between 1905 and 1912, she lived among the Hopi in Arizona, producing approximately 600 photographs that constitute one of the most extensive visual records of the community during that period. Her work combines the precision of ethnographic documentation with a photographer's attention to domestic detail and ceremonial practice, creating an archive that privileges observation over interpretation. Cory's photographs remain significant as both historical documents and artistic records of a specific moment in Hopi material and social life.

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Artworks (2)

Artwork sources (1)

2 published of 2 catalogued · 2 with image
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    2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

10 entries · 1 sources
  • Sun Ceremony
    1920 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • Indian with Hoe
    1906 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Kate T. Cory, Buffalo Dancer, oil, 1919, Smoki Museum, Prescott, Arizona
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Kate T. Cory, Indian with Hoe, 1906, Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Kate Cory, unknown photographer, circa 1905 1912
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Kate Cory (Wikipedia)
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Education

Cooper Union
Visual Arts
Art Students League of New York
Visual Arts
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