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Louise Dahl-WolfeWW-1932-M044117
1932·Gelatin silver print·12 15/16 × 9 1/8" (32.8 × 23.2 cm)

Catalogue

Year
1932
Dimensions
12 15/16 × 9 1/8" (32.8 × 23.2 cm)

Artist

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Louise Dahl-Wolfe

Photography

Louise Dahl-Wolfe was an American photographer known for her sophisticated use of color and geometric composition in fashion and portrait work during the mid-twentieth century. Working primarily in the 1940s and 1950s, she developed a distinctive approach to studio lighting that emphasized clean lines and bold chromatic relationships. Her photographs appeared regularly in Harper's Bazaar and other major publications, establishing a visual language that departed from the softer pictorialism of her contemporaries. She worked across fashion, still life, and portraiture with equal technical precision and formal invention.

San Francisco, CA, USA

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Year
1932
Dimensions
12 15/16 × 9 1/8" (32.8 × 23.2 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1932-M044117

Source

Source
moma
Status
verified

Artist

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Louise Dahl-Wolfe

Photography

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