Night Bathers
Artist
Louise Dahl-Wolfe
(American, 1895 - 1989)
Date1939; printed later
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 3/16 × 9 1/2 inches (30.96 × 24.13 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/16 × 10 15/16 inches (35.72 × 27.78 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/16 × 10 15/16 inches (35.72 × 27.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2630
SignedSigned on sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "Louise Dahl-Wolfe"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right corner, in pencil: "11" /
On sheet verso, center, in pencil: "PR118/3 / f11 / 20s+20fig / +10BB / +10EBCR / +12EBT / +20EBU / +10Bspl / S 82 21:15 / DOP 022182 / CEG";
On sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "1939 / 750".
On View
On viewGallery Location
- L10
Collections
DescriptionImage of woman in bathing suit (at night) standing next to the statue of a nude woman in a body of water.Gallery LabelModel Margaret Minnigerode stands at the edge of a pool as though lost in thought, her body turned away from Louise Dahl-Wolfe’s camera. Brightly lit by a car’s headlights, Minnigerode’s exposed back, bent arms, slightly bent knee, and updo echo the out-of-focus statue of a bathing Venus (the Roman goddess of love and beauty) located on the other side of the pool. This photograph was featured in the June 1939 issue of Harper’s Bazaar. Dahl-Wolfe worked for the magazine for more than 20 years, revolutionizing fashion photography with her images of effortlessly chic women photographed outside of the studio.
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1988;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© Estate of Louise Dahl-Wolfe
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