Gertrude Käsebier
Miss Minnie Ashley
About this artwork
Gertrude Käsebier's portrait of Miss Minnie Ashley was one of a set of six photogravures published by Alfred Stieglitz in the magazine, Camera Work in 1905. Stieglitz praised Käsebier as 'the leading portrait photographer' in America and marvelled the artistic feeling and harmony of her broad pictures. He even went as far as saying that 'their strength never betrays a woman'.
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artist:Gertrude Käsebier (1852 - 1934) American
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title:Miss Minnie Ashley
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date created:April 1905
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materials:Photogravure
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measurements:22.3 x 17.4 cm
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credit line:Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell 1985
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accession number:PGP R 195.1
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Gertrude Käsebier
Gertrude Käsebier
Born in Iowa, Gertrude Käsebier, nee Stanton, married and had three children before training as a painter. Her interest in photography dates from about 1893 when she went to Germany to study chemistry. On her return to America she establishes a studio on Fifth Avenue, New York. In 1902 she became...
