Untitled (Fashion study for Harper’s Bazaar)
(c. 1950)
Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
27.1 × 25.9 cm (image) 33.1 × 26.4 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2022
© Louise Dahl-Wolfe
Gallery location
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International
About this work
Louise Dahl-Wolfe studied at the California School of Fine Art and began taking self-portraits in 1921 after meeting photographer Anne Brigman. In 1930 Dahl-Wolfe established a professional photography studio in San Francisco, later moving to New York. In 1936 she became a staff photographer for Harper’s Bazaar, a position she held until 1958. Dahl-Wolfe played a key role in shaping the magazine’s visual style during the postwar era. She preferred shooting on location rather than in a studio, creating images with a fresh, candid feel that captured the spirit and style of the modern American woman.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
United States
Inscription
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.l.: Photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.l.: #20 (in a circle) 13 X 10 3/8
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: 12 / (semi-circle)
Accession Number
2022.782
Department
International Photography