Sigrid Undset

Sigrid Undset

Louise Dahl-WolfeWW-1940-M051597
1940·Gelatin silver print·12 3/8 × 11" (31.5 × 27.9 cm)

Catalogue

Year
1940
Dimensions
12 3/8 × 11" (31.5 × 27.9 cm)

Artist

L
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
1940
Dimensions
12 3/8 × 11" (31.5 × 27.9 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1940-M051597

Source

Source
moma
Status
verified

Artist

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Louise Dahl-Wolfe

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