Dorothy Norman

An American Place - Alfred Stieglitz's Hat and Coat - Stieglitz Vault
1940s

A black and white photograph depicting a cluttered workspace with a stack of papers in the foreground. A round black object, possibly a hat, hangs on a coat rack, which also holds a tweed coat and a white tote bag. The background is dark and indistinct, with hints of shelves and other items suggesting a busy office or studio environment.

A black and white photograph depicting a cluttered workspace with a stack of papers in the foreground. A round black object, possibly a hat, hangs on a coat rack, which also holds a tweed coat and a white tote bag. The background is dark and indistinct, with hints of shelves and other items suggesting a busy office or studio environment.

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Date
1940s

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print mounted on paperboard

Dimensions
Mount: 14 × 11in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm) Image: 3 1/2 × 2 15/16in. (8.9 × 7.5 cm)

Accession number
96.81

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist

Rights and reproductions
© 1998 Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona Foundation

API
artworks/10425

Exhibitions

Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Apr 2, 2016–Apr 2, 2017

Dorothy Norman
23 works in the collection

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