Dater, Judy. Imogen and Twinka, 1974. Gelatin silver print , Image: 24.3 x 19.1 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.); Paper: 24.3 x 19.1 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.); Mounted: 45.7 x 35.4 cm (18 x 13 15/16 in.). Gift of Tom E. Hinson and Diana S. Tittle, 2017.228. Copyrighted undefined.

Imogen and Twinka

1974

Judy Dater

Judy Dater (American, 1941-)

Photography

Imogen and Twinka, 1974. Judy Dater (American, 1941-). Gelatin silver print ; image: 24.3 x 19.1 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.); paper: 24.3 x 19.1 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.); mounted: 45.7 x 35.4 cm (18 x 13 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Tom E. Hinson and Diana S. Tittle 2017.228 © 1974 Judy Dater This iconic double portrait shows the famed nonagenarian photographer Imogen Cunningham coming upon the young model Twinka Thiebaud in the woods of Yosemite. Dater’s composition is inspired by, and reacts against, Thomas Hart Benton’s painting of Persephone of 1939. In her photograph, voyeurism gives way to an exchange of gazes between age and youth, human and possible nymph.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Dater, Judy
Classification: Photograph
Formatted Medium: Gelatin silver print
Medium: gelatin, silver, print
Dimensions: Image: 24.3 x 19.1 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.); Paper: 24.3 x 19.1 cm (9 9/16 x 7 1/2 in.); Mounted: 45.7 x 35.4 cm (18 x 13 15/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: Written in pencil on mount: “Judy Dater (signed)”
Departments: Photography
Accession Number: 2017.228
Credit Line: Gift of Tom E. Hinson and Diana S. Tittle
Rights Statement: Copyrighted undefined