The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Woman and Daughters, Beverly Hills

Woman and Daughters, Beverly Hills

1972
(American, 1941-)
America, 20th century
gelatin silver print
Image: 46.2 x 36.9 cm (18 3/16 x 14 1/2 in.); Paper: 50.5 x 40.4 cm (19 7/8 x 15 7/8 in.); Matted: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.)
Gift of Museum members in 1989 1989.416
© 1972 Judy Dater
Location: not on view

Description

In the mid-1960s, Judy Dater began to photograph collaborative performances that she and her subjects staged for the camera. She would come to her subjects' houses and choose appropriate costumes from their closets. The women would then be depicted in the domestic environments they had created, surrounded by props that interpreted their characters. While the domestic setting is subdued in this example, the coiffed hair, made-up face, fur-sleeved dress, and glamorously displayed hands of the middle-aged woman reflect the social and economic privileges associated with Beverly Hills.
  • E. H. T. "The Year in Review: Selections 1989." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 2 (1990): 38-78. p. 70, no. 76 25160106
    Hinson, Tom E. "Contemporary American Photographs: An Exhibition." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 9 (1992): 306-51. p. 346, no. 10, repr. p. 328 25161375
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 138
  • Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).
    Contemporary American Photographers. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 18, 1992-January 3, 1993).
  • {{cite web|title=Woman and Daughters, Beverly Hills|url=false|author=Judy Dater|year=1972|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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