Seated Woman in Tights with Hands Behind Head, Ernest James Bellocq; Lee Friedlander

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Ernest James Bellocq; Lee Friedlander, Seated Woman in Tights with Hands Behind Head
Ernest James Bellocq; Lee Friedlander, Seated Woman in Tights with Hands Behind Head
Lee Friedlander
Seated Woman in Tights with Hands Behind Head
circa 1912
Lee Friedlander
born 1934
Seated Woman in Tights with Hands Behind Head, circa 1912
Portfolio/Series title: from the Storyville Portraits 1911-1913
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: toning; gold chloride print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 20.1 x 25.1 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 7 15/16 x 9 7/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 16 x 20 in
Credit line: Museum purchase
Accession number: 1971.0114
Not on display
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Archive Label: Bellocq lived in New Orleans’s red-light district and knew the prostitutes there as friends. The little we know of Bellocq’s biography suggests that he photographed them to make not salacious pornography but rather powerful portraits. This woman’s white body-stocking emphasizes her hour-glass figure, while concealing details of her anatomy. Exposed and yet not, the woman assumes a self-confident pose and boldly returns the viewer’s gaze.