Imogen and Twinka at Yosemite

Photograph

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di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art

Name/Title

Imogen and Twinka at Yosemite

Entry/Object ID

134

Description

Imogen Cunningham peering around tree at nude Twinka Thiebaud

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin silver print

Subject Person or Organization

Imogen Cunningham, Twinka Thiebaud

Category

Photographic Art

Acquisition

Accession

AR0134

Source or Donor

Grapestake Gallery

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Artist

Judy Dater

Date made

1974

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

Recto, lower right

Material/Technique

Graphite

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed

Height

16 in

Width

13-3/4 in

Depth

1-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Object

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Park

Yosemite National Park

State/Province

California

Exhibitions

Exhibition

Our Bodies, Ourselves

Notes

Friday, April 14, 2023 - Sunday, August 27, 2023, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa

Exhibition

Seen & Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham

Notes

May 11 - August 28, 2022, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art

Exhibition

Be Not Still: Living in Uncertain Times (Part 1)

Notes

January 27 - Sunday, May 27, 2018, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa

Exhibition

The Butterfly Effect: Art in 1970s California

Notes

September 17 – December 30, 2016, Palo Alto Art Center

Exhibition

Looking at You Looking at Me: Artwork from the di Rosa Collection

Notes

October 29, 2011 – February 11, 2012, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa

Research Notes

Web Links and URLs

Seen and Unseen

Notes

From Seen and Unseen at Sonoma Valley Museum of Art: Dater directed her subjects to create a scene around the theme of voyeurism. The idea had captivated her since childhood when she came across Thomas Hart Benton's 1939 painting, Persephone. "I carried around that image in my head for years and did several different photo versions ...It really works in the photo of Imogen and Twinka because it's a twist in that it's two women looking at each other ... I was interested in [them being] more real and less male-oriented as objects of sexual desire."