Name/Title
On Montauk Photographs by Kathryn Abbe [Album]Entry/Object ID
ARC.0532Scope and Content
The On Montauk Photographs by Kathryn Abbe [Album] is a portfolio of 28 black-and-white prints compiled by Kathryn Abbe, an editorial and art photographer. The album captures the people, places, architecture, landscapes, businesses, and fauna of Montauk taken during summers the Abbe family spent at their beach house. Natural scenes document shorebirds, horses, and buffalo. Pictures of people depict children, writers, artists painting on the beach, surfers, and fishermen. Places include Oyster Pond, Deep Hollow Ranch, Montauk Lighthouse, Star Island, Old Montauk Highway, Montauk Tavern, Association Houses, cliffs, overlooks, and Montauk Village. The photographs in the collection date from 1942 to 1994. The album includes an inventory, biography, captions, and writing by Kathryn Abbe.Archive Details
Creator
Kathryn AbbeDate(s) of Creation
1942 - 1994Archive Size/Extent
1 album, 28 photographs.Restrictions
The collection is open for research and can be used within the library under the supervision of the archivist. Contact archives@montauklibrary.org to schedule a research appointment.Acquisition
Acquisition Method
GiftAcquired From
Kathryn AbbeCopyright
Type of License
In copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Copyright Holder
Kathryn AbbeCopyright Details
Researchers assume all responsibility for copyright questions. Fair use is permitted. For all other uses please contact archives@montauklibrary.org.General Notes
Note Type
Historical NoteNote
"Kathryn Abbe received a BFA degree in art from Pratt Institute and studied painting with Yasuo Kunyoshi at the New School. She began her career in photography, first working as assistant to Vogue photographer, Toni Frissell, for two years.
In the mid-1940s she became a freelance photographer for magazines here and abroad. In 1946, she married James Abbe, who was also a photographer. They shared three studios in Manhattan. Her work has been published in House & Garden, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Paris Match, and includes covers for Better Homes & Gardens and Parents. Her photographs have appeared in many museum exhibitions: The International Center for Photography, the Metropolitan Museum and the Brooklyn Museum.
On Long Island her photographs have been shown at Suffolk County Museum, Post College and Guild Hall in East Hampton, In 1976, she produced a sound and slideshow for Guild Hall's Bicentennial Celebration. This was titled (coincidentally) "On Montauk."
In 1994, she was profiled in The History of Women Photographers which documented women from the mid-1800s to the present. Later exhibits which included her work were held at the New York Public Library, the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Akron Museum of Art." - Kathryn Abbe, December 1999. Excerpt from artists' bio included in the collection.