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Judy Dater

Artist

WA-00026767

Photography

Representation

None documented

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Publications Referenced

60%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ6304405 ULAN500091155

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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No image

Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

No image

Artists by Artists

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

No image

Photographs of Women

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

Field Verification (1 fields)

0 cross-verified · 1 single-source

LocationArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/judy-dater
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1392
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Judy Dater is an American photographer known for intimate black-and-white portraits that explore identity, desire, and the female body with unflinching directness. Working primarily in gelatin silver print since the 1960s, she pioneered a confessional approach to portraiture that challenged conventions of beauty and representation. Her photographs often feature subjects in states of vulnerability or self-presentation, frequently collaborating with performer and artist Jack Welpott. Dater's work has been central to postwar American photography's expansion of the medium as a tool for psychological and social inquiry.

Source: Christies Artsy · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (7)

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Vickie Singer

1988 · gelatin silver print

Image: 34.2 x 26.6 cm (13 7/16 x 10 1/2 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Self-Portrait with Stone

1982 · gelatin silver print

Image: 36.8 x 46.9 cm (14 1/2 x 18 7/16 in.); Paper: 40.2 x 50.5 cm (15 13/16 x 19 7/8 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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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.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Woman and Daughters, Beverly Hills

1972 · 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.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Maggi

1970 · Gelatin silver print

9 11/16 × 7 9/16" (24.1 × 19.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Joyce Goldstein in Her Kitchen

1969 · Gelatin silver print

13 3/8 × 10 1/2" (34.0 × 26.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1964 · Gelatin silver print

9 1/4 × 7 5/16" (23.5 × 18.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Artwork sources (3)

7 published of 13 catalogued · 9 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
4 published
MoMA
3 publishedof 6 catalogued6 img
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Imogen and Twinka
1974 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Self-Portrait with Stone
1982 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Woman and Daughters, Beverly Hills
1972 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Vickie Singer
1988 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

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Collections2

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960

New York · 1978

Group Exhibition Artists by Artists

New York · 1977

Group Exhibition Photographs of Women

New York · 1971