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DORIS ULMANN (1882-1934) Dunkard Woman, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Circa 1925-26. Unique oil pigment print, the image measuring 8x6⅛ inches (20.3x15.6 cm.), the mount 14¼x11¼ inches (36.2x28.6 cm.), with Ulmann's signature in pencil on mount recto.
Reproduced Philip Walker Jacob, The Life and Photography of Doris Ulmann (The University of Kentucky Press, 2001), fig. 22, p. 58
The majority of Doris Ulmann's photographs are unique prints and of these, most are left unsigned. As was her practice, Ulmann only signed those photographs she exhibited or intended to exhibit. From 1917 through 1925, Ulmann created approximately 150 oil pigment prints. Given the extreme difficulty in obtaining success with this process, the prints are unique monotypes. The subtle details visible in the deep shadows of this print exhibit a technical mastery of both the exposure and of the pigment process.
