Joseph T. Keiley
[Portrait of Mercedes de Cordoba]

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • [Portrait of Mercedes de Cordoba]
Date1905
MediumPlatinum print
DimensionsImage: 6 5/8 × 4 5/16 in. (16.8 × 10.9 cm)
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 4 5/16 in. (16.8 × 10.9 cm)
Mount: 8 1/16 × 5 1/2 in. (20.5 × 13.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Nena Marsh
Object number2017.354
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionJoseph T. Keiley was a founding member of the Photo-Secession and a frequent contributor to the seminal journals Camera Notes and Camera Work. His atmospheric portrait of the dancer Mercedes de Cordoba encapsulates the soft-focus, painterly aesthetic of the Photo-Secession, the turn-of-the-century movement that promoted photography as a fine art. The artistry of this image is evident in the print’s harmonious tones, intimate scale, and triple mounting on black with a red border—a popular framing strategy of the time. Keiley wrote, “If a picture be worth finishing, it should be finished in the most perfect way possible.”
Provenance[Alan Klotz Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
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