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HomeContents > People > Photographers > Margrethe Mather

Dates:  1885 - 1952
Active:  US
Gender:  Female
 
  
American woman photographer who collaborated with Edward Weston.

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Readings on, or by, individual photographers 
  
Warren, Beth Gates, 2001, Margrethe Mather and Edward Weston: A Passionate Collaboration, (W. W. Norton & Company) isbn-10: 0393041573 isbn-13: 978-0393041576 [Δ
  
Warren, Beth Gates, 2011, Artful Lives: Edward Weston, Margrethe Mather, and the Bohemians of Los Angeles, (J. Paul Getty Museum) isbn-10: 1606060708 isbn-13: 978-1606060704 [Δ
  
 
  
If you feel this list is missing a significant book or article please let me know - Alan - alan@luminous-lint.com
 
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Imogen Cunningham
Edward and Margrethe 3 [Edward Weston and Margrethe Mather] 
1923 (taken) 1960s (print)
 
  
Family history 
  
If you are related to this photographer and interested in tracking down your extended family we can place a note here for you to help. It is free and you would be amazed who gets in touch. 
  
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Internet biographies

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Wikipedia has a biography of this photographer.Show on this siteGo to website
Getty Research, Los Angeles, USA has an ULAN (Union List of Artists Names Online) entry for this photographer. This is useful for checking names and they frequently provide a brief biography. Go to website
 

Printed biographies

The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers.

 
• Witkin, Lee D. and Barbara London 1979 The Photograph Collector’s Guide (London: Secker and Warburg) p.189 [Long out of print but an essential reference work - the good news is that a new edition is in preparation.] 
  
 

Useful printed stuff

If there is an analysis of a single photograph or a useful self portrait I will highlight it here.

 
• Lahs-Gonzales, Olivia & Lippard, Lucy 1997 Defining Eye: Women Photographers of the 20th Century. Selections from the Helen Kornblum Collection (Saint Louis Art Museum, D.A.P.) [Margrethe Mather is included in this overview of women photographers.] 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
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