Hedda Sterne
Hedda Sterne | |
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Hedda Sterne 1947 photograph by Margaret Bourke-White | |
| Born | Hedwig Lindenberg August 4, 1910 |
| Died | April 8, 2011 (aged 100) New York City, U.S. |
| Known for | Painting, drawing, printmaking, collage |
| Notable work | New York VII (1954); Machine 5 (1950); Third Avenue El (1952–53); New York, N.Y., 1955 (1955); New York (1956); Alaska I (1958) |
| Movement | Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism |
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Hedda Sterne (August 4, 1910 – April 8, 2011) was a Romanian-born American artist who was an active member of the New York School of painters. Her work is often associated with Abstract Expressionism and Surrealism. She was also the only woman to appear in the famous photograph of abstract expressionist artists dubbed "The Irascibles", although the group included other women.