Whose portrait is this?

[Crazy Fedya]

Hello, RFFers!
I picked up a signed and framed 16x20 gelatin print by Louis Ouzer, who was known for his images of musicians, who visited Rochester School of Music. I know I have seen this face before, but I have difficulty identifying who is this woman. Any help would be appreciated.
I apologize for the quality of images, but this is all I can manage at the time.

 

[dave lackey]

Sam, it looks familiar but I can't be of any help. I have some free time this evening to do a little checking online though.:angel:

 

[Crazy Fedya]

Dave,
I have Google'd Louis Ouzer and his work, and there is very little info available online. I know I have seen this woman before, but I can't recall who she is at all, not what she does either.
Thank you in advance. Hope all is well.

 

[Pablito]

Harpsichordist Wanda Landowska? Hard to tell.

Here is Landowska's portrait by Karsh:

http://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Wanda-Landowska-1-resize.jpg

 

[Crazy Fedya]

Pablito,
It definitely looks like Wanda Landowska. Now i will try to find out if she visited Rochester School of Music. Thank you.

 

[dave lackey]

Sam, it resembles Pauline Alpert.

 

[Pablito]

Pablito,
It definitely looks like Wanda Landowska. Now i will try to find out if she visited Rochester School of Music. Thank you.

I am of mixed opinion about the resemblance. It's who I thought of right away given the connection to the music school, but the nose, the hairline, all seem a little different. Could be the lighting though. Hard to tell.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

I don't think it's Landowska—where's the widow's peak? She does look familiar, though.

 

[dave lackey]

Hair styles were very similar... Makes it a little difficult!

 

[Pablito]

Alpert's history fits the narrative...

http://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/alpert/

 

[dave lackey]

Well, there is a whole collection at the Sibley Music Library, one wonders if a personal visit to look at the scrapbooks and photos would be possible.:angel:

 

[Crazy Fedya]

Upon closer examination of the print and photographs available online I came to the conclusion that this is neither Landowska, nor Alpert. Louis Ouzer was photographing not only personnel of the school, but visitors as well. Louis Armstrong, Count Basie and other notable musicians were photographed by him. I think that woman in the photo might be not connected to the school like Landowska or Alpert, but either visited it, or met Ouzer elsewhere.
And I am still drawing a blank...

 

[Crazy Fedya]

Well, there is a whole collection at the Sibley Music Library, one wonders if a personal visit to look at the scrapbooks and photos would be possible.:angel:

Dave,
I have looked at the list of the prints by Ouzer in the library, googled names of all the women on the list, and all of them look different.

 

[Greyscale]

I think that it looks like Georgia O'Keeffe.

 

[Crazy Fedya]

Eyes of this lady look different from O'Keefe and Landowski. Her eyes are rounder with elevated corners.

 

[Particular]

A great puzzle.
I took the liberty to take the picture and crop and straighten it. I entered it in tineye, and then google image search.
Tineye found nothing. Google found similar images, which means just about every historic figure who ever had a b+w picture taken of them. It was quite a list, including most presidents, Fidel Castro, Mandela, Einstein, Malcolm X, and ODB to name a few. 95% male. Not at all close.

 

[Crazy Fedya]

Thanks, Christian.

I know that I have seen that lady's face somewhere before. That's what drew me to the print in first place.

 

[photomoof]

A great puzzle.
I took the liberty to take the picture and crop and straighten it. I entered it in tineye, and then google image search.

Did the same no luck.

 

[Crazy Fedya]

Thank you, photomoof.
Well, it doesn't matter , really. It is a very nice portrait. I was just curios about who this might be, since she seemed familiar.