Hedda Sterne
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Hedda Sterne was a Romanian-born American artist associated with the New York School, known for her diverse, experimental style and for being the only woman in the famous 1951 “Irascibles” photograph of Abstract Expressionist painters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hedda Sterne canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2591567 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hedda Sterne Context triple: [Green River Cemetery, hasBurial, Hedda Sterne]
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A.
Esther Bubley
Esther Bubley was an American documentary photographer best known for her intimate, human-centered images of everyday life in mid-20th-century America, particularly during and after World War II.
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B.
Verna Hellman
Verna Hellman, better known professionally as Verna Fields, was an influential American film editor and studio executive renowned for her work on landmark films such as "Jaws."
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C.
Alice Arlen
Alice Arlen was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing acclaimed films such as "Silkwood" and "Alamo Bay."
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D.
Esther Harvey
Esther Harvey was the wife of renowned American Broadway baritone and actor Alfred Drake.
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E.
Esther Kahn
Esther Kahn is a 2000 French-British drama film directed by Arnaud Desplechin, following a young Jewish woman in early 20th-century London who obsessively pursues a career in the theater.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hedda Sterne Target entity description: Hedda Sterne was a Romanian-born American artist associated with the New York School, known for her diverse, experimental style and for being the only woman in the famous 1951 “Irascibles” photograph of Abstract Expressionist painters.
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A.
Esther Bubley
Esther Bubley was an American documentary photographer best known for her intimate, human-centered images of everyday life in mid-20th-century America, particularly during and after World War II.
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B.
Verna Hellman
Verna Hellman, better known professionally as Verna Fields, was an influential American film editor and studio executive renowned for her work on landmark films such as "Jaws."
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C.
Alice Arlen
Alice Arlen was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing acclaimed films such as "Silkwood" and "Alamo Bay."
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D.
Esther Harvey
Esther Harvey was the wife of renowned American Broadway baritone and actor Alfred Drake.
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E.
Esther Kahn
Esther Kahn is a 2000 French-British drama film directed by Arnaud Desplechin, following a young Jewish woman in early 20th-century London who obsessively pursues a career in the theater.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American artist
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Romanian artist ⓘ artist ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ printmaker ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Romania ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Romania
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Bucharest
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private studios in Bucharest ⓘ |
| familyName | Sterne ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
abstract painting
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collage ⓘ printmaking ⓘ surrealist painting ⓘ |
| genre |
abstract art
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figurative art ⓘ non-objective art ⓘ |
| givenName | Hedda ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European avant-garde
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surface form:
European modernism
New York urban landscape ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Romanian ⓘ |
| memberOf | New York School ⓘ |
| movement |
Abstract expressionism
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surface form:
Abstract Expressionism
Modern art ⓘ New York School ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with the New York School of painters
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being the only woman in the 1951 Irascibles photograph ⓘ diverse and experimental artistic style ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ladder series
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Machine-inspired paintings ⓘ New York, N.Y. series ⓘ Portraits of artists and writers ⓘ Travel paintings ⓘ Vertical-Horizontal series ⓘ |
| occupation |
collagist
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draftsperson ⓘ painter ⓘ printmaker ⓘ |
| participantIn |
1951 Irascibles photograph
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Abstract Expressionist movement in New York ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bucharest ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New York City ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Saul Steinberg ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Bucharest
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New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hedda Sterne Description of subject: Hedda Sterne was a Romanian-born American artist associated with the New York School, known for her diverse, experimental style and for being the only woman in the famous 1951 “Irascibles” photograph of Abstract Expressionist painters.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Green River Cemetery