The Old Maple—Lake George
1926
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 11.7 × 9.2 cm (4 5/8 × 3 5/8 in.)
mount: 34.2 × 27.5 cm (13 7/16 × 10 13/16 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.671
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Stieglitz Estate Number
196C
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Key Set Number
1150
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.
Associated Names
Bibliography
2002
Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1150.
Inscriptions
by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, center verso, in graphite: The Old Maple — Lake George [underlined] / 1926 [underlined]
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 196C
by unknown hand, on mount, upper right verso, in red pencil: J [circled]
Wikidata ID
Q64035449
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Stieglitz Collections
A corresponding print was given to the following institution(s) by Alfred Stieglitz during his lifetime, or was received or acquired from the estate:
The Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.730
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 69.1950
Other Collections
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 84.XM.217.4
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1985-109-3 (inscribed: For Dorothy / Dec. 21-45 / The Place. / This print was made in 1927.)
Private collection
Lifetime Exhibitions
A print from the same negative—perhaps a photograph from the Gallery’s collection—appeared in the following exhibition(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:
1932, New York (no. 68, as The Old Maple, 1920)