Hasemann's Studio

1894, printed 1895/1896

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a person seated at a table in a room that seems to be a studio or workshop. The person is fully visible from head to waist, sitting down and focused on something on the table. The person appears to be engaged in writing or sketching. Their facial features are not very distinct due to the angle and lighting, but they have short hair. The person is wearing a dark suit, which contrasts against the lighter tones of the tablecloth. The room has large windows, potted plants on the windowsills, patterned curtains, a large easel holding a detailed painting of a woman and a secondary portrait sketch, a wooden table or cabinet with jars and bottles, a textured wall with shelves holding various objects, and artistic supplies. The overall setting suggests a warm and homely environment, with natural light illuminating the space.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 16.1 × 21.2 cm (6 5/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
    page size: 34.8 × 27.3 cm (13 11/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.190

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    77E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    201

Associated Artworks

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This is a photograph of two oxen yoked together in a field. The image depicts two oxen standing side by side in a field with a dirt-covered ground. The oxen are fitted with harnesses and a yoke. The background shows a distant horizon. The photo is in a grainy sepia tone.

An Idyll

Alfred Stieglitz

1887

The image shows a body of water with mountains in the distance. The point of view is elevated, capturing the shoreline and the water. A person leans towards a cow, holding its halter by the rocky shore. The horizon is high in the image, with the mountains forming a dark outline against the sky. The mountains appear as a soft silhouette due to the diffuse lighting. The image has a grainy and vintage texture. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of gray and sepia. A small boat with figures is on the water, and a larger vessel is docked to the right.

The Unwilling Bath

Alfred Stieglitz

1887

This is an image of a blacksmith workshop. It shows a scene in front of a rustic building with textured stonework and arched doorways. There is a blacksmith’s anvil in the center, along with tools and a vice on a wooden bench. The entrance has an intricately carved arch. To the right, there’s a cart wheel, and sunlight casts shadows across the cobblestone. The setting conveys a sense of historical craftsmanship and rural life, with deep contrast and details in the photograph bringing out the texture of the building and ground.

Before the Smithy's

Alfred Stieglitz

1890

The image shows a man leaning his head on his hand, positioned with his face resting on his left hand. He has a mustache, thin-framed eyeglasses, and thick, greying hair that curls slightly at the edges. He is dressed in a formal jacket, a white shirt, and a black bow tie. The background is a soft, dark blur.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2002

  • Alfred Stieglitz: Known and Unknown, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, June 2–September 2, 2002; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 6, 2002–January 5, 2003

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 201.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on interleaving tissue, lower right, in graphite: Hasemann's Studio / 1894

Wikidata ID

Q64037671

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

Wilhelm Hasemann, seated, was a German artist who met Edward Stieglitz in Karlsruhe in 1881, perhaps through their mutual friend, the artist Fedor Encke. Shortly after their first meeting Hasemann sent Edward Stieglitz a drawing on a postcard that so pleased the American he asked Hasemann to send him similar cards on a regular basis. Edward Stieglitz subsequently helped Hasemann build a studio in Gutach (Leopold Stieglitz to Georgia O’Keeffe, 3 September 1946, YCAL). Alfred visited Hasemann in Gutach in the spring of 1882, and the entire Stieglitz family, including Alfred, vacationed there in the summer of 1882. Stieglitz again visited in 1894.

For Stieglitz’s description of Gutach, see Key Set number 171.

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:

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, YCAL MSS 85, box 132 [lantern slide] (inscribed: A Black Forest Studio)

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:

1897, Toronto (silver medal)
probably 1897, New York, Knickerbocker (as In the Studio, lantern slide)
1899, New York, Camera Club (no. 12, as A Black Forest Studio, 1894, platinum direct)

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