Sime Herrmann, Mr. and Mrs. Mann, Dr. Brown, Mr. McGibbon, Miss Linthicum and Emmy—On Board the Bourgogne May 5–14, 1896
1894, printed 1895/1896
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946
Artwork overview
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Medium
platinum print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 9.8 × 14.2 cm (3 7/8 × 5 9/16 in.)
page size: 34.8 × 27 cm (13 11/16 × 10 5/8 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.244
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Stieglitz Estate Number
108C
Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition
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Key Set Number
112
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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. 112.
Inscriptions
by Alfred Stieglitz, on interleaving tissue, lower right, in graphite: Sime Herrmann, / Mr. & Mrs. Mann, / Dr. Brown, / Mr. McGibbon, / Miss Linthicum, / & Emmy / on board / the Bourgogne / May 5th-14th, / 1896.
Wikidata ID
Q64037675
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
On 5 May 1894 Stieglitz and his wife Emmy sailed from New York on their honeymoon to Europe aboard the S.S. Bourgogne. The trip took them first to Paris, then through Switzerland and on to Italy, visiting Milan, where Stieglitz would see the “International Photographic Exhibition,” and Venice. They continued through Austria and Germany, stopping in Gutach and Stuttgart; to Holland, visiting Katwijk aan Zee and Rotterdam; and then to Belgium. They ended their trip in London.
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: Sime, Mr. Mann, Dr. Brown, Mrs. Mann, Mr. McGibbon, Emmy, Lotta Linthicum / on the Bourgogne, April 19 / 1894)