Mittenwald

1886

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a narrow dirt path winding through a rustic village scene. A muddy track with tire ruts and a water puddle is in the foreground, along with a wooden bucket. On the left, the side of a building with a weathered wooden door and shuttered windows extends vertically, with wood and debris piled against the old stone wall. A tree with leaves fills part of the frame. Another building on the right side of the path has scattered lumber and shrubs or small trees. The background fades into a light haze, suggesting a distant hillside or mountain obscured by mist or low clouds, rendering the scene with a soft, monochromatic palette of greys and gentle sepia tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.4 x 10.9 cm (7 1/4 x 4 5/16 in.)
    page size: 21.6 x 13.5 cm (8 1/2 x 5 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.16

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    347D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    15

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.

Alfred Stieglitz

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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. 1, cat. 15.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on fly leaf, lower left verso, in black ink: A souvenir of "Summer, 1886," / to the family. / Alfred

Wikidata ID

Q64034645

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For information about the album in which this photograph appears, see Key Set number 14.

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:

possibly 1899, New York, Camera Club (no. 67, as A Street in Mittenwald, 1885, platinum direct)

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