Wash Day, Venice
probably 1894, printed 1929/1934
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
image: 8.9 x 11.4 cm (3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
sheet: 10 x 15.1 cm (3 15/16 x 5 15/16 in.)
mount: 31.5 x 24.7 cm (12 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.128
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Stieglitz Estate Number
106E
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Key Set Number
165
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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. 165.
Inscriptions
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 106E
by later hand, on mount, lower right verso, in graphite: D
Wikidata ID
Q64034706
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Other Collections
A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1995-2-3 [lantern slide] (inscribed: Wash Day. Venice. 1894)
Lifetime Publications
A reproduction of this work appeared in the following publication(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:
Alfred Stieglitz, “The Hand Camera—Its Present Importance,” The American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for 1897 (New York, 1896): 20 (ill., Wash Day, Venice)
W. I. Lincoln Adams, ed., Sunlight and Shadow (New York, 1897): 70 (ill., Wash-Day, Venice)