The Hand of Man
1902, printed 1929/1937
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): 9 x 11.9 cm (3 9/16 x 4 11/16 in.)
mount: 31.8 x 25.2 cm (12 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.270
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Stieglitz Estate Number
123A
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Key Set Number
280
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1992
Stieglitz in the Darkroom, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 4, 1992–February 14, 1993
Bibliography
2002
Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 280.
Inscriptions
by later hand, on mount: upper left verso, in graphite, in square: 1; lower left verso: 5 [circled] 123 A
Wikidata ID
Q64034780
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
For more information about this photograph, see Key Set number 277.
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, 1949.703
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, YCAL MSS 85, box 122, folder 2448
George Eastman Museum, Rochester, 74:0052:0084 (inscribed: Ex 1932)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 24.1740 (inscribed: “The Hand of Man”—/ (Long Island City)—/ 1902 / Photograph by / Alfred Stieglitz / Direct print from original / negative both made by / Alfred Stieglitz / Print 2 from the negative.)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 23.1950
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1949-18-45
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 52.1791
Other Collections
A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):
Edwynn Houk Gallery (inscribed: Alfred Stieglitz / The Hand of Man / 1902)
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 84.XM.156.8 [platinum] and 93.XM.25.7
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2008.40.2048
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2005.100.459
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1997-146-101 (inscribed: For Dorothy / April 30/32 / The Hand of Man—1902 / Alfred Stieglitz)