On the Ferry Boat
1902, printed 1929/1932
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946
Alfred Stieglitz
Attributed to
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): 9.2 × 11.8 cm (3 5/8 × 4 5/8 in.)
mat: 36.7 × 28.8 cm (14 7/16 × 11 5/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1949.3.271
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Stieglitz Estate Number
125C
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Key Set Number
281
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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. 281.
Inscriptions
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 125 C
Wikidata ID
Q64034781
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
Stieglitz probably made this photograph on the East 34th Street Ferry as it traveled from Manhattan to Long Island City.
Other Collections
A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):
Location unknown
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:
1902, London (no. 76, as On the Ferry Boat)