Outward Bound, The Mauretania

1910, printed before 1913

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure on beige thin slightly textured laid Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 34.1 x 25.9 cm (13 7/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 40.6 x 28 cm (16 x 11 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.3.313

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    124B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    335

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, February 3–May 8, 1983; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 17–August 14, 1983; The Art Institute of Chicago, October 18, 1983–January 3, 1984

1992

  • Stieglitz in the Darkroom, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 4, 1992–February 14, 1993

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

1983

  • Greenough, Sarah, and Juan Hamilton. Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs and Writings. Washington, 1983: no. 41.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 335.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on backing board, center verso, on Collection of Alfred Stieglitz label, in black ink: Alfred Stieglitz / Original Gravure / Proof / Stieglitz Exhibition-Photo-Secession / Gallery, 1913; on printed label: 24. Outward Bound, The Mauretania—1910
by Doris Bry, on backing board, lower left, in graphite: 124-B

Wikidata ID

Q64034823

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about this photograph, see Key Set number 334.

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, 1949.843

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 49.55.10

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 52.1854

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