Charles H. Caffin
probably 1915
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946
Artwork overview
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Medium
platinum print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 24.4 x 19.4 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
sheet: 25.3 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.316
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Stieglitz Estate Number
50E
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Key Set Number
404
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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. 404.
Inscriptions
by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: Chas. H. Caffin
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 50 E
Wikidata ID
Q64034826
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
Born in England and educated at Oxford University, the art critic Charles Caffin immigrated to the United States in 1897. He soon began writing articles on photography in the New York Evening Post and later the New York Sun. His 1901 book Photography as a Fine Art was praised as one of the first serious works on the aesthetics of the medium by an art critic. A regular contributor to Camera Work throughout its entire run (1903–1917), Caffin wrote more articles for the periodical than anyone else.
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 1921, New York (no. 41, as Charles H. Caffin, 1911)