Alfred Maurer
1915, printed 1924/1937
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946
Alfred Stieglitz
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): 24.2 x 19.3 cm (9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)
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Accession Number
1949.3.362
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Stieglitz Estate Number
81A
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Key Set Number
398
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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. 398.
Inscriptions
by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 81 A
Wikidata ID
Q64034874
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
Behind Maurer is Picasso’s pastel drawing Still Life with Bottle and a Pot of Hyacinths, 1909 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), which was exhibited at 291 from 12 to 26 January 1915.
Other Collections
A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 93.XM.25.60