From the Back-Window—291—Snow-Covered Tree, Back-Yard
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 19.1 cm (9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
sheet: 25.2 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.371
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Stieglitz Estate Number
12C
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Key Set Number
421
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1958
Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 16–April 27, 1958
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
2014
A Subtle Beauty: Platinum Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014–2015
Bibliography
1958
Bry, Doris. Exhibition of Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1958: pl. 3.
1983
Greenough, Sarah, and Juan Hamilton. Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs and Writings. Washington, 1983: no. 45.
2002
Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 421.
Inscriptions
by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, center verso, in graphite: 1915 / April
by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 12 - C
Wikidata ID
Q64034883
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
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, 1949.709 (inscribed: 1915)
Other Collections
A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):
The Bluff Collection (inscribed: Out of Window—291—N.Y. / Alfred Stieglitz / 1915)
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 84.XM.1038.6 (inscribed: To a friend of 291—Dr. Rasay)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 631.1941 (inscribed: Out of the Window—“291” / New York—April 2, 1915 / Alfred Stieglitz)
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:
1921, New York (no. 51, as Snow-Covered Tree, Back-Yard, 1915, from the series “From the Back-Window—291”)
Lifetime Publications
A reproduction of this work appeared in the following publication(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:
“Speaking of Pictures . . . These are by one of Photography’s Pioneers,” Life 14:14 (5 April 1943): 7 (ill., untitled, 1915)