Abraham Walkowitz

1916

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a person visible from the waist up. They are facing the camera with one hand adjusting their coat collar and the other resting on their stomach. The person's facial features include an expressive gaze directed at the camera, with a slightly furrowed brow. They have dark, wavy hair and are wearing a dark suit jacket over a white shirt, partly covered by a dark scarf or cravat around the neck. The background is blurred, hinting at an outdoor setting with a soft horizon line. The overall image has a monochromatic tone.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 23.5 x 18.2 cm (9 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.386

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    54C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    437

The image shows a man leaning his head on his hand, positioned with his face resting on his left hand. He has a mustache, thin-framed eyeglasses, and thick, greying hair that curls slightly at the edges. He is dressed in a formal jacket, a white shirt, and a black bow tie. The background is a soft, dark blur.

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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. 437.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: Exhibition 1921; center verso: A Walkowitz 1916 / Exhibition 1921
by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 54 C

Wikidata ID

Q64034898

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

Abraham Walkowitz studied art at both Cooper Union in New York and Académie Julian in Paris. Through his friendship with Marsden Hartley he met Stieglitz in 1912 and became his dedicated assistant at 291 during the war years. He helped organize the first children’s art exhibition at 291 and had four one-person shows there as well. His friendship with Stieglitz cooled in the late 1910s.

Abraham Walkowitz visited Lake George in September 1916.

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:

George Eastman Museum, Rochester, 74:0052:0054

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 52.1802

Other Collections

A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 219.1944

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. 28, as Abraham Walkowitz, 1913)

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