John Marin

1911

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a man in a dark suit and white shirt, seated and slightly turned towards the camera. His face is shadowed, and he has a serious expression with deeply set eyes and thick, wavy hair. The background is blurred, emphasizing the subject's features. The lighting creates deep shadows across his face, adding a dramatic element to the composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 23 × 17.4 cm (9 1/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
    mount: 55.3 × 44.5 cm (21 3/4 × 17 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.419

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    34A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    369

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. 369.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 34 A

Wikidata ID

Q64034933

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Other Collections

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

Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, 385.2008

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. 24, as John Marin, 1911)

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