Fred Varnum

1920

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows an elderly man's face and upper torso. He is standing in a frontal position, looking directly at the camera. The man has a wrinkled face, a prominent mustache, short, neatly groomed gray hair, and is wearing a dark fedora-style hat. His attire includes a buttoned-up cardigan over a white shirt and a light-colored jacket with a collar. The background is plain and neutral.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 11.1 x 8.8 cm (4 3/8 x 3 7/16 in.)
    mount: 31.6 x 24.9 cm (12 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.451

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    205E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    626

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. 626.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 205E

Wikidata ID

Q64034968

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

Stieglitz probably made this photograph of Fred Varnum, a coachman and long-time employee of the Stieglitz family, at the same time as Key Set numbers 624 and 625.

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