Helen Freeman

1921

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a close-up of a woman's upper body, capturing her from just below the shoulders to the top of her head. She is in a position with her head tilted back and her eyes directed upwards. Her facial features are softly accentuated with full lips and a smooth complexion. Her hair is styled in a simple, tidy manner, with the sides pulled back. The woman is wearing a dark-colored garment with thin straps visible on her shoulders. The background is a plain, light color without any distinct patterns or objects. There is no visible jewelry or other objects in the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.9 × 19.3 cm (9 7/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.1 × 20.2 cm (9 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
    mat: 54.2 × 45.8 cm (21 5/16 × 18 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.506

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    41B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    714

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. 714.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, bottom left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen 1949; on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 41 B
by later hand, center verso, in graphite: K 41 B; lower left verso, in graphite: K 41 B

Wikidata ID

Q64035073

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about this photograph, see Key Set number 711.

Other Collections

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

New York Public Library, Mitchell Kennerley Papers

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:

1923, New York (nos. 5–11, as Helen Freeman, 1922)

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