The Barn

1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a tranquil outdoor scene from a ground-level point of view. The horizon is not visible due to a rustic wooden building in the middle. The building has weathered wooden walls and a simple window. Next to it is a sturdy tree with textured bark and a small wooden fence. The sky above is tinged with a warm sepia tone, suggestive of early morning or late afternoon light. In the background are leafy branches and vegetation. The color palette is warm sepia, giving a vintage aesthetic to the composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image (Stieglitz window mat): 18.9 × 23.9 cm (7 7/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
    mount: 56.4 × 46.1 cm (22 3/16 × 18 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.534

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    19D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    783

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. 783.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen 5/49; lower left verso: 19 D; upper left verso, in graphite: 19 D
by Doris Bry, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen 5/49

Wikidata ID

Q64035110

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:

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 24.1737 [gelatin silver] (inscribed: Chicken House—Lake George / Photograph by Alfred Stieglitz / 1922 / Print & negative made by / Alfred Stieglitz / 192[?] / Print no. 3 made from negative)

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. 89–91, as The Barns, 1922)

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