Charles Demuth

1923

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts a person seated in a chair from the waist up. The individual is positioned with their body angled to the right and looking over their left shoulder. They have slicked-back hair, a moustache, and a pronounced jawline. The person is dressed in a formal dark suit jacket with a waistcoat, a white shirt, and a patterned bow tie. Their hands are clasped together in their lap. The background is blurred, showing the outline of a chair and walls.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.9 x 19.2 cm (9 7/16 x 7 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
    mount: 56.5 x 46.4 cm (22 1/4 x 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.541

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    80C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    843

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. 2, cat. 843.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen 1949; lower left verso: 80 C
by later hand (Georgia O'Keeffe?), center verso, in graphite: K / 80 C

Wikidata ID

Q64035131

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about this photograph, see Key Set number 842.

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 1923, New York (nos. 74 and 75, as Charles Demuth, 1923)
possibly 1932, New York (nos. 79a and 79b, as Charles Demuth, 1924)

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