Barn & Snow

1923

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

This image features a wooden barn covered in snow, with symmetrical doors marked with an "X" pattern. A small square window above the doors emits a soft glow. The roof and structural elements are covered in snow. Leafless trees in the distance frame the barn. The color palette is monochrome, primarily gray.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 19.1 x 24.1 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.614

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    20B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    869

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

Exhibition History

1958

  • Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 16–April 27, 1958

1995

  • Alfred Stieglitz at Lake George, Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 14, 1995–January 2, 1996

2002

  • Alfred Stieglitz: Known and Unknown, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, June 2–September 2, 2002; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 6, 2002–January 5, 2003

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 869.

Inscriptions

by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 20B

Wikidata ID

Q64035297

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about the snowstorm pictured here, see Key Set number 863.

Other Collections

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

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2016.101.241

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