Lake George
1923
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 18.9 x 23.9 cm (7 7/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
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Accession
1949.3.622
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Stieglitz Estate Number
17E
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Key Set Number
866
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
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
1989
Staniszewski, Mary Anne. "The New Collectors: Lilyan and Toby Miller." American Photographer 23 (October 1989): 42.
2002
Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 866.
Inscriptions
by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 17E / 17E
Wikidata ID
Q64035315
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
For more information about the snowstorm pictured here, see Key Set number 863.
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:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 52.1803
Other Collections
A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):
Location unknown
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:
1924, New York (no. 51 or 53, as Lake George, 1923)