Poplars—Lake George

1935

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 11.9 × 9.2 cm (4 11/16 × 3 5/8 in.)
    mount: 32 × 25.15 cm (12 5/8 × 9 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.3.755

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    194E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1577

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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. 1577.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 195E

Wikidata ID

Q64035680

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The dates for this photograph and Key Set numbers 1575 and 1576 are based on the condition of the dying poplar trees (see, for comparison, Key Set numbers 1467–1470, 1475, 1502, and 1550–1552).

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:

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 25.1950

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1949-18-57

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