Poplars—Lake George
1935
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): 11.9 × 9.3 cm (4 11/16 × 3 11/16 in.)
mount: 30.5 × 23.4 cm (12 × 9 3/16 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.756
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Stieglitz Estate Number
195A
Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition
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Key Set Number
1576
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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. 1576.
Inscriptions
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 195 A
by later hand, on mount, upper right verso, in graphite: 3J [circled]
Wikidata ID
Q64035682
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
The dates for this photograph and Key Set numbers 1575 and 1577 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 Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.729
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 50.844
Other Collections
A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2016.101.249