Margaret Prosser

probably 1934

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

Alfred Stieglitz

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 11 × 9.1 cm (4 5/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
    mount: 31.8 × 24.9 cm (12 1/2 × 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.808

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    200A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1555

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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. 1555.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 200A

Wikidata ID

Q64035802

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

Margaret Prosser worked as a housekeeper at Lake George for the Stieglitz family from 1927 to 1946.

Other Collections

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

Collection of Richard and Ronay Menschel


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