Equivalents

1927

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a series of undulating lines and waves creating movement across its surface. The abstract pattern resembles ripples or folds like sand dunes or flowing water. Grayscale tones enhance the texture and depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 9.2 x 11.7 cm (3 5/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
    mount: 34.3 x 27.2 cm (13 1/2 x 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.986

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    141D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1213

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

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1213.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: Equivalents / 1927
by later hands, upper left verso, in graphite: 1 [in square] 3; upper center verso: Show B-4; lower right verso: 06 / DD

Wikidata ID

Q64036208

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

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:

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, YCAL MSS 85, box 121, folder 2440 (inscribed: Equivalents / 1927)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 28.128.11 (inscribed: Equivalent—1927 / Alfred Stieglitz. / 1927)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 36.1950

The Phillips Collection, Washington, no. 1840 (inscribed: P & N 1927)

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:

1932, New York

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