Equivalent

probably 1925

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts a view from above, showing a vast expanse of cloud formations. There is no distinct horizon visible, only textured clouds filling the entire sky. The clouds are distributed diagonally from the top right to the bottom left of the image. The visual texture is created with soft shading to mimic the natural look of clouds. The color palette is grayscale, with shades of grey and black emphasizing the forms of the clouds against the dark sky. The absence of color highlights the interplay of light and shadow, enhancing the three-dimensional quality of the clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 9.2 x 11.9 cm (3 5/8 x 4 11/16 in.)
    mount: 34.2 x 27.5 cm (13 7/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.1164

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    165C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1136

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

2008

  • Notation, Akademie der Künste, Berlin; Zentrum Für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, 2008

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1136.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 165C
by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 165C / D

Wikidata ID

Q64036613

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The dates for this photograph and Key Set numbers 1133, 1134, 1135, and 1137 are based on similarities of the cloud patterns and the photographic processing to Key Set number 1132.

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