Sketching in the Bois
1894, printed 1895/1896
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946
Artwork overview
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Medium
platinum print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 15.9 × 21.2 cm (6 1/4 × 8 3/8 in.)
page size: 27 × 34.8 cm (10 5/8 × 13 11/16 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.113
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Stieglitz Estate Number
68A
Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition
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Key Set Number
130
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2002
Alfred Stieglitz: Known and Unknown, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, June 2–September 2, 2002; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 6, 2002–January 5, 2003
Bibliography
2002
Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 130.
Inscriptions
by Alfred Stieglitz, on interleaving tissue, upper right, in graphite: Sketching in the Bois / 1894
Wikidata ID
Q64037677
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
The artist sketching may be Frank “Sime” Herrmann (see Key Set number 110) who traveled to Europe with Stieglitz in 1894 and accompanied him on many outings in and around Paris.
Other Collections
A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):
Location unknown [lantern slide]