Wash Day, Katwyk

1894, printed 1895/1896

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a woman from about the waist up, partially turned to her left. She has dark hair that is covered with a headscarf, which is neatly tied at the back. Her facial features are visible with a gentle expression. She is wearing a vertically striped top with long sleeves, rolled up to the elbows, and an apron. The woman is holding onto a sheet or piece of fabric, which she appears to be hanging up against a wooden structure behind her. The background consists of a rustic, wooden board structure that suggests an outdoor setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 20.5 × 15.4 cm (8 1/16 × 6 1/16 in.)
    page size: 34.8 × 27 cm (13 11/16 × 10 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.207

  • Volume Title

    Sun Prints, 2

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    72A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    222

Associated Artworks

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The image shows a woman standing in a grassy field with one hand on her forehead and holding a rake in the other hand. She is wearing a long-sleeved blouse, a long skirt, and an apron tied around her waist. She has a solemn expression on her face and her hair is pulled back. The background includes rolling hills, trees, and a path leading off into the distance. No jewelry or additional objects can be seen.

The Harvest, Mittenwald

Alfred Stieglitz

1886

The image depicts two individuals: a woman and a child. The woman is standing in a doorway with one hand on the door frame, wearing a long light-colored dress with long sleeves and a braided hairstyle. The child, barefoot and wearing high socks, short pants with suspenders, a light shirt, a jacket, and a brimmed hat, stands beside her leaning against the door frame. A wooden structure resembling a barrel on a stand is on the right, with a plain wall forming the backdrop.

The Truant, Mittenwald

Alfred Stieglitz

1886

Professor Vogel

Alfred Stieglitz

1886

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

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. 222.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on interleaving tissue, upper right, in graphite: Wash Day, Katwyk, / 1894

Wikidata ID

Q64037699

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For Stieglitz’s description of Katwijk, see Key Set number 206.

Other Collections

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

Location unknown [lantern slide]

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:

1934, New York (no. 7, as Washday, Katwyk, 1894, gelatin silver)

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