Emmy Obermeyer, Tea Island, Lake George

1893, printed 1895/1896

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

This black-and-white photograph shows a person lying down on the ground in a natural setting. The person is on their back with their hands behind their head. Their facial expression is relaxed, and their eyes are closed. They have dark hair that appears to be pulled behind their head and are wearing a light-colored shirt with a dark cloth over their legs that may be a skirt or a jacket that has been used as a blanket. They appear to rest on some striped pillows. Next to them is a straw hat with a thick dark ribbon, and to the left is a small box and another straw hat. The background has dense trees and shrubs, with a small body of water visible at the top surrounded by trees. The ground is covered with grass and leaves.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 15.6 × 20.9 cm (6 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
    page size: 27 × 34.8 cm (10 5/8 × 13 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.80

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    349B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    97

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. 97.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on interleaving tissue, upper right, in graphite: Emmy Obermeyer / Tea Island, 1893 / (Lake George)

Wikidata ID

Q64037708

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

Nine years younger than Stieglitz, Emmeline “Emmy” Obermeyer, sister of his friend and Berlin colleague Joseph Obermeyer, was the daughter of a successful Brooklyn brewer. She and Stieglitz were married in 1893 and she gave birth to their only child, Katherine (Kitty), in 1898. They divorced in 1924.

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 132 [lantern slide]

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