Ma, Aunt Rosa, Selma, Ag, Emmy, Ralph Bernheim, Hans Wetzler and Minnie Wetzler, Lake George

1895, printed 1895/1896

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a group of eight people posing for a photograph on a garden step surrounded by foliage and flowers. In the center, a man with short, dark hair and a mustache wears a suit and tie, sitting with his arms on his knees. To his left, a woman lies with her head on his lap. To his right, another woman sits with her hair pulled back tightly. The other members of the group are seated or leaning behind them. The background shows thick foliage, a wooden structure, and a pathway.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 15.2 × 20.2 cm (6 × 7 15/16 in.)
    page size: 27 × 34.8 cm (10 5/8 × 13 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.235

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    349D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    245

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.

Alfred Stieglitz

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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. 245.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on interleaving tissue, upper right, in graphite: Ma, Aunt Rosa, / Selma, Ag, Emmy, / Ralph Bernheim, / Hans Wetzler & Minnie / Wetzler / Lake George, 1895

Wikidata ID

Q64037710

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

Top row: Hedwig Stieglitz, Hans Wetzler, Rosa Werner; middle row: Selma Stieglitz, Ralph Bernheim, Emmy Obermeyer Stieglitz, Minnie Wetzler; and seated on grass: Agnes Stieglitz.

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