Weary

1890, printed 1929/1934

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a young girl lying on her side in a grassy field, with her head resting on a bundle of sticks wrapped in cloth. She is reclining, with her right arm supporting her head and her left arm resting on her body. The girl has closed eyes, soft facial features, and straight hair covered with a patterned headscarf. She is wearing a long-sleeved dark top with a high collar and a light-colored skirt. A strap on the bundle indicates it may be for carrying. In the background, there are blurred trees in a rural setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 14.6 x 21.7 cm (5 3/4 x 8 9/16 in.)
    mount: 27 x 34.8 cm (10 5/8 x 13 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.67

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    61B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    64

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

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 64.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, lower right verso, in graphite: 61B

Wikidata ID

Q64034668

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Other Collections

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

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 93.XM.25.56

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1978-135-3 (inscribed: “Weary,” 1887 / Alfred Stieglitz / For Dorothy Norman / M’ch 28—1946)

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. 6, as Weary, 1889)

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