The Street Paver

1893, printed 1929/1934

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a young boy standing behind a wheeled cart with smoke rising from it. He has long poles protruding from the cart. The boy is positioned slightly leaning forward, wearing a dark flat cap, dark jacket, lighter shirt, and gloves. His expression is neutral or slightly focused. In the background, there is a blurred view of a building with multiple windows and some bare trees.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 8 x 9.3 cm (3 1/8 x 3 11/16 in.)
    mount: 31.8 x 25.2 cm (12 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.84

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    126A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    77

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

1983

  • Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, February 3–May 8, 1983; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 17–August 14, 1983; The Art Institute of Chicago, October 18, 1983–January 3, 1984

Bibliography

1983

  • Greenough, Sarah, and Juan Hamilton. Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs and Writings. Washington, 1983: no. 23, pl. 11.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 77.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 126A

Wikidata ID

Q64034675

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

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:

1899, New York (no. 2, as The Street Paver, 1893–1899, carbon enlargement)
1900, New York (no. 101, as The Street Paver)
1900, Philadelphia (no. 165, as The Street Paver)
1902, New York (no. 140, as The Street Paver, New York, 1892)
1903, Toronto (no. 17, as Street Paver)
1903, Rochester (no. 196, as The Street Paver)

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