Along the Seine

1894

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

This is a photograph of a rural scene with animals interacting. In the foreground, two goats are engaging in a headbutting contest on a dirt pathway. The animals are positioned in a clearing bordered by tall grass. On the left side, partially obscured by a tree, another goat is visible. The background fades into the distance with blurred outlines of dense trees and foliage. The image has an earthy, sepia tone.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    carbon print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 15 × 30.8 cm (5 7/8 × 12 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.104

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    58B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    127

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. 127.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, verso, upper left, in graphite: Along the Seine / 1894

Wikidata ID

Q64034692

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:

possibly 1895, London, Salon (no. 308, as Along the Seine)
possibly 1895, Brussels (as Le Long de la Seine)

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