A Wet Day on the Boulevard, Paris

1894, printed 1929/1934

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The photograph shows a city street scene during a rainy day. People are walking along a wet pavement, reflecting light. The image is in black-and-white, with a row of trees in the middle distance. A clothing shop with an awning is on the left, and people with umbrellas are navigating the street. Horse-drawn carriages can be seen in the distance. The grayscale tones and wet road convey a sense of urban life on a cloudy day.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 5.1 x 10.4 cm (2 x 4 1/8 in.)
    mount: 33.2 x 26.5 cm (13 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.110

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    109A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    116

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

1992

  • Stieglitz in the Darkroom, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, October 4, 1992–February 14, 1993

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 116.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 109A

Wikidata ID

Q64034698

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about this photograph, see Key Set number 114.

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:

The Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.702

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 49.55.4

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 50.825

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