A Venetian Gamin

1894, printed 1929/1934

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The black and white image depicts a close-up of a young boy from the waist up. He is sitting and looking slightly to the side but facing forward. The boy has curly hair, a neutral expression, and is wearing a tattered jacket over an open shirt. He has loose-fitting pants held up by a rope belt. The background shows a textured, possibly wooden door or wall suggesting an urban environment.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 19.7 x 16.1 cm (7 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
    mount: 34.5 x 27.1 cm (13 9/16 x 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.116

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    58C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    169

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

1958

  • Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 16–April 27, 1958

Bibliography

1973

  • Norman, Dorothy. Alfred Stieglitz: An American Seer. New York, 1973: pl. III.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 169.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, center verso, in graphite: L

Wikidata ID

Q64034700

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

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:

George Eastman Museum, Rochester, 74:0052:0050

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Ph-133

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1949-18-41 (inscribed: A1)

Other Collections

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

Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, P2006.1

Location unknown

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