Venice

1894, printed 1929/1934

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

This is a photograph of laundry hanging outside a building. The image captures a scene of daily life along a quiet canal, with clothing and linens hanging to dry from two windows of a weathered, brick-faced building. The textures of the aged walls and brickwork are visible, as well as the reflections and ripples in the water. A long wooden boat is moored in the foreground. The photograph is in black and white, emphasizing the contrast between the laundry and the shadows.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 8.9 x 11.8 cm (3 1/2 x 4 5/8 in.)
    mount: 34.4 x 27.4 cm (13 9/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.129

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    107A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    151

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

2003

  • Whistler and His Circle in Venice, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; The Grolier Club, New York, 2003

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 151.

Inscriptions

by later hands, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite, in square: 1; lower right verso: 08

Wikidata ID

Q64034707

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:

The Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.701

George Eastman Museum, Rochester, 74:0052:0035

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 49.55.3

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 50.824

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