Harvesting, Black Forest

1894, printed 1929/1934

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts rural laborers in a field cutting long grass. The scene includes distant hills, a line of smoke merging with the sky, two buildings, trees, shadows, and workers in black and white.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 16.2 x 21.3 cm (6 3/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
    mount: 27.4 x 35 cm (10 13/16 x 13 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.171

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    59E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    196

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.

Alfred Stieglitz

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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. 196.

Wikidata ID

Q64034724

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about this photograph, see Key Set number 194.

For Stieglitz's description of Gutach, where this view was made, see Key Set number 171.

Other Collections

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

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1997-146-119 (inscribed: For Dorothy / March 4/41 / Harvesting—Black Forest—/ Germany—1894 / Alfred Stieglitz)

Saint Louis Art Museum, 732:1991

Mathew Wolf Collection

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