The Village Philosopher

1894, printed 1929/1934

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print mounted on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 20.8 x 15.6 cm (8 3/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
    mount: 37.5 x 29.1 cm (14 3/4 x 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.3.185

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    50D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    205

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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. 205.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 50D

Wikidata ID

Q64034731

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about this photograph, see Key Set number 202.

For Stieglitz’s description of Gutach, see Key Set number 171.

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