Wash Day, Katwyk

1894, printed 1929/1934

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows the upper half of a woman hanging a white cloth or sheet against a wooden wall. She is in a slight side profile, arms raised, holding the cloth. She has a smile, medium-length hair tied back, and is partially covered by a light-colored head scarf. She is wearing a dress with a striped pattern on the upper half and solid, darker fabric below the waist. The surrounding environment includes a wooden wall with visible texture and some plaster-like material above it. No other objects are visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 21.7 × 16.6 cm (8 9/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
    mount: 34.6 × 27.3 cm (13 5/8 × 10 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.206

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    72A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    223

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. 223.

Wikidata ID

Q64034741

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For Stieglitz’s description of Katwijk, see Key Set number 206.

Other Collections

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

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1967-285-47

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