The Incoming Boat

1894, probably printed 1897

Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure on cream moderately thick slightly textured wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.1 x 13.3 cm (6 5/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 57.7 x 44.5 cm (22 11/16 x 17 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1949.3.215

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    65A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    229

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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. 229.

Wikidata ID

Q64034745

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For Stieglitz’s description of boats landing in Katwijk, see Key Set number 225.

Lifetime Exhibitions

A print from the same negative—perhaps a photograph from the Gallery’s collection—appeared in the following exhibition(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:

1899, New York (no. 50, as The Incoming Boat, 1894–1899, carbon enlargement)

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