Miss S.R.

1904, printed 1929/1934

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts the upper body of a person with a slight tilt of the head, looking directly at the viewer. They have light hair styled under a dark, wide-brimmed hat adorned with a small decorative element. The person is dressed in a dark, textured coat with a white collar peeking through, against a smooth, monochromatic background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 10.3 × 8.3 cm (4 1/16 × 3 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.277

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    106C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    301

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

Bibliography

1958

  • Bry, Doris. Exhibition of Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1958: 20.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 301.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 13; lower right verso: 010

Wikidata ID

Q64034788

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

This print bears the same estate number as Key Set number 298, but is not made from the same negative.

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