Kitty—Flower-Pot

1904

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows the upper half of a young girl holding a small potted plant close to her chest. She has long, wavy dark hair, a neutral expression, and is wearing a high-necked dress with long sleeves. She is also wearing a wide-brimmed hat. The background is blurred with a subtle floral pattern or textured surface.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print processed with mercury

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.2 × 19.3 cm (9 1/2 × 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.1 × 20.3 cm (9 7/8 × 8 in.)
    mat: 50.8 × 38.1 cm (20 × 15 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.285

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    87A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    303

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

Bibliography

1995

  • McCabe, Constance, and Lisha Deming Glinsman. "Understanding Alfred Stieglitz' Platinum and Palladium Prints: Examination by X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry." Studies in the History of Art: Monograph Series II: Conservation Research 1995 51 (1995): fig. 15.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 303.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 87A

Wikidata ID

Q64034796

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

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:

1921, New York (no. 57, as Kitty—Flower-Pot, 1904)

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