Dr. Fritz Raab: Sunspots

1907

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a middle-aged man seated at a round table, captured from his waist up. He is seated in a slightly angled position, facing to the right, while engrossed in reading a newspaper held in both hands. The man has distinct facial features, including a full grey beard and mustache, and short, wavy grey hair. He is wearing a dark suit with a white shirt, and his gaze is directed at the newspaper. On the table in front of him, there is a grey-colored hat placed upside down on a tray. The setting is outdoors, suggested by the dappled light of shadows from leaves or branches softly overlaying the wall behind him, which is light-colored and appears smooth in texture, with a window visible to the right.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    Autochrome

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 11.7 x 16.4 cm (4 5/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
    mat: 39.8 x 29.7 cm (15 11/16 x 11 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.286

  • Key Set Number

    316

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

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 316.

Wikidata ID

Q64034797

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

A doctor, amateur painter, and photographer, Fritz Raab practiced medicine in Bohemia, Vienna, and the United States. A friend of Frank Eugene and Edward Steichen, Raab may have met Stieglitz at a health resort in Merano, Italy. In 1907 Stieglitz was a guest at Raab’s house in Tutzing, Bavaria.

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:

1907, New York (no. 14, as Dr. Fritz Raab: Sunspots)
possibly 1909, New York (no. 252, as Dr. Raab, Autochrome)

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