Kitty Stieglitz

1915/1916

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts a portrait of a young woman shown from the waist up as she sits. Her posture is relaxed, with one arm resting on the arm of a green chair. She has a serious expression on her face, with deep, steady eyes and long brown hair that falls over her shoulder in natural waves. The woman is wearing a maroon knitted sweater over a white dress with a black scarf tied around the collar. She has a minimalistic gold ring on one of her fingers. In the background, there is an out-of-focus outdoor setting with warm, earthy tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    Autochrome

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 16 × 11 cm (6 5/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
    overall: 17.8 × 12.7 cm (7 × 5 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.288

  • Key Set Number

    415

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. 415.

Wikidata ID

Q64034799

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