After Working Hours—The Ferry Boat

1910, printed in or before 1913

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

This is a photograph of a ferry approaching a dock. The image depicts a large steam-powered ferry nearing a dock, with numerous passengers visible on the upper and lower decks. The foreground shows the shape of the dock, with cylindrical posts providing structure and guiding the ferry to its berth. The photograph is in sepia tone, giving it a timeless quality and an industrial atmosphere. It captures a scene from a period when ferries were a major mode of transportation across bodies of water.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 33.6 x 25.9 cm (13 1/4 x 10 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 40.4 x 28.1 cm (15 7/8 x 11 1/16 in.)
    mount: 51.1 x 41.9 cm (20 1/8 x 16 1/2 in.)
    mat: 63.7 x 47.1 cm (25 1/16 x 18 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.305

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    125A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    332

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

2023

  • Etched by Light: Photogravures from the Collection, 1840 – 1940, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2023 - 2024

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 332.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on backing board, center verso, on Alfred Stieglitz Collection label, in black ink: Alfred Stieglitz / Original Proof / Gravure / Stieglitz Exhibition—Photo-Secession / Gallery, 1913; on printed label: 25. After Working Hours--The Ferry Boat—1910; center verso: An American Place stamp; center right verso: 1944 Philadelphia Museum of Art label
by later hand, lower left verso, in graphite: 124A

Wikidata ID

Q64034815

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about this photograph, see Key Set number 331.

Stieglitz Collections

A corresponding print was given to the following institution(s) by Alfred Stieglitz during his lifetime, or was received or acquired from the estate:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 49.55.12

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