J. B. Kerfoot

1911

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts a man in a dark hat with a shadow covering his eyes. He has facial hair, round wire-framed glasses, and is wearing a bow tie, light-colored suit jacket, and a floral pin on the lapel. The background is blurred, emphasizing the man in focus.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 22.6 x 17.5 cm (8 7/8 x 6 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.321

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    51B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    366

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. 366.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: Exhibition 1921 / J.B. Kerfoot, 1911
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 51 B

Wikidata ID

Q64034832

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

A literary critic for Life magazine, amateur photographer and member of the Camera Club of New York, and contributor to Camera Notes, John Barrett Kerfoot became an associate editor of Camera Work in 1905. He wrote many humorous, often satiric articles until the demise of the journal in 1917. Along with several others, he also regularly contributed funds to help pay the rent for 291.

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. 23, as J. B. Kerfoot, 1909)

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