Horses, New York

1911, printed 1929/1934

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

This is a photograph of three horses in a snowy environment. The horses are dark, wearing harnesses and thick blankets. They are positioned close together in the snow, with patches of snow on the ground. In the background, there is a misty haze.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 8.9 × 11.4 cm (3 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.)
    mount: 31.5 × 24.7 cm (12 3/8 × 9 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.327

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    127C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    357

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

1958

  • Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 16–April 27, 1958

1983

  • Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, February 3–May 8, 1983; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 17–August 14, 1983; The Art Institute of Chicago, October 18, 1983–January 3, 1984

Bibliography

1983

  • Greenough, Sarah, and Juan Hamilton. Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs and Writings. Washington, 1983: no. 43.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 357.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite, in square: 1; lower left verso, circled: 6; lower right verso: 014

Wikidata ID

Q64034839

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The date is based on the relationship to Key Set number 356.

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:

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1949-18-46

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 52.1792

Other Collections

A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2018.84.24

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