Arthur B. Carles

1912

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts a man seated in a plush armchair, reclining back comfortably. He has one leg crossed over the other and his body is turned slightly to the side. He has a beard, styled hair, and is dressed in a formal suit with a white shirt. He is holding a pipe. The armchair is covered in a rich fabric with fringe. The background is dark with a subtle pattern.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 18.5 x 24.3 cm (7 5/16 x 9 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.334

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    45D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    375

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. 375.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, center, in graphite: Arthur B. Carles / 1913 / at "291"; lower center verso: Arthur B. Carles, 1912
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 45 D

Wikidata ID

Q64034846

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

A close friend of Edward Steichen and a member of his secessionist group, the “New Society of American Artists in Paris,” Arthur Carles had studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1901 to 1907. Through Steichen’s patronage Carles was included in the March 1910 exhibition at 291, “The Younger American Painters,” praised in Camera Work as a presentation of the “common disciples of Matisse” (30 [April 1910], 54). Stieglitz exhibited twenty-six landscapes, still lifes, and figure studies by Carles at 291 from 17 January to 3 February 1912. Carles taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1917 to 1925 and remained close to Stieglitz into the 1920s.

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:

possibly 1921, New York (no. 31, as Arthur B. Carles, 1914)

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