Becky Edelson

1917

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts the waist-up view of a woman standing in a slightly slouched position. She has a round face with fuller cheeks, dark eyes, and short dark hair parted on the side. She is wearing a loose-fitting, dark-toned dress with a boat neckline and long sleeves. Her left arm is by her side and her right hand is on her waist. The background is dark, with a faintly visible window or glass panel behind her.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.5 x 19.5 cm (9 5/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 x 20.2 cm (10 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.341

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    51E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    454

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. 454.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: Becky Edelson / 1913 / Exhibition 1921
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 51 E

Wikidata ID

Q64034853

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

Edelson was a well-known anarchist agitator and younger colleague of Emma Goldman.

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. 42, as Becky Edelson, 1917)

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