Marie Rapp

1914

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a woman from the waist up, facing the camera with a gentle gaze. She is leaning against a vertical surface, wearing a white garment with a dark sailor-style collar and a bow. Her hair is styled with waves and she has a calm expression.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.3 x 18.8 cm (9 9/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.3 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.349

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    91B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    392

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. 392.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 91 B

Wikidata ID

Q64034861

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The inscriptions on two variants of this portrait form the basis for the date. One reads, “To Marie Rapp / 1914 / 291 / Alfred Stieglitz” (location unknown, see Christie’s, New York, auction catalogue, 31 October 1989, lot 90), and the other “To Marie Rapp / June—1914 / ‘291’” (location unknown, see Sotheby’s, New York, auction catalogue, 15–16 October 1992, lot 204).

Other Collections

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

Newark Museum, New Jersey

Scheinbaum & Russek Ltd, Santa Fe, NM [gelatin silver]

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