Marie Rapp

1915

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image is a portrait showing the upper body of a person facing slightly toward their right. They have a serene expression, with smooth skin and a subtle smile. The person is wearing a fur-textured hat and a coat with a fur collar, suggesting cold weather attire. The background is blurred with some indistinct shapes that may be furniture. The overall color theme is monochrome.

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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: 25.2 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.377

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    51D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    401

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

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. 59, pl. 25.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 401.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: Marie Rapp 1913 / Exhibition 1921
by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 51 D

Wikidata ID

Q64034889

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

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:

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 52.1801

Other Collections

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

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (inscribed: Four Years—Marie Rapp—April 1916 / To Marie “291”)

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 84.XM.217.9

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. 34, as Marie Rapp, 1914)

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