Shadows in Lake

1916

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

This grayscale photograph features a combination of geometric shapes and shadows cast upon clear water. The shadows appear to be cast by two people, one standing on the left and one crouching on the right. A triangular shape which appears to be the end of a small rowboat is visible floating on the water in the upper-left part of the photograph, with a white line attached to it running diagonally through the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 11.7 x 9 cm (4 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.383

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    181B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    439

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. 439.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 181 B

Wikidata ID

Q64034895

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The shadows are those of Stieglitz and Abraham Walkowitz.

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. 77, as Shadows in Lake, 1916)

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