Lake George

1916/1917

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image displays a landscape with a low hill or mountain range in the distance. The horizon is positioned below a cloudy sky. Dark trees are silhouetted against the sky, creating contrast. The color scheme consists of black, gray, and white tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 19 × 23.3 cm (7 1/2 × 9 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.2 × 25.2 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
    mount: 56.4 × 45.4 cm (22 3/16 × 17 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.415

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    19B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    436

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.

Alfred Stieglitz

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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. 436.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 19 B

Wikidata ID

Q64034928

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The date is based on the photographic and mounting materials.

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