Kitty Stieglitz and Edward Stieglitz

1918

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows two people in an intimate pose. The woman is leaning against a wooden post, her head slightly tilted down. Her hair is styled in soft waves, partially covering her forehead, and she is wearing a coat with a large collar. The man is standing close behind her, leaning slightly forward with his head resting on her hair. He has short, neatly combed hair and is dressed in a dark sweater over a light shirt, with a visible tie. The background is out of focus, suggesting a natural outdoor setting, with blurred foliage adding a soft texture behind the subjects.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.3 × 18.7 cm (9 3/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 × 20 cm (9 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
    mount: 51.3 × 32.5 cm (20 3/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.423

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    56C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    470

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. 470.

Inscriptions

by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen—6/50
by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 56 C

Wikidata ID

Q64034937

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

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. 61, as Kitty and Edward, 1918)

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