Kitty Stieglitz and Edward Stieglitz

1918

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows two individuals sitting closely together from the waist up. The person on the left leans slightly toward the individual on the right, who has knees drawn up. Both have short hair and neutral facial expressions. The person on the left wears a coat, while the person on the right wears a sweater over a shirt with a tie. There is no visible jewelry or objects in their hands. The background displays wooden structures and foliage, giving the impression of a porch or verandah. The image is in sepia tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.9 × 22.5 cm (6 5/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 20 × 24.8 cm (7 7/8 × 9 3/4 in.)
    mount: 49.5 × 33.2 cm (19 1/2 × 13 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.424

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    52A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    469

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. 469.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, lower right, in graphite: EK
by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen—6/50
by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 52 A

Wikidata ID

Q64034938

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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