Dorothy Schubart

1919/1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a close-up portrait of a woman's upper half leaning on a steering wheel. Her right arm is resting on the wheel and her left hand is gripping it. She is facing the camera with a relaxed expression. She has defined eyebrows, expressive eyes, and slightly parted lips. Her dark hair is styled in soft waves and falls to her shoulders. She is wearing a white blouse under a light-colored jacket and a ring on one finger. The background is blurred with soft tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 19.2 × 22.6 cm (7 9/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
    mount: 56.5 × 55.7 cm (22 1/4 × 21 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.425

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    39C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    612

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. 612.

Inscriptions

by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 39 C / Treated by Steichen—6/50

Wikidata ID

Q64034939

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

Dorothy Obermeyer Schubart, who was married to Stieglitz’s nephew William Howard Schubart, visited Lake George often.

Based on Schubart’s age and the type of photographic materials, this image was probably made some time between 1919 and 1922.

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