Charles Duncan

1920

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts a man seated in a chair. He has a serious expression, dark hair, and is wearing a light-colored shirt with rolled-up sleeves and a tie. He is holding a tool in one hand and a cloth in the other. The background shows a wooden interior with stairs faintly visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image (Stieglitz window mat): 23.8 × 19.5 cm (9 3/8 × 7 11/16 in.)
    mount: 56.2 × 45.6 cm (22 1/8 × 17 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.428

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    29E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    647

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. 647.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, upper left verso, in red pencil: 29 E; by later hand, lower left verso, in graphite: 29 E

Wikidata ID

Q64034942

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