Georgia Engelhard, Georgia O'Keeffe, Selma Stieglitz Schubart, and Joseph Obermeyer

1920/1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a close-up of four people eating corn on the cob. Each person is visible from the head to the shoulders. The man on the right has a receding hairline, dark eyes, and distinct facial lines. The woman beside him has curly hair and is looking at the camera. The child on the left has messy hair and is smiling while eating. Another person is partially visible at the top of the image. The woman is wearing a patterned blouse and rings, while the man is dressed in a suit jacket. In the foreground, there is a decorative plate with floral designs. The background is dark, focusing attention on the individuals.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 8.6 x 13.6 cm (3 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.444

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    199A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    631

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

Exhibition History

2002

  • Alfred Stieglitz: Known and Unknown, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, June 2–September 2, 2002; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 6, 2002–January 5, 2003

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 631.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 199 A

Wikidata ID

Q64034961

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

Selma Stieglitz Schubart was Alfred’s younger sister.

Joseph Obermeyer and Stieglitz studied together at the Technische Hochschule, Berlin, and on their return to the United States they went into business together at the Heliochrome Engraving Company. Obermeyer was the brother of Stieglitz’s first wife Emmy.

This photograph and Key Set numbers 630 and 632 were all made from the same negative.

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