Selma Stieglitz Schubart and Joseph Obermeyer

1920/1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows two people eating corn on the cob at a table. The woman has curly dark hair and distinctive facial features, while the man has short dark hair and a beard. They are both looking at the camera. A hand in the top left corner is also holding corn. There is a plate on the table beside the man. The background is dark and blurry.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 13.7 × 8.6 cm (5 3/8 × 3 3/8 in.)
    mount: 33.4 × 27.2 cm (13 1/8 × 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.445

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    198E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    632

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. 632.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 198 E

Wikidata ID

Q64034962

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

This photograph and Key Set numbers 630 and 631 were all made from the same negative.

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