Georgia Engelhard and Margaret Treadwell

1921

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows two women from the waist up, both looking towards the camera. The woman on the left has medium-length curly hair with a dark hairband, and she is smiling. She is holding a bunch of grass and a white flower. She is wearing a sleeveless black dress with a contrasting light-colored collar. The woman on the right has short, slightly wavy hair and is also smiling. She is dressed in a simple black sleeveless dress, with a visible tattoo on her right arm. The background is dark with blurred foliage, and the lighting creates shadows around the subjects.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 8.5 x 11.2 cm (3 3/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
    mount: 31.7 x 24.9 cm (12 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.460

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    201B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    691

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. 691.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 201B

Wikidata ID

Q64034979

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