Helen Freeman

1921

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a close-up of two hands in the center of the frame. The hands are clasped together, with visible fingernails and covered by light-colored sleeves with buttoned cuffs. The backdrop is a plain dark fabric with round beads below the hands. The color palette is in sepia tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.9 × 23.3 cm (7 7/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.4 × 25.3 cm (8 1/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
    mount: 56.6 × 47 cm (22 5/16 × 18 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.462

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    81D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    715

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. 715.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, center verso, in graphite: R A
by Doris Bry, center verso, in graphite: not treated
by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 81 D

Wikidata ID

Q64034981

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about this photograph, see Key Set number 711.

Other Collections

A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):

New York Public Library, Mitchell Kennerley Papers

Lifetime Exhibitions

A print from the same negative—perhaps a photograph from the Gallery’s collection—appeared in the following exhibition(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:

1923, New York (nos. 5–11, as Helen Freeman, 1922)

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