Mrs. Stieffel

1921

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image features a close-up of an elderly woman's face and part of her chest area. She is facing forward with a slight body angle. The woman has delicate facial features, gray hair styled in an updo covered by a lace headpiece, and wears round wire-rimmed glasses. She is dressed in a garment with a high lace collar and an embroidered scarf or shawl tied with a bow around her neck. The background is dark and out of focus, emphasizing her face.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.5 x 19.3 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.466

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    83E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    698

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

Exhibition History

1995

  • Alfred Stieglitz at Lake George, Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 14, 1995–January 2, 1996

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 698.

Inscriptions

by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen—6/50
by later hands, center left verso, in graphite: K 82 E; on mount, lower left verso: 82 E / 82 E

Wikidata ID

Q64034993

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Other Collections

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

Private collection

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. 59–61, as Mrs. Stieffel—Age 90, 1921)

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