Margaret Treadwell

1921

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts the upper part of a woman's torso and her head in profile. Her head is tilted back, and she is looking upwards, revealing the smooth contours of her neck and profile. Her facial features include well-defined cheekbones, a straight nose, and dark, smooth hair tucked behind her ears and held back with a hairpin. She wears a dark sleeveless top with buttoned straps. The background is softly blurred. No visible jewelry or objects are present due to the cropped nature of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.5 x 18.2 cm (9 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.473

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    49B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    688

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. 688.

Inscriptions

by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left, in graphite: treated; on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 49 B
by later hand, center verso, in graphite: K / 49 B

Wikidata ID

Q64035002

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Other Collections

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

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2007.469

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. 1–4, as Margaret Treadwell, 1921)

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