Yvonne Boursault and Katherine Herzig

1923

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image features an elderly woman and a young child. The child stands upright while the elderly woman kneels beside them, slightly leaning towards the child. The child has short, straight hair with bangs, wearing a light-colored dress under a knitted sweater, along with white socks and dark shoes. The elderly woman has short gray hair, revealing a serious expression on her face. She is dressed in a shawl over a blouse and skirt, holding a wooden box with plants protruding from it. They are surrounded by leafy plants, suggesting they are in a garden or field, with the background fading into blurred foliage and open sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 9.1 × 11.9 cm (3 9/16 × 4 11/16 in.)
    mount: 34.2 × 27.6 cm (13 7/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.474

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    197C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    861

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. 2, cat. 861.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 197 C

Wikidata ID

Q64035012

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

On 3 August 1923 Stieglitz wrote to Herbert Seligmann that he was “developing snaps of Marie’s child” (YCAL).

George and Marie (Rapp) Boursault visited Lake George during the summer of 1923 with their young daughter Yvonne.

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