Hedwig Stieglitz

1921/1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows an elderly woman seated, with her left arm resting on the armrest, hand on her cheek. She appears contemplative with deeply lined facial features, her head slightly turned. She wears a dark scarf and a light-colored shawl over her shoulders, and a ring on one finger. The background is softly focused with a column or furniture piece partially visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 11.2 × 9.1 cm (4 7/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
    mount: 33 × 26.8 cm (13 × 10 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.475

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    202B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    693

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

1983

  • Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, February 3–May 8, 1983; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 17–August 14, 1983; The Art Institute of Chicago, October 18, 1983–January 3, 1984

Bibliography

1983

  • Greenough, Sarah, and Juan Hamilton. Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs and Writings. Washington, 1983: no. 104.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 693.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 202 B

Wikidata ID

Q64035014

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

This portrait and Key Set number 692 were made on the porch of the farmhouse at Lake George, where the Stieglitz family moved in the late summer of 1920.

Stieglitz Collections

A corresponding print was given to the following institution(s) by Alfred Stieglitz during his lifetime, or was received or acquired from the estate:

The Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.732

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