Waldo Frank

1920

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts a man with a broad smile, facing forward and slightly tilted to the side. He has strong cheekbones, a prominent mustache, and wet, dark hair combed back with a few strands falling forward. He is wearing a dark sleeveless top. The background is blurry and neutral, possibly an outdoor setting with soft tones and natural light.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 10.8 × 7.8 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/16 in.)
    mount: 34.2 × 27.3 cm (13 7/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.502

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    242D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    633

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. 633.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 242 D

Wikidata ID

Q64035069

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

An arts critic and co-editor of The Seven Arts (1916–1917), Waldo Frank was the author of Our America (1919) and The Re-Discovery of America: An Introduction to a Philosophy of American Life (1929). He was also one of the editors of America & Alfred Stieglitz, a collection of essays published in 1934 to celebrate Stieglitz’s 70th birthday.

“I have some negatives (snaps) of you that promise amusing prints” (Stieglitz to Waldo Frank, 2 October 1920 [YCAL]). “The day you sailed from the other side I mailed you quite a long letter & included two postal cards of yourself in swimming last year” (Stieglitz to Waldo Frank, 17 October 1921 [YCAL]).

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