John Marin, the Water Colorist

1921/1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image is a close-up portrait of a man. The man is facing slightly towards the camera with a neutral expression. His facial features include a slightly furrowed brow, prominent cheekbones, and subtle smile. His hair is medium length and tousled. He is wearing a shirt with a tie and a textured jacket. The background is softly blurred.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.2 × 18.5 cm (9 1/8 × 7 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 × 20.1 cm (9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
    mount: 55.9 × 46.4 cm (22 × 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.511

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    84B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    709

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. 709.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, lower center, in graphite: John Marin, the Water Colorist / by Alfred Stieglitz 1922
by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left verso. in graphite: 84 B
by later hand, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 2 [in square]

Wikidata ID

Q64035079

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

Although Stieglitz must have made the negatives for this photograph and Key Set numbers 706, 707, 708, and 710 during the same sitting, he inscribed some prints 1921, others 1922.

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