John Marin

1921/1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image is a close-up portrait of a man. He is facing slightly toward the camera with his head tilted slightly to the right. He has a rugged facial complexion with prominent cheekbones, deep-set eyes, and slightly parted lips. His hair is dark and curly, tousled across his forehead and ears. He is wearing a dark suit jacket over a white shirt and a dark necktie. The background is a plain, light-colored backdrop with a sepia-toned appearance. No jewelry or objects are visible in the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 23.6 × 18.5 cm (9 5/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 × 20.1 cm (9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
    mount: 56.3 × 45.6 cm (22 3/16 × 17 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.513

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    35B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    710

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

1958

  • Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 16–April 27, 1958

Bibliography

1958

  • Bry, Doris. Exhibition of Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1958: pl. 11.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 710.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen 1949; lower left verso, in graphite: 35 B
by later hand, center verso, in graphite: R [star] / K / 35 B

Wikidata ID

Q64035081

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 709 during the same sitting, he inscribed some prints 1921, others 1922.

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, 1949.721 [gelatin silver]

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 554.1960

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:

possibly 1923, New York (nos. 64–66, as John Marin, 1922)

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