Alma Wertheim

1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image is a close-up of a woman's face and part of her shoulder. She is shown with her head resting sideways. Her facial features include a slightly turned mouth, pronounced nose, deep-set eyes, and her gaze is directed towards the camera. Her hair is dark and swept back, framing her face. She is wearing minimal clothing, visible on her shoulder. There are no visible pieces of jewelry or objects being held. The background is soft and out of focus, blending with the white surface where her head is resting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.9 × 23.2 cm (7 7/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 20.3 × 25.2 cm (8 × 9 15/16 in.)
    mount: 55 × 44.8 cm (21 5/8 × 17 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.524

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    82C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    738

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. 738.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen 1949
by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 82 C

Wikidata ID

Q64035092

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

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:

1923, New York (nos. 52–58, as Alma Wertheim, 1922)

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