Barn and Carriage

1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

A wooden wagon with large, spoked wheels is positioned in the entrance of a barn with open double doors. The image is in black and white, showcasing shades of gray, black, and white. The wagon extends from the shaded interior of the barn to the sunlit exterior, with the barn doors framing the scene at either side.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 19.1 × 24 cm (7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.)
    mount: 57.1 × 46.3 cm (22 1/2 × 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.533

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    81E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    785

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

1995

  • Alfred Stieglitz at Lake George, Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 14, 1995–January 2, 1996

2010

  • Alfred Stieglitz: The Lake George Years, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2010

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 785.

2010

  • Annear, Judy, ed. Alfred Stieglitz: The Lake George Years. Exh. cat. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2010.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 81E

Wikidata ID

Q64035109

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

“I’m still battling with the barn—a particular problem which I have not succeeded in solving—interior in shadow & exterior in full sunlight—proper exposure for exterior should be about two seconds, f/64 & interior would be about five minutes! (at least) Then too the sun must be at a particular angle & that happens only for a few minutes on very sunny mornings. And I’m only doing it so insistently because I started to get that picture. And when I’ve got it—if I ever get it—it won’t be particularly beautiful—or even interesting” (Stieglitz to Paul Strand, 7 September 1922 [YCAL and CCP]).

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