Rebecca Salsbury Strand

1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a woman lying on her back on dry grass. Her face is visible in a side profile, with a slightly open mouth, strong jawline, and dark, straight hair slicked back. She is wearing a dark garment. She has a calm expression and is looking off to the side. The background is dry grass lit in high contrast.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 23.7 × 19.3 cm (9 5/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
    mount: 50.4 × 37.3 cm (19 13/16 × 14 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.546

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    92A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    747

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

2011

  • Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties, Brooklyn Museum, New York; Dallas Museum of Art; Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011–2012

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 747.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 92 A
by later hand, on mount, lower right, in graphite: [g?] 1; upper left verso: 1 [in square] / in set

Wikidata ID

Q64035144

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

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:

George Eastman Museum, Rochester, 74:0052:0096

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