Rebecca Salsbury Strand

1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

This black-and-white photograph depicts a close-up view of a human body from the middle of the back to the upper thighs, with a focus on the lower back and buttocks area. The person's back is towards the upper right corner, while their thighs are on the left side. The person appears to be lying on their stomach, and they are partially submerged in water that is visible around their legs on the left. Their pale skin appears textured and wet, with droplets visible on the surface. The background is dark, with one indistinct light section near the bottom right corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 9.3 × 11.8 cm (3 11/16 × 4 5/8 in.)
    mount: 33.5 × 26.7 cm (13 3/16 × 10 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.562

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    215D

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  • Key Set Number

    759

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. 759.

Inscriptions

by later hand, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 1 [in square]

Wikidata ID

Q64035181

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:

The Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.736 (inscribed: Exhib 1932)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 49.55.22

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 52.1848

Other Collections

A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):

New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, 2275.23PH

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:

1932, New York (no. 71, as Nudes in Lake—a & b, 1923)

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