Sherwood Anderson

1923

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows the head and upper torso of a man seated in front of a painting. He is positioned facing forward towards the camera. The man's facial features include a slightly unsmiling expression, with prominent cheeks, deep-set eyes, and lips set in a neutral line. His hair is dark and appears slightly unkempt. He is dressed in a light-colored, textured blazer over a white collared shirt, with a dark, patterned tie. The background consists of an abstract painting with soft, flowing shapes in light and shadow, framed by a visible picture frame edge. There's a hint of a textured wall surface surrounding the painting. No jewelry or objects are visible on the man.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 19.1 × 23.6 cm (7 1/2 × 9 5/16 in.)
    mat: 56.5 × 45.9 cm (22 1/4 × 18 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.572

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    46C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    851

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. 2, cat. 851.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, in graphite: Sherwood Anderson, 1923 / Stieglitz Exhibition 1923 / Anderson Galleries
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 46C

Wikidata ID

Q64035208

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

O’Keeffe’s painting The White Wave, 1922 (Lynes 383), exhibited in 1923 at the Anderson Galleries, is in the background.

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, 1949.724

Other Collections

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

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2016.101.423

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. 76-77, as Sherwood Anderson, 1923)
possibly 1932, New York (no. 86, as Sherwood Anderson, 1924)

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