Sherwood Anderson

1923

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a cropped portrait of an individual with only the head and part of the shoulders visible. The person is facing the camera directly, with a neutral expression. They have short, slightly tousled dark hair. The individual's facial features include prominent cheekbones, deep-set eyes, and slightly parted lips. They are dressed in a light-colored suit jacket over a white shirt, paired with a dark tie that has a dot pattern. The background appears to be an out-of-focus painting or artistic design with abstract, smooth shapes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 22.9 × 18.9 cm (9 × 7 7/16 in.)
    mount: 56.4 × 45.7 cm (22 3/16 × 18 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.573

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    46D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    850

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. 850.

Inscriptions

by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 46-D

Wikidata ID

Q64035210

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

O’Keeffe’s painting Lake George with Crows, 1921 (Lynes 358), exhibited at the Anderson Galleries in 1923, is in the background of this photograph and Key Set number 849.

See Key Set number 846.

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:

possibly 1932, New York (no. 86, as Sherwood Anderson, 1924)

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