Arthur B. Carles

1923

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a close-up view of a man's head and shoulders. He is positioned slightly turned to his right. His facial features include thick eyebrows, deep-set eyes, and a full, long beard that reaches towards his chest. His hair is dark and slicked back. The man is wearing a dark garment. The background is softly blurred and monotone. No visible jewelry or objects are present.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 24 × 19.2 cm (9 7/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
    mount: 52.3 × 45.9 cm (20 9/16 × 18 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.579

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    45B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    854

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

1958

  • Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 16–April 27, 1958

Bibliography

1958

  • Bry, Doris. Exhibition of Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1958: no. 92.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 854.

Inscriptions

by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: Treated by Steichen - 6/50 / 45 B
by later hand, on mount, lower right verso, in graphite: 099

Wikidata ID

Q64035219

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.

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 1923, New York (nos. 72–73, as Arthur B. Carles, 1923)

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