Arthur B. Carles
1923
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image (Stieglitz window mat): 22.9 × 15.4 cm (9 × 6 1/16 in.)
sheet: 25.2 × 20.2 cm (9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
mount: 65.2 × 45.5 cm (25 11/16 × 17 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.580
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Stieglitz Estate Number
45C
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Key Set Number
852
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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. 852.
Inscriptions
by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: Arthur B. Carles / 1923/ Exhibition 1923 / Anderson Galleries
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 45 C
by Doris Bry, on mount, lower right verso, in graphite: 45 - C
Wikidata ID
Q64035220
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
O’Keeffe’s painting Music, Pink and Blue, no. 2, 1918 (Lynes 258), exhibited in 1923 at the Anderson Galleries, is in the background of this photograph and Key Set number 853.
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:
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1949-18-66
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. 72–73, as Arthur B. Carles, 1923)
1944, Philadelphia (no. 175, as Arthur B. Carles, 1921, platinum)