Arthur B. Carles

1923

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a man in a close-up portrait with only his head and upper shoulders visible. He is positioned slightly to one side, facing the camera directly. His facial features include a long, thick beard and mustache, with strong brow lines framing intense eyes. His hair is parted in the center and slicked back, dark in color. The man is wearing a dark overcoat. The background features a mural or painting with flowing lines resembling a shell or natural formation, rendered in soft shades of grey.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • 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 Number

    1949.3.580

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    45C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    852

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. 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)

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