The Black Barn & White Snow

1923

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a wooden barn in a snowy landscape. The barn is central, with wooden texture and cross-braced doors. The ground is covered in snow. Trees with snow-dusted branches are on either side of the barn. A small illuminated window is visible on the barn. The color palette is monochromatic, and the scene is in shades of gray. The photo is detailed, focusing on the textures of the barn and snow-covered branches.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 19.3 × 24.3 cm (7 5/8 × 9 9/16 in.)
    mount: 56.1 × 45.7 cm (22 1/16 × 18 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.615

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    20B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    870

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

2010

  • Alfred Stieglitz: The Lake George Years, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2010

Bibliography

1958

  • Bry, Doris. Exhibition of Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1958: no. 88b.

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 870.

2010

  • Annear, Judy, ed. Alfred Stieglitz: The Lake George Years. Exh. cat. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2010.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 20 B

Wikidata ID

Q64035299

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about the snowstorm pictured here, see Key Set number 863.

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:

1924, New York (no. 48, as The Black Barn & White Snow, 1923)

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