The Hay Wagon

1922

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows the interior of a rustic barn or shed with a wooden cart filled with hay in the center. The barn door is partially obstructing the view of the outside, where trees can be seen in the distance. The sepia-toned image highlights the textures of the wood and hay, with light streaming in from the outside.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.1 x 24.2 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 20 x 25 cm (7 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.619

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    19E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    782

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

1995

  • Alfred Stieglitz at Lake George, Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 14, 1995–January 2, 1996

2002

  • Alfred Stieglitz: Known and Unknown, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, June 2–September 2, 2002; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 6, 2002–January 5, 2003

2004

  • Alfred Stieglitz and His Circle: 1905–1930, Musée d'Orsay, Paris; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 2004–2005

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 782.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen 1949; lower left verso: 19E

Wikidata ID

Q64035311

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

“Do you know that the hay crop was a real winner this year. Hay stored—packed in everywhere. I believe some in my head too. —” (Stieglitz to Rebecca Strand, 19 August 1922 [YCAL]).

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 (no. 88, as The Hay Wagon, 1922)

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