First Snow and the Little House

1923

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts a snow-covered landscape with a small house, snow-laden trees, and distant hills. The house has a steep roof covered in snow, a chimney, and a weather vane. A power pole with wires is on the right side. The scene is monochromatic, focusing on white and gray tones. More snow-covered trees and hills are in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 18.4 × 23.5 cm (7 1/4 × 9 1/4 in.)
    mount: 50.1 × 38.8 cm (19 3/4 × 15 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.623

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    17C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    864

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. 864.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 17 C

Wikidata ID

Q64035316

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

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

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:

The Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.769

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, YCAL MSS 85, box 125, folder 2489

Library of Congress, Washington, MPH-26 B

Other Collections

A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):

The Adirondack Experience, Blue Mountain Lake, New York, 1991.076.0017 and 1991.076.0018

Private collection (inscribed: For Georgia—May—1934)

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