Ethel Tyrrell

1926

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts a person's lower body from the waist downwards. They are standing on an elevated surface with their legs together and slightly angled, one leg slightly bent. The person is wearing a dark-colored dress or swimsuit, white socks, and sandals. They are holding a folded garment or towel over their left arm and there is a rectangular object under this arm. The background shows a wooded landscape with distant tree silhouettes under an overcast sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 10.8 × 8.3 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.)
    mount: 34.25 × 27.25 cm (13 1/2 × 10 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.654

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    243E

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1149

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. 1149.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 1925; lower center verso: Ethel Tyrrell
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 243 E

Wikidata ID

Q64035394

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For information about the date of this photograph, see Key Set number 1145.

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