Ethel Tyrrell

1926

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image is a close-up portrait of a person from the shoulders up. The person is facing forward and looking directly at the camera, with their head slightly tilted. They have short, wavy hair that falls around their face. The person is wearing a light-colored shirt with a collar and a dark vest over it. The background consists of dark foliage.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 34.6 × 27.6 cm (13 5/8 × 10 7/8 in.)
    mount: 11.4 × 9.1 cm (4 1/2 × 3 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.655

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    243A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1145

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. 1145.

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 A

Wikidata ID

Q64035407

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

Ethel Tyrrell was the daughter of Stieglitz’s friend Henry Tyrrell who wrote for The New York World.

Although this photograph and Key Set numbers 1146, 1147, 1148, and 1149 are variously inscribed 1925 and 1926, Stieglitz’s correspondence indicates Ethel Tyrrell was at Lake George only in 1926.

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