Dorothy Kreymborg

1925

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image displays the upper half of a woman's body against a wooden wall. She has dark hair in a short bob with bangs, and her arms are bent at the elbows with hands on her hips. She is wearing a dark, short-sleeved top and looking directly at the camera. In the background, there is a wooden structure with a window containing a textured curtain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 23.9 × 19.1 cm (9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
    mount: 56.6 × 46.5 cm (22 5/16 × 18 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.664

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    92D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1076

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. 1076.

Inscriptions

by Doris Bry, on mount, bottom left verso, in graphite: 92-D

Wikidata ID

Q64035434

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

Dot Kreymborg frequently collaborated with her husband, Alfred Kreymborg (see Key Set number 1075), including performing puppet plays that he authored.

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