Lake George

probably 1926

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows an elevated vantage overlooking a landscape with rolling hills. The horizon marks the transition between the sky and the terrain. Distant hills with trees create a jagged outline. The monochromatic color palette accentuates the contrast. Cumulus clouds dominate the sky while trees and hills create contrasting layers.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 9.2 × 11.5 cm (3 5/8 × 4 1/2 in.)
    mount: 34.3 × 27.6 cm (13 1/2 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.668

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    237A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1157

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. 1157.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 237A
by unknown hand, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: L. G. 6. [circled]; bottom right verso: D

Wikidata ID

Q64035443

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The mount of this photograph is inscribed in an unknown hand: L. G. 6. Because of its similarity to Stieglitz’s inscription on Key Set number 1155, this inscription may indicate a grouping that Stieglitz himself constructed.

The dates for this photograph and Key Set numbers 1154, 1156, and 1158 are based on similarities to Key Set numbers 1153 and 1155.

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