Lookout House, Prospect Mountain, Lake George

1927

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a tall, multi-tiered wooden structure against a clear sky. A man stands near the top, under an American flag. The building has weathered, faded wooden siding, small windows, and multiple levels of decks and railings of different shapes and sizes. The color palette is grayscale, emphasizing texture and contrast.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 11.5 × 9.2 cm (4 1/2 × 3 5/8 in.)
    mount: 34.3 × 25.1 cm (13 1/2 × 9 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.677

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    238D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1240

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. 1240.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 238 D

Wikidata ID

Q64035470

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

In October 1927 Stieglitz, O’Keeffe, Emil Zoler, and Paul Rosenfeld hiked up Prospect Mountain near Lake George. In the Lookout House, from top to bottom, are Zoler, O’Keeffe, and Rosenfeld.

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