Mrs. Fiene by Lachaise

1927

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The sculpture is a bust focusing on the head of a person. The sculpture is made from a dark material and has a slight sheen. The head is shown in profile facing left, displaying prominent nose, slightly parted lips, and detailed eyes. The hair is textured to suggest volume and movement. The bust rests on a simple rectangular plinth, emphasizing the focus on the head. The craftsmanship captures fine details of facial structures and hair flow, adding realism to the piece.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 10.6 × 8.5 cm (4 3/16 × 3 3/8 in.)
    mount: 31.9 × 25.3 cm (12 9/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.688

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    201A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1180

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. 1180.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, bottom right verso, in graphite: Alfred Stieglitz; bottom left verso, in graphite: Mrs. Fiene by Lachaise / 1926 / Exhibition in Room 303 — 1926
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 201A

Wikidata ID

Q64035493

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The bronze portrait head of Mrs. Fiene was included in Gaston Lachaise’s exhibition at the Intimate Gallery from 9 March to 14 April 1927. A portrait photographer, Jeanette Ettarre Fiene, and her husband Ernest were friends of Lachaise and visited him often at his home in Georgetown, Maine.

Shortly after Lachaise’s exhibition closed at the Intimate Gallery, Stieglitz wrote to the sculptor, noting that he had developed “the snaps” of Mrs. Fiene (Stieglitz to Gaston Lachaise, 25 June 1927, AAA).

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