Louis Kalonyme

1932

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The man is depicted from the waist up, facing forward with hands on his hips. He has pronounced facial features, a slightly furrowed brow, deep-set eyes, and a serious expression. His hair is short and thinning on top. He is wearing a collared shirt fitted snugly around his upper body. The background is plain with a smooth surface and shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 23.8 × 18.4 cm (9 3/8 × 7 1/4 in.)
    mount: 56.9 × 42.9 cm (22 3/8 × 16 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.718

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    86C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1479

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. 1479.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, bottom left verso, in graphite: 86C

Wikidata ID

Q64035579

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Other Collections

A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1979.583.2

Lifetime Exhibitions

A print from the same negative—perhaps a photograph from the Gallery’s collection—appeared in the following exhibition(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:

possibly 1934, New York (no. 33, as Louis Kalonyme, 1932)

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