Jerome Mellquist and Paul Rosenfeld, Lake George

1931

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image depicts two men talking on a porch. One man is seated on a dark rocking chair, wearing a sweater, shorts, knee-high socks with garters, and leather shoes. The other man is sitting on the ground, wearing striped pajamas with rolled-up sleeves. They are holding cups and saucers. The background includes a wooden house with a porch, partially shaded by trees.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 18.9 × 23.6 cm (7 7/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
    mount: 56 × 44.9 cm (22 1/16 × 17 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.719

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    39A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1404

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

Exhibition History

1995

  • Alfred Stieglitz at Lake George, Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 14, 1995–January 2, 1996

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1404.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 39A

Wikidata ID

Q64035581

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The dates for this photograph and Key Set number 1405 are based on the Stieglitz–O’Keeffe correspondence, which indicates that the porch of the Lake George farmhouse was painted in the spring of 1932 (YCAL).

A frequent visitor to Lake George and An American Place, Jerome Mellquist was a critic and author of The Emergence of an American Art (1942), which celebrated the accomplishments of Stieglitz and the artists associated with him.

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