Dorothy Norman

1930

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a close-up of a pair of hands resting on a fabric surface. The hands are positioned with fingers interlaced or gently held together. No part of the person's face, upper body, or hair is visible. The hands appear smooth and well-groomed, softly illuminated. The person is wearing long sleeves made from a fabric with a subtle sheen. The fabric below the hands seems soft and slightly gathered, adding texture. There are no visible jewelry or additional objects. The background is filled by the surrounding fabric.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 11.3 × 9.4 cm (4 7/16 × 3 11/16 in.)
    mount: 35.9 × 28.5 cm (14 1/8 × 11 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.720

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    268B

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1364

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

1958

  • Photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 16–April 27, 1958

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 2, cat. 1364.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 1 x s; lower right verso: X
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, bottom right verso, in graphite: 02

Wikidata ID

Q64035582

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The date is based on a print at The Museum of Modern Art (434.97), made from the same negative and dated in Dorothy Norman’s hand “1930.”

Stieglitz Collections

A corresponding print was given to the following institution(s) by Alfred Stieglitz during his lifetime, or was received or acquired from the estate:

The Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.741 (inscribed: 1G / x)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 92.1943.3 (inscribed: An Equivalent in a Series of 7 Equivalents A, B, C, D, E, F, G—[1921–1938] / This is C)

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1949-18-61 (inscribed: Ex 1932 / 125 / O1 [crossed out])

Other Collections

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

Location unknown

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:

1932, New York (no. 73 or 74, as Dorothy Norman)

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