House and Trees, Lake George

1932

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows an old-fashioned house in a natural landscape. The view is from ground level. The house is white with dark shutters and a dark roof. Trees surround the house and a hill can be seen in the background. The image is in black and white without visible brushstrokes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 18.6 × 23.6 cm (7 5/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
    mount: 54.4 × 45.1 cm (21 7/16 × 17 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.741

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    16C

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1466

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. 1466.

Inscriptions

by Alfred Stieglitz, on mount, top left verso, in graphite: 3; upper center verso, in graphite: B [?] 5 5 [inverted and crossed out] 5; center verso, in graphite, crossed out: 7A; center right, in graphite: 15 [crossed out] 17 13/16 x 21 9/16
by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, bottom left verso, in graphite: 16C

Wikidata ID

Q64035627

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

For more information about this photograph, see Key Set number 1465.

Other Collections

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

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, 2003.1.22

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