Poplar—Lake George
1936
Artist, American, 1864 - 1946
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 24.2 x 19.2 cm (9 1/2 x 7 9/16 in.)
mount: 52.7 x 39.5 cm (20 3/4 x 15 9/16 in.) -
Accession
1949.3.753
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Stieglitz Estate Number
25A
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Key Set Number
1600
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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. 1600.
Inscriptions
by later hand, on mount, lower left verso, in graphite: 25A
Wikidata ID
Q64035658
Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data
Remarks
The dates for this photograph and Key Set number 1601 are based on the condition of the dying poplar (see Key Set number 1595).
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:
Library of Congress, Washington, PH-52 B
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Ph-170
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1949-18-78 (inscribed: Very Good / A + 1)