Poplars—Lake George

1935

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows an elevated view of a landscape with rolling hills and tall trees on the horizon. Sparse branches reach up towards the sky. The photo features a monochromatic color palette with gradients of gray. A sloping field with grass and shrubs extends towards the horizon, with additional trees and hills in the distance. The sky is filled with layered clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 11.9 × 9.3 cm (4 11/16 × 3 11/16 in.)
    mount: 30.5 × 23.4 cm (12 × 9 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.756

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    195A

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    1576

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. 1576.

Inscriptions

by Georgia O'Keeffe, on mount, upper left verso, in graphite: 195 A
by later hand, on mount, upper right verso, in graphite: 3J [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q64035682

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Remarks

The dates for this photograph and Key Set numbers 1575 and 1577 are based on the condition of the dying poplar trees (see, for comparison, Key Set numbers 1467–1470, 1475, 1502, and 1550–1552).

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, 1949.729

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 50.844

Other Collections

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

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2016.101.249

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